Artist. Athlete. Adventurer.
DAWN THE BODYWORK PRACTITIONER
Dawn has spent the majority of her life as an athlete and believes in the infinite wisdom of the body as a doorway in towards self-awareness and healing. She founded Sunrise Healing Arts in 2012 and incorporates her varied interests and modalities of approach to physical and emotional healing. She draws from many different disciplines in her approach to her bodywork practice: The Rolf Method of Structural Integration, Scarwork, Bonework, Thai Bodywork, Swedish/Deep Tissue Therapeutic Massage, Somatic Movement, Biodynamic Craniosacral, Embryology, Breathwork, Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and Meditation.
DAWN THE ARTIST
Dawn has always loved creative expression and has been creating art her whole life. The art form that launched her into becoming a professional artist was her exploration of cut paper and representational collages, particularly of anatomical drawings. Her original works are made by cutting and layering paper to create images of things that interest her -- animals, nature scenes, anatomy, and the human form. She has also developed a detailed pen and ink style exploring the meditative quality of mandalas. Both of these art forms have a way of interconnecting layers of imagery that is not unlike the fascial web in the body.
Bodywork Experience
200-hr Yoga Teacher Training - Heartwood Institute, 2007
Savannah School of Massage Therapy, 2012
GA Massage License since 2012
Thai Massage Studies - Orlando School of Thai Massage, 2012-2015
Rolf Guild for Structural Integration Basic Training, 2015
Rolf Guild for Structural Integration Basic Training, 2018
Scarwork Certification, 2015
Scarwork Teacher Certification, 2022
Assistant Teacher Scarwork, Anderson Cancer Center, Savannah, GA, 2016
Scarwork Teacher, Demsey Center, Lewiston, ME, 2019
Scarwork Teacher, Guild for Structural Integration, Salt Lake City, UT, 2022 Bonework, taught by Sharon Wheeler, 2019
Biodynamic Cranial Touch mentorship with Giorgia Milne, 2015 - 2017
Ongoing Somatic Movement studies with Janet Kaylo since 2014
Vipassana Meditation since 2014
Various Breathwork studies since 2012
Structural Integration Mentorship with Liz Stewart, 2015-2020
Visceral Manipulation – The Work of Liz Gaginni, as taught by Alyssa Dodson, 2023
Art Experience
Solo Art Show “Inner Outer” at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 2018
Cover Art of International Association of Structural Integration Yearbook, 2019
Isle of Hope Festival for Art & Music, 2018
Tybee Island Tour de Art, 2022 - 2023
Gordonston Art Fair, 2023
Self-published coloring book of mandalas - “Spirit Play From Dusk Till Dawn: The Art of Conscious Coloring with Meditative Mandalas”, 2023 Solo Art Show “Soul Seeds” at Cedar House Gallery, 2024
