These are some of the expert guests that join us for various summer programs. Call us at 626-585-8075, ext. 120 if you want to know more about the expert guests involved in your daughter's program.
Karen Bagnard, Artist: An Altadena artist with many community ties, Karen Bagnard has a special talent for creative workshops. Karen always promises her class that they will "amaze themselves." And they do! Karen has provided her fun, colorful and failure-proof craft workshops for many community organizations, including Mother's Club, Girl Scouts, Pasadena's Senior Center, Verdugo Mental Health Center, Pasadena's Adaptive Recreation Department, and more. With daughters of her own, Karen has a special fondness for girls and is very much looking forward to working with the Institute for Girls' Development this summer. Karen the Artist: Karen, the daughter of two artists, has been drawing all of her life. Karen's magical, whimsical card lines are sold in fine stores nationally and in the United Kingdom. While the cards are the focal point, related products such as bookmarks, magnets and prints are also produced. Karen currently has a line of cards that feature her own imaginative line and watercolor wash drawings. Karen and community service: Karen is a sixteen-year member of Soroptimist International and has volunteered for many organizations, including the AIDS Service Center, MACH 1 and various libraries and PTAs. (MermaidArt@aol.com).
Mallory Leitner is a certified yoga teacher who holds numerous teaching certificates, and is a member of the Yoga Teacher's Alliance. She has been practicing yoga for 20 years and teaching for 12. Mallory teaches adult and kids' classes and has worked with special needs children from New York to California. She currently teaches two kids' classes at Yoga House and at the Waverly school, both in Pasadena. Through the use of interactive games and animated postures, children improve their concentration and focus, stimulate their imaginations, and hone their intuitive skills. Using breathing and visualization techniques, kids learn to relax and to develop self control. This playful practice promotes inner strength, confidence, and self-esteem. Children gain a feeling of well-being and respect for others and love for themselves, inside and out.
Jennifer Levin, Ph.D.: Jenn brings her popular yoga classes for children and teens to our Summer Workshop Programs again this year! Dr. Levin has a doctorate in Public Health and is a certified personal trainer, a certified children's yoga instructor and is certified in mind-body fitness. She is the CEO/Director of Girls on the Run (GOTR), Pasadena. Through GOTR, Dr. Levin has coached hundreds of girls in an exciting combination of fitness and wellness activities. Dr. Levin is also the founder of I Will Prevail Life Coaching working with adolescents & young women to achieve balance, wholeness, and future goals as they cope with the pressures and responsibilities associated with growing up.
http://www.gotrpasadena.com
Jacque Mular, MS, Registered Dietician, is dedicated to a "non-diet" approach to eating, one that encourages the consistent practice of attuned, "intuitive eating" in our everyday lives. Through her clinical and educational work, she helps girls & boys, women & men heal their relationships with food, weight, body image and exercise. Jacque is a popular speaker in a variety of settings--providing interactive workshops and presentations at public and private middle and high schools, universities, and businesses. Her nutritional education incorporates her strong interest in nutrition for planetary sustainability as well as media literacy as it pertains to food & body image.
Jacque's clinical specialties include the treatment of eating disorders in residential, in-patient, partial hospitalization, and out-patient settings; individual and group work with the families of eating disordered individuals; cardiovascular nutrition; diabetes management, including gestational diabetes; irritable bowel disease; and many other conditions. Jacque has a Masters of Sciences in Nutrition and a Bachelor of Sciences in Psychology. She holds a professional certification as an ACE personal trainer.
Lauren Roselle:
Through her company, ESTEEM Self Reliance, Self Protection, Lauren Roselle has reached thousands of participants with her lively and enthusiastic presentations since 1991. Specializing in personal safety, assertiveness training, sexual harassment prevention, and self-defense, Lauren trains participants to use their bodies, minds, and intuitions to foster safety skills and enhance communication. Her programs empower participants to communicate clearly and move through the world with less fear and more confidence. Though she reaches a variety of people through her presentations, workshops, and trainings, middle-school and high-school girls are her favorite population to work with.
Lauren Roselle has provided seminars and workshops for private and public schools, universities, corporations and community organizations including Boston Consulting Group and the Disney Corporation. University clients include California Institute of Technology, The Claremont Colleges, and California State Universities at Los Angeles, Northridge and San Bernardino. Local schools include Chandler, Clairborne, Mayfield Junior and Senior, Polytechnic, Waverly, and Westridge School for Girls.
http://www.assaultprevention.com
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