about me
Hello! Welcome to my site.
Inspired by an embodied life-force awareness, Julie has been sharing her knowledge and experience with others for decades.
Currently she is focused on young children, bringing forward their innate wisdom and creativity through movement, music, nature and art.
Julie has a BFA in Dance Movement Therapy and a MFA in Somatic Psychology from Naropa University.
She is a certified Early Childhood Educator and was fortunate to have studied with some great forward thinking professors from Berkeley, while earning her degree at College of Marin, Ca.
She is an experienced yoga teacher and has multiple certifications as well as being a Registered Yoga Therapist.
A yoga therapist is many things, one of which is a therapist whom uses Vedic knowledge (Ayurveda included) to guide the practice.
She has been successful in guiding clients toward creating a path that reveals a more peaceful, balanced fulfilling life. This is the beginning of all health and happiness.
She is a certified Children’s yoga teacher with Radiant Child Yoga and has earned her Yoga for Autism, ADHD, and Differently-Abled Children Certificate.
She is passionate about reframing the entire approach to early childhood education so that it supports the creative and spiritual growth of our children.
Currently she developing outdoor play areas for young children that encourage sensory exploration, nature, growing gardens, easy access to art, music, dance and of course play.
I am creating a new paradigm for infants and young children 0-3years of age.
The first three years, including in embryo, are what makes up a persons character, sense of trust, ability to bond and be in connection. it gives the sense of belonging and freedom. It will be the fundamental essence of the person this child grows into.
I am a visionary by nature. I have spent many years, decades, teaching and working with young children. I was a professional ballet dancer at the age of 17 and at the same time, earned my early childhood teaching credential. Dance and children have been a continuous thread throughout my life.
I care deeply for the our youngest humans 0-3 years of age.
I have worked in many schools and centers, and I can assute you, they get the short end of the stick.
These early years, including in utero are what lay the foundation of who we are to become, mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally. It is a time for deep connections, support and understanding from caregivers.
Emotional well being can be learned and sustained at this age. Learning to identify what we are feeling and being held in respect and understanding will produce a balanced child who know how to express what they are feeling and ask for what they need.
Do you know many adults who can do this?
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I am creating a new path for early childhood “education” . I prefer to call it experiencing and discovery, because education implies sitting and listening and being “taught”.
I do not believe a 2 or 3 year old needs anything like education today. They need to be in their bodies and move. I am a developmental movement advocate, in the expert tradition of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, known for Body Mind Centering (referred to as BMC) This is a huge and fascinating subject that takes time to understand and learn (doing as well) I will say much more about this, it is a subject that needs to be taught to be understood.
I will be referring to the concept of “embodiment” throughout my writing and counseling..
If we sart from the beginning, we won’t need to repattern and and adjust our children’s bodies. They are strapped in and sat up far too often and too early.
There is a beautiful, natural unfolding that begins with 2 cells implanting onto the uterine wall. It is called sponging and you will see infants doing it when given the opportunity. Which they rarely are.
We have emergent patterns that are developed in utero, they are there for good reasons, and unfortuanately are overlooked as they are born into a bright, loud chaotic world.
I am teaching classes on this process called Embodied Developmental Movement: From womb to walking.
It one of those subjects that a person can’t understand until they are taught what it is and WHY it is so important.
Embodiment Process
The process of embodiment is a being process not a doing process. It is not a thinking process; it is a cultivated awareness.in which the guide and witness dissolve into cellular consciousness.
Visualization is the process by which the brain imagines (visualizes) aspects of the body and informs the
body that it (the body) exists. In this process there is a director or guide.
Somatization is the process by which the kinesthetic (movement) and tactile (touch) sensory systems inform the body that it (the body) exists. In this process there is a witness – an inner awareness of the process.
“Embodiment is the awareness of the cells of themselves. It is a direct experience. There are no
intermediary steps or translations. There is no guide. There is no witness. There is the fully known consciousness of the experienced moment initiated from the cells themselves. In this instance, the brain is the last to know. There is complete knowing. There is peaceful comprehension. Out of this embodiment process emerges feeling, thinking, witnessing, understanding. The source of this process is love.”
Quote: Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
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