Sunday 28 September 2014

Body Paint Fun with Sheri Gundry

I've finally had a minute to sit down and process a wonderful experience I had this summer. A friend and colleague, Sheri Gundry (see link below), used her artistic abilities to turn my body into a canvas for her painting.

She body painted me over the course of a day and then we had a movement session where we tried to bring the piece alive even more. The artwork and photography are credited to Sheri Gundry with myself as the model. Please do not use any of the photos below unless given permission by the artist and model.

We hope to collaborate again soon!




Saturday 20 September 2014

Busy busy busy!

If the last couple of weeks have been any indication I have an inkling my posts may not be as frequent as last year.

Classes are well under way and that means the usual copious amounts of work. However some exciting news....in addition to courses and internship I am also working this year! I was offered a graduate assistantship position doing research with one of the professors at Lesley. I just met with the prof last week and think it will be an exciting project with a publication at the end with my name on it!

It will make it a busier year but I am just thrilled to be back into the throws of research. Speaking of research I think I have finally chosen a research topic for my own thesis. I had hoped to do a quantitative project but after discussing my schedule with my professor, I think a qualitative one is more realistic for this time. I'd like to look at the history of DMT in Canada but more specifically why it disappeared (the association dissolved as did the training programs) and why the push for it to come back in the last year. I think that this would give valuable insight on how to perhaps prevent it from disappearing again.

Stay tuned for progress on both research projects! I'm off to try and navigate my way through the process of getting a social security number and the large amount of paperwork that goes with it.

Monday 8 September 2014

First Day of Classes

I have officially survived my first class of the year! Just finished Movement Observation II which continues to build on the Movement Observation I class from the Spring. The course is built on the Laban Movement Analysis framework and counts towards certification as a Laban analyst should I choose to go that route. So many extra certifications to consider getting!

Next up on the schedule is Assessments in Mental Health Counseling, where from the readings and syllabus we will be learning which assessments to use and how to evaluate them. Stay tuned for more on that! Tomorrow it is my Research and Evaluation class and Supervision class. My first day of internship is on Wednesday and just like that things are back in full swing.

I have finally registered for my anatomy and kinesiology workshop that I will completing at the Laban Institute of Movement Studies in New York. Glad I can finally cross that off my "To Do" list (registering for it has only been on there since May!).  It's the first weekend in November so something to look forward to. I have never been to New York and although there won't be much time for exploring I hope to at least see Central Park...maybe Times Square.

I best be off for now to make the possible topics for my thesis a bit more concrete before class tomorrow!