ABOUT VALERIE DEARING

VALERIE THE YOGI received her 200 hour Kundalini certification from 7 Centers Yoga Arts in Sedona Arizona in 2017. Valerie also has her 200 hour yoga teacher training certification from the Hudson Yoga Center in Hudson Ohio in the Iyengar style. She has additional teacher training in Yin Yoga and therapeutic Qi Gong from the Omega Institute of Holistic Healing.

As an instuctor, Valerie's classes specialize in relaxation, mindfulness, focus, healing, strengthening, and balance. Valerie teaches yoga and art for children , adults, and seniors. She has taught yoga since 2008.

VALERIE THE ARTIST has a Masters Degree in Art and teaches spiritual art classes such as making personal mandalas, sumi ink painting, painting the chakras (the body's energy centers). Students increase their self awareness and well-being with this visually guided art experience. Valerie teaches childrens' art classes in Vermont.

Valerie has been an artist-in-residence at the Omega Institute since 2005 and she has also taught art in India and Mexico in recent years. She has also been a full time art teacher in colleges, universities, and public and private elementary/middle schools where she had the pleasure of working with hundreds of children over the years.

Practicing holistic health, Valerie is also a certified raw vegan chef and is attuned to Level 2 Reiki healing and Alchemy Energetics.

Valerie is passionate about teaching and loves to share her passion through art and yoga. To learn more about her art visit valeriedearingart.com.