Mindfulness Together Faculty
Susan Kaiser Greenland began a meditation practice when faced with a family health crisis. A corporate lawyer, wife, and mother, mindfulness practice helped her navigate that difficult period in her life and she wondered if her kids would find it helpful too. Now, over sixteen years later, she has left her legal career behind and teaches mindful awareness to children, teens, and families as well as educators, parents, therapists and health care professionals around the world. Her book The Mindful Child will be published by Free Press in May, 2010. Click here to read Susan’s professional bio.Suzi Tortora is a dancer with many letters behind her name representing her various advanced degrees in psychology and education. She trains professionals in dance therapy, lectures internationally and has helped countless children and families in her private dance movement psychotherapy practice. Her book Dancing Dialogue, is available on Amazon. But perhaps she is best known for being the movement specialist author Malcom Gladwell cites in the New Yorker magazine and his new book What the Dog Saw who explains how Cesar Milan (AKA the Dog Whisperer) uses his physical presence to communicate who’s boss to the dogs that he trains. Click here to read Suzi’s professional bio.
Tom Nolan entered the world of education twenty-five years ago with a background in acting and music. It’s no surprise that he believes it’s those talents that have made him invaluable in the council work he’s done with the Ojai Foundation and the Crossroads School in Santa Monica for many years. Click here to read Tom’s professional bio.
Trudy Goodman has been working with and on behalf of kids and families for over twenty-five years. There is, quite literally, no one in the world with more experience practicing mindfulness and psychotherapy than she. Click here to read Trudy's professional bio.
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