SummaryLinda Peck, M.Ed. has been an Arts and Health Education Consultant / Leadership Coach and Performance Speaker for over 18 years presenting trainings, professional developments and lecturing for organizations, institutions, and corporations globally. In Sept 2019 Linda presented for CNN/WarnerMedia along with Shaquil O'Neill in Atlanta GA. has presented for Health programs at Cigna in Ct., Hewlett Packard in MA, UMASS CMIND, and many other clients.Drawing from her unique background in MIme and Asian practices( moving mindfulness), and psychology, Linda works with people's talents and abilities and to stretch them beyond the black box! Linda uses somatic and mindful techniques that transform neuro-behaviors opening up portals for them to reframe situations and see information in new ways. Students, employees, teachers are engaged in active listening with the interplay of movement and information and sensory experiences. Using innovative techniques drawn from Laban, and even Chinese brush painting, Linda's programs amplify how people learn differently and tap into a generation of creativity.Building on employees, administrators, staff, professors, teachers' abilities and talents these experiential techniques accelerate learning and leading skills through both a wholistic and business lens, moving people/workforce cultures forward.Recent organizations/corporations I have served include CNN, Greenfield Community College(Movement Arts Guest Lecturer), Ashford Public Schools Ct (PD), Shelton Public Schools Ct., MA. East Longmeadow Public Schools( PD) Antioch University (Faculty Theatre and Puppetry) Lowell Hospital, and the Brattleboro Retreat.Adaptive exercises involving somatic mindfulness, quantum mechanics, theatre mime and Asian martial arts - Tai chi and Wing Chun enhance growth mindsets, mastery, and application of information.Specialties include:• Expertise in Non-Verbal Communications through Theatre and Mime influences• Excellence in Public Speaking/ and teaching -adult learning principles.Experience in diverse, multicultural settings with an understanding of a variety of innovative approaches to instruction fostering higher-order thought.• Programs across disicplines- Connections of Science to Art • Presenting a comprehensive curriculum of movement that raises self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-directed individuals, creating a bridge to expression and focus.• Research, evidence-based learning addressing social/emotional competencies, impulse control, and social justice. • Health, Theatre and Performance model which serves Teachers, Students, Communities and Businesses.Bio. Linda Peck has a Masters's from Plymouth State University in 2016 and studied Mindfulness and Arts Integration at Lesley University in 2014. She is certified in MBSR( Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and trained in Somatic Psychology. An award-winning Author, Adjunct, Coach, and Professional Developer, Linda's research/academic University career using movement and mindfulness/theatre and science to optimize people's wellbeing is augmented by her worldwide career in Theatre and Mime. Additionally, experiences with the Broadway Production of Mary Poppins, along with her study and ultimate degrees in Mindfulness and Asian Arts all have been instrumental for her creating a Speaking/ Coaching paradigm with instructional designs while maintaining a high level of artistic value. Linda is a Mindful Communications Coach for an Executive at CNN, will be speaking for a conference hosted out of Paris France Feb 2021 is on the Advisory Council of Young Audiences AFLCT and is on speaker roster for SPARK NH EDUCATION, CT ASSN FOR THE GIFTED, Very Special Arts Ct VSA, and Hartford Performs.AWARDIn 2019 Linda received a Finacial Award for innovative performance in teaching for theatre professors from the Assn. of Theatre Movement Educations Educators.
