Staff Type: Teachers in Training

Viveka Chen

Viveka Chen (she|they) has worked for social, racial, gender, economic, environmental and healing justice for over 25 years, across a spectrum of movements, cultures, communities, and sectors. Viveka is a certified somatic coach and a teacher with Strozzi Institute, as well as a leadership coach and trainer, organizational development consultant, and facilitator. Viveka co-founded a …

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Chad Jones

Chad Jones is a father as well as a facilitator, coach, consultant molded from decades as an uncle and youngest child. He spends his days digging into sand and soil, borrowing too many books from the library, baking flatbreads and loaves, asking more 5WH questions, and sleeping in the dark. True to Taurus stereotypes, Chad …

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Tyler Grillo

Tyler Grillo is a somatic coach, bodyworker, and teacher in training at Strozzi Institute. He began studying and practicing somatics in 2015 when he worked at Strozzi Institute, first as Course Manager and then Program Manager, completing his somatic coach certification in 2018. Tyler also served as Director of Programs and Operations for Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, …

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Denise Farai Williams

Denise Farai Williams is an embodied antiracist facilitator & cultural organizer, educator, creative activist and performing artist.  Farai is the founder & lead embodied antiracist facilitator, educator and strategist for Dynamizing Equity™.  With a deep curiosity in nervous system-responsive self care, she  invites participants to create more mental, physical, spiritual, internal space while employing a …

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Aaron Kinnart

Aaron Kinnart is a seasoned organization development consultant, coach and bodyworker. He guides leaders and organizations to cultivate the capacities to navigate our increasingly complex world while contributing to more equitable and sustainable futures. Aaron works from the ground of his indigenous roots as a bi-racial Anishinaabe (Ojibway) man. As the grandson of a boarding …

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