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Caryl Sickul, MA, DMT, Movement Specialist is a Movement/Dance Therapist with a Masters from Antioch University. She also holds degrees from Hofstra University and Queens College in New York. She continues to attend professional development programs in yoga, movement and dance most notably at Eyes of the World, Harvard University and Jacob's Pillow. As a Professor of Wellness, Yoga and Dance, in Exercise and Sports Science, Caryl developed programs in schools for students and teachers, in companies for staff and management, and in hospitals for patients, nurses and doctors. She has been selected to present at holistic health, medical and nursing conferences, at universities, for the World Health Organization, and for women's groups. For example, her Healing and Stress Reduction workshop focuses on living each moment with grace, humor, and wisdom through meditation, movement and music. Caryl utilizes analytic, scientific concepts with artistic intuitive awareness in teaching yoga meditation and creative dance. A professional dancer, Caryl combines over 30 years of extensive dance and movement training and research in her teaching. This includes somatic studies, Alexander, Feldenkrais, Pilates, along with a range of yoga, dance, sacred dance rituals and martial arts. Travels in the East - Bhutan, Nepal, India, Indonesia, New Guinea - deepened these studies and broaden her Western education. Lesley University Graduate School for Expressive Therapists, Boston Conservatory, Harvard, Rutgers, New York University and the University of Massachusetts are but a few of the places Caryl has offered workshops or performed. In addition, Caryl directed and performed with two dance theatre companies, Create and Construct, and Joie de Vivre. Caryl has received numerous grants and awards for her art and healing work. For cancer survivors, she designed and implemented a Gentle Yoga Meditation class under the aegis of Waking Dreams: Warrior Women. In addition, her work for Feeding Ourselves (Boston) focused on movement and meditation for women with body image issues. Currrently, Caryl is focusing on her private practice and community yoga classes in Tiverton and Little Compton, including Yoga Therapy sessions at Adult Day Care, as well as, Creative Dance at Bridgewater State College, MA as a Visiting Professor/Guest Artist. With the Row Twelve Contemporary Music Ensemble, she creates and performs as a soloist alongside musicians, poets, visual atists and film makers. All yoga is a journey, a dance of breath and transformation. The path nurtures enlightenment, compassion and joy, through unity of body~mind~spirit. Each individual is welcomed, honored and supported, in a caring community of non-judgmental well-being, focused on health and happiness. I continue to learn with and from my students and am most thankful for each of my teachers and those I have yet to meet. | |||
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