Katie Mansfield

As a Registered Yoga Teacher she enjoys integrating both the philosophical and asana elements of yoga into her work as an educator and facilitator. For almost two decades working and learning in peace and justice education in various contexts, she has developed and facilitated in-person and online training in trauma sensitivity, resilience building, and creative approaches to peacebuilding. She has developed and customized curriculum and care strategies for various partners, including groups in Afghanistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Fiji, Germany, Lebanon, Kenya, Mexico, South Sudan, Tanzania, and organizations and communities around the US. Her doctoral thesis in expressive arts and conflict transformation was entitled “Re-friending the Body: Expressive Arts-based, Embodied Learning for Building Resilience.” In addition to yoga teacher training (RYT-200), she has studied personal embodiment at the Tamalpa Institute in California and JourneyDanceTM. She is on the board of the Drums No Guns Foundation based in Richmond, Virginia, and she is actively engaged as a member of the Shalom Mennonite Congregation in Harrisonburg. Dancing and meditation are her daily medicines, including with the online Dancing Resilience community she and others established in 2020. She is originally from a New York suburb and is currently based in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.