Gloria Llompart has extensive experience in yoga, somatic movement education, dance, performance, and writing. She holds multiple certifications in yoga therapies and alternative healing modalities. Llompart has taught at various colleges and universities, and has received honors and grants for her work integrating movement into education. Her background includes an MFA in performance and interactive media arts, and an MA in movement studies.

1. GLORIA LLOMPART
Individualized Programs
Writing, Yoga and Healing Therapies, Somatic Movement Education and Performance
gllompart@gmail.com 845-706-4161
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Education
MFA Performance and Interactive Media Arts, CUNY / Brooklyn College
Focus: Digital media, mind-body therapies and creative collaboration in contemporary
interactions.
MA Liberal Studies, Movement & Dance Studies,
Wesleyan University, Connecticut
Focus: Movement analysis and education. Overview of integrative theories and
methods to create change through movement awareness. Comprehensive survey of
movement sciences integrating anatomy, kinesiology and alignment studies to
anthropological and psychological perspectives.
BA Communicative and Creative Arts, SUNY / College at Old Westbury
Professional Experience
1985 – present. Independent services: yoga and healing therapies, somatic movement education,
performance designer and director, dance composer, writing coach.
2013 – present. NAAM Yoga New York, NYC. Front desk staff, yoga and healing therapies,
somatic (conscious) movement, pregnancy yoga.
2007 - present. CUNY Brooklyn College Learning Center, graduate writing tutor.
2012 – Spring/Summer CUNY / YORK College, Early College Program. Creative Spanish
language teaching for high school students receiving college credits.
2012 - Movement Mindfulness children workshops / performances, Spoke the Hub, Brooklyn.
2003 – 07 Fordham University Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures; and CUNY/YORK
College. Undergraduate teaching. Spanish language, Hispanic and Latin American cultures.
1999 – 2002 NYC Department of Education; full-time secondary education bilingual teaching,
Movement based Performing Arts.
1999 – 2000 Bilingual education research committee at El Puente HS for Peace and Justice,
conducted by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, CUNY Hunter College, NYC.
1999 Relocated in NYC.
1997 - 99 Arts in Education Program, Puerto Rico Department of Education; integrating
Movement Arts in the elementary education curriculum.
1998 Guest composer, International Afro-Caribbean Festival in Veracruz, Mexico.
1996 Teaching residency, Russian Dance Movement Therapy Association, Moscow, Russia.
1993 Guest teacher/composer, Ist. International Festival of Movementand Dance on the Volga,
Yaroslav, Russia.
1995 Producer/artistic director: 1st. Antillean Experimental Dance Event, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1992 Guest composer. II Latin American Contemporary Dance Congress: Integration of Latin
America and the Caribbean, Caracas, Venezuela.
1992 – 97 School of Fine Arts, Puerto Rico; movement arts teaching.
1990 - 95 University of Puerto Rico. Teaching: Modern Dance, Dance History and Dance
Composition courses. Academic Supervision: Teacher Certification Program in the pedagogy of
movement/dance arts for the elementary school curriculum.

2. 1990 – 92 University of Puerto Rico; teaching Dance Therapy overview course.
Volunteer Work
- August 2011 – December 2013, offered NAAM Yoga Therapies (breath work, movement,
sound and meditation) sessions at NYU’s Hospital for Joint Diseases and Langone Medical
Center Psychiatry Department’s Rehabilitation Services, NYC.
- September 2009 - April 2010, offered NAAM Yoga Therapies sessions St. Vincent’s Hospital,
Psychiatry Department NYC.
- 2006 - 2011 Yoga community classes, Universal Force Healing Center, NYC.
- 2004 – 05 Yoga and meditation for cancer patients and their families, Gilda’s Club, NYC.
- 2002 - 2007 pre-natal yoga and meditation at The Brooklyn Birthing Center.
- 1990 - 2001 Founder-Director Danza Con Tacto project, research based movement laboratory in
Puerto Rico for emerging and established therapists, educators and multi-disciplinary artists.
- 1990 - 2000 Founder-Director Contacto Criollo, Inc, non-profit organization in Puerto Rico
committed to foster movement-based research, initiatives and education projects connecting local
and international communities. Provided a platform to initiate and develop creative collaborations
in the Caribbean, Latin America, Russia and the US.
Yoga Certifications
- Shakti NAAM training. Advanced yoga therapies specialty training for restoring health
combining key principles from oriental medicine and yoga from India, NYC 2012 and 2013.
- Specialty NAAM Yoga Therapies Training for Women and Pregnancy, Universal Force
International NAAM Yoga Association (100 hours), NYC, 2010.
- NAAM Yoga Therapies Training, specialty training in movement, breath work, sound therapy
and meditation for health (Yoga Alliance 200 hours), UFINYA, NYC, 2010.
- Kundalini Yoga & Meditation Specialty Teacher Training for Women and Pregnancy,
Kundalini Research Institute, New Mexico, 2002.
- Y.O.G.A. (Your Own Greatness Affirmed) FOR YOUTH, Kundalini Yoga Specialty Teacher
Training for at Risk Urban Youth, NYC, 2001.
- KUNDALINI Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training, Kundalini Research Institute (1,500 hours),
New Mexico, 2000.
Certifications in Alternative Healing Modalities
- HARMONYUM I, II and III, restorative energy balancing system that supports emotional,
mental and physical health. UF International Harmonyum Association, NYC, 2005-present.
- REIKI I & II, energy balancing to support stress reduction. Dyal Singh Khalsa, NY, 2005.
Professional Affiliations
Universal Force International NAAM Yoga and HARMONYUM Associations.
Honors and Grants
- 2008-09 CUNY/ Brooklyn College, Goldstein Academic Scholarship.
- Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, granted awards: 1996 Merit Award/Dance, 1995 Artistic
Development Award, 1992–1996 and 1998 Grants for International Events, 1988 and 1989 Dance
Scholarships.
- 1985 Wesleyan University, Academic Scholarship.
Interests Holistic Therapies, Mind-Body Training, Performance Art, Anthropology of the Body,
Improvisational Arts, Education.
Skills Spanish / English professional language proficiency. Native Spanish speaker. Computer
literacy. CPR Certified. Liability Insurance.