Sher Levesque joined Theatre Adventure in 2018 as a teacher and movement/sound specialist. We are so fortunate to have Sher as a member of our team of teachers. Sher brings a breadth of artistry to all of her work with our students. Her sound and movement offerings broaden and deepen our expressive arts explorations with our students.
Her grounding in the underlying theory and practice that informs her work is appreciated by her colleagues as well. Gongs, singing bowls, drums, fairy lights of different colors, patterned fabrics and rugs, all create Sher's inviting studio setting for our online classes. Pre-pandemic Sher enriched our summer offerings by bringing some of her gongs and instruments to share with our students. During class when we put our hands to our hearts to feel our breath, Sher reminds us, "Let's return home."
Sher grew up studying music & dance, cultivating a meditation practice in her teens. In college, she was a music education/performance major for her first semester and found herself taking her first yoga class in her last one. Sher graduated from UMASS Amherst with a BA in psychology and has worked in the non-profit public health field since 1998 in direct care, management, quality assurance, and training/staff development.
In 2010 she began offering yoga, sound meditation, and healing arts modalities both in the community and with specialized populations in public health settings.
Sher has taught yoga/sound meditation to children & adults with trauma, chronic mental health issues, traumatic or acquired brain injuries, autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy and other atypical neurodevelopmental conditions. She has completed multiple trainings and certifications in yoga, meditation, and other healing arts modalities, including sound therapeutics and trauma-sensitive yoga.
Sher continues to practice different forms of dance and embodied movement and is currently focused on tap dancing. Her focus on these mediums ranges from more therapeutic applications, for self-exploration and as ways to cultivate a connection to others. Sher also has her own movement/sound oriented business, Sri Healing Arts, in which she offers classes, workshops/events, ceremonies, retreats & privates sessions. click on the link below to find out more.