andreanna
Andreanna is a dancer, choreographer, writer, and chef, who enjoys helping others embrace their creativity and self-compassion
I discovered early on that using the body was the key for my own healing
I have been teaching meditation, dance, yoga, and gentle somatic methods for over twenty years
I have worked with children and believe in nurturing and protecting childhood as a sacred time
I have a passion for fundraising and have raised money to create scholarships and grant programs, for those experiencing health challenges, for prisoner advocacy, and animal rescue
I love sharing the joy of movement with others
Giselle
Giselle is a naturalist, musician, designer, naturopath, yoga teacher, psychotherapist and social worker, who loves music, dancing, nature and creating.
I have spent most of my life working with the effects of trauma on people and society in the context of a talking therapy room, emergency health crisis hospital, to communities healing from shared trauma.
I have created a natural therapy healing centre and a Buddhist spiritual study centre.
I have taught yoga and yoga philosophy.
I have raised a family.
But these are just words. I really just like to think of myself as a person who loves to learn, observe the world and has a passion to help people find inner peace. I’ve always been driven by a social framework and see that healing must include this greater context along with the micro systems within us - our heart, mind and body.
The Facilitators
Andreanna and Giselle
Our life journey has always returned us to healing.
You could say that it’s all we’ve ever done and will ever do.
We may have many titles, qualifications and life experiences but at present we are answering the call to support people on their healing journey.
Giselle Lamberth
When I was younger I would have looked back on my life as a series of traumatic events that continually created hardships for me. Now I see it very differently.
With the current change of perspective, trauma has now become accepted and almost a natural part of living and even considered important for personal growth. Now I see my personal healing journey as not only for integrating myself but for helping others with this difficult path. What was once kept to the counseling room, I am now able to offer more people online.
My life’s journey has been all about becoming whole again. After experiencing many traumatic events in my life I came to learn the importance of healing in its many forms. My natural calling to help others drove me to become skilled holistically. I became a therapist, naturopath and a spiritual guide. Even with all these modalities that I could offer my clients I found that these did not address the underlying issue we face as human beings. We can heal the mind, the body, the spirit but fundamentally if we don't feel safe within our own skins it’s all bandaid. I believe this is the missing link that is critical to healing and integration. We have a right to feel safe. It is what we need and deserve.
Joy and an openness to explore our own being is the goal of my work in helping others on their healing journey.
Giselle
Andreanna
I had a deep intuitive knowing from a young age that I needed to dance. I loved movement in all its forms and experienced surprising transformations through moving my body. I decided to study dance full-time at university and it was there I began my training in gentle somatic methods. I was amazed to experience profound levels of healing through the work. It sparked a curiosity in me about how movement could have such a big impact.
At the same time I was engaging in service in my community, volunteering with battered women, working with young children, helping neglected and abused dogs. I saw how disconnection from the body was often one outcome of experiencing trauma. It was also clear to me that the body holds a wisdom beyond what most people realize. It seemed to me the body held the answers to most deep change and healing.
It became a passion and I embarked upon over twenty years of research and practice into somatic and other methods of healing and transforming body and mind. I studied and practiced yoga, meditation, Qi Gong, sacred and contemporary dance forms, learning the hows and whys the body is the key. I found life, vitality, joy. We all have a body. Anyone can do this. I developed a deep desire to share those methods that had worked for me and make these more accessible to others.
When Giselle and I reconnected, it seemed our lives had been following parallel paths that always brought us back to healing. I felt called to support others on their healing journeys. The Embodiment Institute was born out of our friendship and this collaboration, this deep wish to share.
Andreanna
We are grateful for the work and guidance of
Carl Rogers
Dana Iova Koga
Eugene Gendlin
Joe Goode
Richard Schwartz
Irmgard Bartenieff
Gabor Mate
Moshe Feldenkrais
Bessel van der Kolk
Thuy Nguyen
Dr Peter Levine
Dr. Stephen Porges
Deb Dana
Dr. Ariele Schwartz
Dr. Sue Johnson
John Gottman
Brene Brown
David White
Johnella Bird
Dr. Peter Levine
Asako Takami
Kathleen McClintock Mccormick
Where we are
Canberra Australia
USA
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