[ YOGA + HEALING + CONSULTING ]
Matt Garza is a yoga // wellness // decolonization practitioner + curriculum designer + instructional coach/facilitator + consultant specializing in:
// MINDFULNESS + MEDITATION + YOGA
// DECOLONIZING CREATIVE PRACTICE + EDUCATION + LEADERSHIP
// HISTORY OF AMERICAN SCHOOLING
// SOCIAL + EMOTIONAL LEARNING
// DIVERISTY, EQUITY + INCLUSION
// CRITICAL CREATIVE COMMUNITY PEDAGOGY
// SOUND BATHS + FACILITATED RESTORATION
// SOCIAL PRACTICE + HISTORICAL INTERVENTION + CULTURAL PRESERVATION
Contact Garza for yoga // healing // decolonization 1-on-1 sessions, group workshops, community interventions, curriculum projects, and other community partnerships.
RECENT PARTNERS:
TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts: Dean of DEI (2018 - 2020)
Project Wayfinder: Curriculum Designer + Instructional Coach / Professional Development Facilitator (2018 - present)
Breathe For Change: 200 Hr Yoga & Wellness Champion Teacher Certification Instructor (Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Winter 2020)
Pushed Learning & Media: Board Member (2019 - present)
AS220 + AS220 Youth: Professional Development Workshops & Coaching: Dismantling Sexism in Creative Practice (2018), Decolonizing Self Care (2020); Decolonizing Pedagogy & Educational Culture (2020)
RISCA: RI State Council for the Arts: Decolonizing Self Care (2020)
Maywood High School, Maywood, NE: Decolonizing Belonging (2020)
Sonoma High School - Sonoma, CA: Decolonizing Belonging (2020)
Stowe High School - Stowe, VT: Decolonizing Purpose (2019)
Germantown Friends High School, Philadelphia, PA: Decolonizing Purpose (2019)
KIPP Annual Summer Conference - Houston, TX: Decolonizing Purpose (2019)
Nido De Aguias International School - Santiago, Chile: Decolonizing Purpose (2019), Decolonizing Belonging (2020)
Revolution School - Philadelphia, PA (2020)
Richland School District - Richland, SC: Decolonizing Purpose (2018)
IGNITE Middle School - Dallas, TX: Decolonizing Purpose (2018)