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Tamara Russell
Tamara Russell
Dr. Tamara Russell is a clinical psychologist and martial artist with training in neuroscience. She blends these disciplines in her Body In Mind Training Program offered in various formats in healthcare, schools, corporate settings and for athletes. Her passion is innovation in mindfulness. She is the Founder of the Mindfulness Centre of Excellence - a think tank dedicated to making mindfulness more accessible through movement and creativity so all can benefit from this heart/mind/brain training. Her curated retreat activities draw on the embodied creative transformational learning from work done by the Mindfulness Centre of Excellence.
Tamara is the author of "Mindfulness in Motion" and "#whatismindfulness". She curates transformational journeys of self discovery in her role as a Tutor for the Alef Trust Masters in Consciousness Studies and is a Visiting Lecturer in the Neuroimaging Department of King's College London.
With Trudi Simpson she is a member of the ViCePh(3) artist collective.
"I felt so privileged to be part of it and the magic of human interactions was healing by itself. We learnt and grew just by being around each other, trying to overcome our own limitations and fears and developing courage. Creativity is so powerful! Thank you Trudi and Tam for being so caring and allowing the process to unfold naturally. This week, I felt that my brain was changed, that I was better equipped for this life and had so much hope in humankind."
Claire, a participant in our Do Less Be More Creative 2021 Retreat.
Trudi Simpson
Trudi Simpson
Trudi Simpson is an engaged artistic practitioner, meditator and martial artist. Formally trained within the field of fine arts and psychotherapy she has worked both as a freelance artist and mental health practitioner. Trudi has spent over 20 years as Buddhist practitioner. Training with a variety of traditions and teachers globally (Sri Lanka, India, China, UK, USA) and specialising in compassion and death practices. She has trained extensively in China's Wudang Mountains. Drawing upon the embodiment of martial arts, the thinking of psychotherapy (specialising in trauma), and mixed media creative practice (including performance art). Trudi combines Mindfulness creativity and contemplative practices in the service of supporting the most vulnerable and traumatized members of the community.
Currently, she is involved with creating artwork in creative and artistic mentoring projects that have a healing potential at the individual and collective level. With Tamara Russell and Fernanda Terra, she is a member of the ViCePh(3) artist collective.
"Trudi's light touch in encouraging someone’s theme to emerge was perfectly pitched between encouraging and enabling without interfering -empowering. Tamara’s contribution to look at psychological aspects (comparison monkey) and process added to the richness of the experience. They both created a non judgmental climate which was freeing for me."
MaryLouise, a participant in our Do Less Be More Creative 2021 Retreat.
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