Author: Maggie Forgeron

"Being disconnected from the body extends to our feelings, thoughts, emotions, six senses and much of what makes us who we are. It also stands to reason that this divide within ourselves cuts us off from the world at large and nature itself, a baffling and stressful way to be." ~Maggie Forgeron Maggie graduated from the National Ballet School with a personal achievement award. She has danced professionally with The National Ballet of Canada, Ballet British Columbia and Kevin O’Day Ballett Nationaltheater Mannheim. She is also a graduate of the teacher training program for professional dancers at Canada’s National Ballet School. A certified Kripalu Yoga instructor, and member of the Toronto Axis Syllabus community, Maggie is an advocate of leading-edge movement research and peer exchange. She is a graduate of a body-based expressive arts approach at the Tamalpa Institute that explores the possibility for renewed health and expanding the parameters of knowledge of the discipline of dance. She has a Master's in Expressive Arts Therapy with a minor in psychology from the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, receiving the honours of distinction award. She also obtained her certificate of completion for the professional training in “trauma-informed care” with Dr. Gabor Maté.