Programs we offer
Movement & arts education for Wellness & human development
After school
Arts for PE
Professional development
Nature based programming
Talent retention wellness
In late 2004, after a 15 year odyssey, I opened Embora Wellness and Movement Studio a community hub for arts and wellness. Everyday of the five years it was in existence was a magical offering. Dance, poetry, music, wellness, movement and music notables such as Urban Bush Woman, Ron Brown, Maimona Keita, Ase Dance Theater Collective, Maritri and the Soul Folks Experience, Marlies Yearby, Pure Elements, Thelma Hill performing arts, Afro Mosaic Soul, Martial arts pioneer, Prof. Ronald Duncan and many more.
EM Arts is the evolution of service to community at an even higher level, education.
Our mission
- To support and enhance existing academic instruction, while providing a comprehensive educational platform for overall wellness and human development.
- EM Techniques helps schools increase the capacity of students and improves school culture through movement & arts education.
Teaching Firms of America - Students explore movement and culture through folkloric dance
Program objectives
To support and enhance existing academic instruction, while providing a comprehensive educational platform for overall wellness and human development.
Student Programming
Provide and administer a movement based programming experience with a demonstrable outcome to be exhibited at the conclusion of the designated program.
Needs EM Techniques programs address
• Building Character Education: Zest, Self-Control, Curiosity, Social Intelligence
• Creating “safe spaces” for students to express themselves within the school environment
• Increasing participation and focus, including following directions, listening and waiting your turn
• Standing and moving in straight lines; giving yourself and others enough space to walk without touching
• Comfort with touch – how to touch in socially acceptable ways
• Encouraging student reflection
• Self-awareness: “Am I really being still?”
• Learning to use de-escalation in conflict
• Learning how to use the space of a page, a line, a canvas, a room
• Engaging ways to teaching Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Unity Preparatory charter school - students of the martial arts club discuss and practice breathing techniques.
Observation:
Students manifest the skills in their everyday lives, evidencing their ability to live out the essential understandings.