Presentations

Conference Presentations:

ADTA Annual Conference, Miami, Florida. October 2019

• "Interpersonal Mindfulness: An Integrative Approach to Connecting Across Differences"

CID World Congress on Dance research, Dadar-Mumbai, India. December 2018

• Lecture: "The Dance of Mindfulness - Integrating Mindfulness and Dance/Movement Therapy with MB-DMT".
• Workshop: "The Dance of Mindfulness - Mindful Pause and Organic Movement in MB-DMT".

Annual Conference of the BGU Center for Women's Health Studies and Promotion, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. February 2018

• Lecture: Mindfulness and Compassion as an Approach to Treatment in Situations of sickness and Trauma.
• One Day Workshop: "Mindfulness and Creative dance - for the therapist's well-being and as a therapeutic tool".

The Third Academic Conference of Chinese Association for Psychological Intervention at Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China. August 2015

• "MB-DMT Theory, Integration and Implementation in Therapy".

ADTA Rocky Mountain Chapter Boulder, CO. April 2014

• Co-presented: "Expanding Movement Repertoire with Creative Dance".

ADTA annual conferences Brooklyn, NY. October 2013

• "Creative Dance as Bridge from Self to Community".

ADTA annual conference Portland, OR. October 2009

• Co-presented: "Collaboration as a catalyst of Change"

International Association for Creative Dance (IACD) Annual Congresses. 2007-2019:

- Tucson Creative Dance Center, Tucson, AZ. July 2019

• Co-presented: "Collaboration as a catalyst of Change"

- Smith College, Northampton, MA June 2018.

• "Taking in the good - exploring polarities and balancing the negativity bias with positive experiences".

- Tucson Creative Dance Center, Tucson, AZ. June 2016

• "Dancing Mountains - cultivating stability and centeredness."

- Kalani Oceanside Retreat, Hawaii, HI. June 2015

• "Deep listening to self and others - Mindful Pause and organic movement".

- Santa Fe, NM. June 2014

• "Dancing from the Heart: Integrating mindfulness and L&K practice with Creative Dance".

- Tucson Creative Dance Center, Tucson, AZ. June 2012

• "Therapeutic applications of Creative Dance".

- The Village Ballroom, Portland, OR. June 2011

• Head of the organizing team for the congress.
• Presented: "Moving from Silence - Beginning and Ending".

- Tucson Creative Dance Center, Tucson, AZ June 2009

• "Open and Close - the power of polarities".

- Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. June 2007

• "Holding on and Letting Go - Dancing with Mettler?s principles and progression".

Portland Creative Arts Therapies Association (CATA) conferences. 2008-2012:

- Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, OR November 2012

• "Creative Dance - an approach for all ages'.

- Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, OR. November 2010

• Co presented: "Introduction to Embracing Transitions".

- Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, OR. October 2009

• Participated in the organizing team.
• Collaborative presentation: "Nurturing our Community".

- CATA week, Portland, OR. March 2009

• Participated in the organizing team.
• Presented: "Moving from Silence - Connecting to our Authentic Self - Connecting to Others".

- Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, OR. November 2008

• Participated in the organizing team of the first CATA conference.
• Co-presented: "What is Dance/Movement Therapy".

Oregon Mediation Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR. November 2006

• Co-presented: "Stepping out of Reaction - Skills for Mindfulness in Mediation"

Oregon Peacemakers Conference, Portland OR. November 2006

• "What Is Your Body Saying" and "Managing Stress with Mindfulness"

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