KATHLEEN R. ANDERSON

(781) 975 2547



HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
    Taught Gyrokinesis(R), Gyrotonic(R) Pilates and Yoga at Aman Resorts, 118/1, Moo 3, Thalang, Cherngtaly, Phuket, 83110 Thailand
  • Taught opening yoga class for Yoga As Therapy: The Mind/Body Approach Mind/Body Medical Institute (under the direction of Herbert Benson) Inn at Longwood Medical Boston, MA Sat, March 23rd 2002.
  • Featured Yoga Teacher: Renewing Body & Soul Weekend Retreat, The Workshop Series Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston , MA September 8-10, 2000.
  • A student of Hatha Yoga for 29 years, including 15 years in Kripalu Yoga and 13 years in Iyengar Yoga
  • Yoga Instructor Training through B. K. S. Iyengar, Somerville, Massachusetts with Patricia Walden 1996 - 1998
  • Certified Yoga Instructor through Yoga Vidya Niketan, Bombay, India with Shri Sadashiv Nimbalkar 1995
  • One year of Lay midwifery training in which I taught Yoga for Pregnancy 1994 - 1995
  • Dance Therapist Registered, granted by the Dance Therapy Association from Antioch Graduate School 1992
  • Certified Yoga Instructor through Kripalu Yoga Ashram, Lenox, Massachusetts 1986
  • Dance Movement Therapy Internship with the elderly, adolescents, children, and
  • chronic mentally ill adults in Providence, Rhode Island 1986 - 1987
  • Field work in Dance Movement Therapy at the Brattleboro Retreat, Brattleboro, Vermont 1984 – 1985

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Volunteered with recently released women prisoners in a half way house, Boston , MA 2000 - 2001
  • Private Contractor Yoga and Pilates, Wellspace, Cambridge, MA 2000 - 2001
  • Private contractor - Yoga, at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education 2000 - 2001
  • Private Contractor – Yoga, at the Boston Center for Adult Education 1999 –2001
  • Belmont Council on Aging muscle conditioning for seniors 1999 –2001
  • Head of the Yoga Dept. at Sue Luby’s Body Sense Yoga and Fitness facility, Andover, MA 1999
  • Yoga to Go, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1996 -Present
  • Instructor in private yoga classes in home or office setting
  • Self-employed Consultant in the Field of Yoga 1995 - Present
  • Fitness to Go, Arlington, Massachusetts - Yoga and group exercise in well elderly setting 1995 – 1999
  • Carney Hospital, Women’s Clinic for Health and Safety taught yoga for a battered women’s clinic 1995 - 1997
  • Fit as a Fiddle, Falmouth, Massachusetts 1992 - 1993
  • Exercise-to-Music Programs in nursing home setting on the South Shore
  • Wrentham State School, Wrentham, Massachusetts 1990 - 1993
  • Recreational Therapist for developmentally delayed adults
  • Mt. Pleasant Retirement Home, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 1990 - 1992
  • Dance Movement Therapist for well elders
  • Village Preschool, Roslindale, Massachusetts 1992
  • Dance Movement Therapist for normal children, ages 6 months to 6 years
  • Clark House, Westwood, Massachusetts - Activities Assistant for institutionalized elderly 1991
  • Fernald State School, Waltham, Massachusetts 1990
  • Dance Movement Therapist for elderly mentally retarded
  • Northern Pines Health Resort, Raymond, Maine - Resort Yoga and Dance Instructor 1990
  • The Web, Plymouth, Massachusetts 1988
  • Dance Therapist for mentally retarded and developmentally delayed persons
  • Gildday Daycare Center, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1986
  • Dance Movement Therapist for groups of children at risk
  • Self-employed Yoga Instructor for various health clubs and Y.M.C.A.’s in Greater Boston area 1986 – Present

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Stott/Pilates Reformer Training Course May, June July 2001
  • Stott/Pilates Mat training Jan. - Feb., 2001
  • Weekend workshop with Rodney Yee, Iyengar Yoga Jan. 12– 14, 2001
  • Taught Yoga at the MaMHCA Professional Development Workshop for Anxiety Disorders & OCD Nov. 11, 2000
  • Featured Yoga Instructor at the Renewing the Body and Soul Conference, Boston, MA Sept. 8 – 10, 2000
  • Attended Omega’s/Yoga Journal’s Yoga Conference, New York, New York Sept. 22 - 24, 2000
  • Studied under Rodney Yee, Iyengar Yoga in Bali, Indonesia July 15 - 29, 2000
  • Physical Mind/Pilates Mat Course April 1-2, 2000
  • Yoga for Menapause, Costa Rica Feb. 26, - March 4, 2000
  • Sue Luby’s Body Sense Yoga and Fitness Facility, Andover, MA April-June 1999
  • Yoga for Pregnancy Workshop, Wellbridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1996
  • Certified in Aqua Aerobics by the Aqua Exercise Association, Florida 1996
  • Ran Yoga Studio, Watertown, Massachusetts, for beginner and intermediate adult students 1994 - 1995
  • Hosted Shri Sadashiv Nimbalkar of Yoga Vidya Niketan, Bombay, India, at Watertown 1995
  • Organized and promoted Yoga Teacher Training by Shri Sadashiv Nimbalkar 1995
  • Demonstrated use of Yoga Props to other teachers 1995
  • Yoga for Pregnancy Workshop for Lay Midwives 1994
  • Treasurer, Regional Chapter of the Dance Movement Therapy Association 1992
  • In-serviced Psychologists in Leon, Nicaragua, on the Viability of Dance Therapy 1990

EDUCATION

  • Antioch/New England, Keene, New Hampshire Master of Arts in Dance Movement Therapy
  • S.U.N.Y. Brockport, Brockport, New York Bachelor of Arts in Dance
  • Middlesex Polytechnique, London, England Performing Arts Major
  • Lasell Junior College, Auburndale, Massachusetts Associate of Arts in Retailing
  • Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts Fashion Design Major