

Introduction:
Macy lives and works in the Greater Seattle Area. She also works and consults in Chapel Hill, NC.She brings her years of teaching children, her love of reading, her passion for yoga and her strong exuberance for life to her work with children. When not providing therapy to children, training teachers in social emotional learning, you might spot me around town enjoying one of her many other passions like XC skiing, swimming, kayaking, hiking, and of course, yoga.
Background:
Macy brings a wealth of educational knowledge and background to her kids yoga teaching. She has worked with a wide range of populations from deaf and hard of hearing children to youngsters with Down Syndrome to autistic teens to senior citizens to English language learners in the public schools and community centers. She also provides after school tutoring with a focus on mindfulness and yoga. Her current research and consulting work focuses on mindfulness in high school students in rural communities in North Carolina. This work has been based at the University of North Carolina. Most recently she has worked as a therapist for youth with anxiety and OCD. She brings her mindfulness and yoga practices to her work with youth and families impacted by anxiety and OCD.
In the fall of 2013 she traveled to Kerala, India , a life transforming journey. and in 2015 she had the amazing opportunity to travel to Tibet culminating in a circumambulation around Mount Kailash. She expresses deepest gratitude for all her teachers in her life and her most special teachers of all , her two wonderful daughters.
Certifications:
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Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate, LMHCA
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Audiology, MS
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Applied Child and Adolescent Psychology MS
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TESOL Certification
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Making Friends with Yourself :Mindful Self compassion for youth
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Yapana 200 hr Yoga Training RYT
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Rainbow Kids Yoga Certification
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Next Generation Kids Yoga Certification (2-7)and (8-12)
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Mindfulness Schools yearlong certification
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Reiki Level One Certification
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Sign Language, Spanish and Swedish Skills