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Lesley Hawkins
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Lesley has extensive experience as creative wellbeing practitioner with individuals and groups. She began her dance movement training when young in Christchurch then London.  Her early experience included contemporary dance, improvisation, and Body-Mind Centering with teachers Patricia Bardi, Katya Bloom, Linda Hartley, and foundation DMT training with Helen Payne.  Returning to NZ she collaborated with Amanda Levey learning the Halprin Life Art Process.  An opportunity to study Dance Movement Therapy in Melbourne enabled her to both immerse herself in healing dance and formalise her dance movement therapy training. She initially applied her skills in aged care and women’s health with independent group work, then worked primarily in the public mental health field as a counsellor/social worker incorporating a body-centred, creative and integrative approach, and where possible offering DMT.  In recent years she has begun her own private Dance to Life practice with a focus on supporting people with trauma and advanced her DMT skills in this area including training with Amber Gray.  She’s also been based in a medical clinic as a Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP) supporting “patients” with holistic wellbeing. Her passion is developing Dance Movement Therapy as a life enhancing creative wellbeing modality. This year learning SpinPoi as a fresh movement modality that can be both a cultural and professional bridge between her HIP and Dance Movement Therapy worlds.

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