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Micah Nelson
February 27, 2021
Episode 38: Balance First
In this week's conversation I am joined by Micah Nelson. Micah has a passion for holistic health, yoga and the arts. She believes that empowerment through the arts is a powerful catalyst for transformative healing and self discovery. Micah is driven to give back to the community and to empower youth, their educators and their families. As a teacher, she brings yoga and wellness into the classroom. In this week's episode we touch on the 'balance.' Balance has become a part of our everyday language, and Micah not only guides us through this topic in the context of yoga, mindfulness and meditation, but also takes it a step further and guides us through the way in which taping into our sensory needs can help us pivot, recalibrate and feel a sense of balance.
In this week's conversation I am joined by Micah Nelson. Micah has a passion for holistic health, yoga and the arts. She believes that empowerment through the arts is a powerful catalyst for transformative healing and self discovery. Micah is driven to give back to the community and to empower youth, their educators and their families. As a teacher, she brings yoga and wellness into the classroom. In this week's episode we touch on the 'balance.' Balance has become a part of our everyday language, and Micah not only guides us through this topic in the context of yoga, mindfulness and meditation, but also takes it a step further and guides us through the way in which taping into our sensory needs can help us pivot, recalibrate and feel a sense of balance.
Guest Biography
Micah Nelson is the founder of Balance First Workshops. An arts, education and wellness business dedicated to positively impacting the lives of children, their educators and their families. Through ancient holistic health practices and the arts, Micah leads empowering workshops virtually and in personally.
She is also committed to supporting the children’s charities Trails Youth Initiatives and The Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women’s Empowerment. A portion of the sales of the art from her BalancedArts site and workshops support these two transformative children’s charities. With an educational background from McGill University in International Development Studies Micah gained international work experience. She became a published author when she shared her transformative journey on an internship in Botswana in the book, Ignite Your Adventurous Spirit. While on her internship she was inspired to teach children yoga and mindfulness. From there she became a yoga instructor, elementary school teacher and holistic health practitioner. As a Therapeutic Art Life Coach, Micah offers mindful art workshops for children and adults. With her combined skill set she went on to create empowering workshops for youth and women using the arts, yoga and holistic health. She is also in the process of launching an arts and wellness course that works through the chakras and the five senses. You can see Micah in the upcoming virtual event, Body Fit Soul Lit! Tickets are available on EventBrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtually-body-fit-soul-lit-2021-tickets-138308254713?fbclid=IwAR1EN-Xx_0GnKTQc9q8ikdYGVq0bBCR2OkoCBsnL0I4-5anGcDwmlZdJqw8
She is also committed to supporting the children’s charities Trails Youth Initiatives and The Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women’s Empowerment. A portion of the sales of the art from her BalancedArts site and workshops support these two transformative children’s charities. With an educational background from McGill University in International Development Studies Micah gained international work experience. She became a published author when she shared her transformative journey on an internship in Botswana in the book, Ignite Your Adventurous Spirit. While on her internship she was inspired to teach children yoga and mindfulness. From there she became a yoga instructor, elementary school teacher and holistic health practitioner. As a Therapeutic Art Life Coach, Micah offers mindful art workshops for children and adults. With her combined skill set she went on to create empowering workshops for youth and women using the arts, yoga and holistic health. She is also in the process of launching an arts and wellness course that works through the chakras and the five senses. You can see Micah in the upcoming virtual event, Body Fit Soul Lit! Tickets are available on EventBrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtually-body-fit-soul-lit-2021-tickets-138308254713?fbclid=IwAR1EN-Xx_0GnKTQc9q8ikdYGVq0bBCR2OkoCBsnL0I4-5anGcDwmlZdJqw8
Connect with Micah
Instagram @micahjulia @balance_first_workshops
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BalanceFirstWorkshops
Website: www.balancefirstworkshops.com / www.balancedarts.ca
Email : [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BalanceFirstWorkshops
Website: www.balancefirstworkshops.com / www.balancedarts.ca
Email : [email protected]
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