Jacqueline Westhead is a facilitator, mentor, educator, artist, author and so much more. She has led a rich and varied life dedicating herself to deepening her knowledge and to sharing that knowledge with others. And while her arts training and performance work stands on its own, it is also what brought Jacqueline to developing Sound Body Wisdom.
Throughout the years Jacqueline has developed cutting-edge curriculum as well as grown her practice to mentor and support individuals.

To support her work and in collaboration with her years of experience, she has certificates from:

Healing Trauma with Compassion Based Approaches, Awake Network
Emory University, Conflict Transformation
Moving On Center, Somatic Education (including Authentic Movement, Hakomi, developmental movement, Body Mind Centering)
Johns Hopkins, Psychological First Aid
Colorado University, EMT Foundations and Emergency Care
University of Colorado, Trauma Emergencies and Care
University of Minnesota, Resilience in Children Exposed to Trauma, Disaster and War: Global Perspectives
Healing Hands, Massage Therapy (CMT)
Jonathan Goldman, Sound Healing Practitioner Training
Univeristy of New Mexico, Curanderismo: Traditional Medicine
Michael Silverdragon, Usui Reiki , Level I

She has trained in yoga, expressive movement, craniosacral therapy, life coaching, Nonviolent Communication, herbal medicine, neurolinguistics with MOOC, Rites of Passage Journeys with the Rites of Passage Institute and Trauma Informed Practices with Restorative Justice Colorado.
All in service of deepening and sustaining our individual, collective and systemic resilience.

In the movement arts she has trained in physical theater, dance and martial arts. These include: Butoh, yoga, Contact Improvisation, Commedia Dell-Arte and other highly expressive movement forms. Her teachers include Yumiko Yoshioko, Simone Forti, New Crime Productions, Contraband, Peggy Hackney and Martha Eddy.  

As a musician she has toured and performed and also studied sound, chant and sound healing with teachers and artists that include Jonathan Goldman, Robert Gass, Russill Paul, Shefa Gold, Dave Stringer, Shantala and students of Jon Beaulieu. 

In her ever present signature blending of movement, sound and rhythm, she was a senior member of ICM signed Jellyeye (Drum Theater) and created and performed extensively with them for 7 years. She was a founding member of MASS Ensemble (Music And Sonic Sculpture) and has collaborated with a variety of independent artists and companies over the years creating movement and music-based work for theaters and festivals as well as being an independent choreographer.  She has traveled and studied in West Africa, southern India and studied percussion with internationally known artists Glen Velez and Hamid Drake. Her music has led her to play for a variety of artists’ CDs, music projects and U.S. tours.
 
She has created workshops for youth and adults across the United States and abroad in such places as The Kripalu Center, The University of Michigan, Naropa University, Cleveland Public Theater, the Cultural Center of Chicago, Elat Chayyim, Power of Hope and in locations from the Middle East to Iceland. She has received several CAAP and NAP grants to study, create new work and design community projects. She has worked with schools, hospitals, community and private organizations offering Sound Body Wisdom, her integration of movement, mind body, awareness and voice practices. She is the author of Touching the Invisible: A Field Guide for Living as well as offering the Sound Body Wisdom podcast.

Jacqueline is a student of meditation and spiritual traditions and continues to travel and study to expand her understanding of her work and the role it plays in our evolving World.
She was a tour manager for the Tibetan Monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery, personal assistant to Ram Dass and toured as a Kirtan musician for over 10 years, immersed in chant and sacred practice with communities around the globe.

She believes in science and all that we can measure and the power of energy generated through the heart, love and intention.
Most of all, Jacqueline is a human being that cares deeply.