About Meghan Franklin

BIOGRAPHY: Meghan graduated from Montclair State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance and a minor in Psychology. As a dance major at Montclair State University she studied Modern Dance, Ballet, Jazz, and West African Dance. Meghan has choreographed for the Absegami High School’s Dance Program blending Hip-Hop, Modern Dance, Yoga and Karate to leave the audience in a standing ovation her first year, and a silent crowd with tears in their eyes most recently with a dance piece about racism. This same dance piece was also performed for the Martin Luther King Junior Celebration Day held at Galloway Township Middle School. She has performed at the Kumquat Theater and Wilma Theater in Philadelphia.

Meghan has studied the martial art form of Chikara De Heiwa for nine-teen years. Chikara De Heiwa is a martial art form which blends the Japanese fighting style of Wado Ru as well as Ju Jitsu and Judo.

Meghan received her Kripalu Yoga Teaching Certification in May of 2004. Meghan has also been certified in the nationally recognized K-8 Yoga Ed. program and Sonia Sumar’s Yoga for the Special Child. Meghan is also a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association, in which she receives quarterly materials that enhance her practice and teaching.

Meghan has taught yoga at Atlanticare, Seashore Healing Arts Center, Absegami Highschool, Atlantic City Boardwalk and Ventnor City Educational Community Complex in New Jersey. She has also taught at The Breathing Project in New York City and Maui Lotus Yoga in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. Meghan continues to look for opportunities to gain more knowledge and to expand her horizons in the field of yoga, movement, and health.

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To ask a question is a moment shame. Not to ask is a life time of ignorance.
-Seige

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Without an integrated understanding of life, our individual and collective problems will only deepen and extend. The purpose of education is not to produce mere scholars, technicians and job hunters, but integrated men and women who are free of fear.; for only between such human beings can there be enduring peace.
-J. Krishnamurti

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Sonia Sumar’s Yoga for the Special Child : Meghan was certified in Sonia Sumar’s Yoga for the Special Child in June of 2006 at the Integral Yoga Institute in New York City. Sonia Sumar’s Yoga for the Special Child is a therapeutic yoga approach for infants and children with Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and Learning Disabilities. Specialized breathing exercises and relaxation techniques are used to improve concentration and reduce hyperactivity. An integrated system of yoga poses is used to increase cognitive and motor skills. An evaluation is done during the first session or so depending on the adaptability of the child. For more information please visit www.specialyoga.com. Private sessions in the comfort of the child’s home (where he or she is most secure) are available. Locations include Kihei, Wailea, Makena, Lahaina, Kapalua, Paia, Haiku, Makawao and Pukalani.

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By letting go of our fears and negativity, and learning to see the best in ourselves and others, we can provide a powerful impetus for positive change. It is through this ability to go beyond preconceived notions and external appearances that we can transform our lives and those of our children.
-Sonia Sumar

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Maybe we have different clothes, our skin is of a different color, or we speak different languages. That is on the surface. But we are the same human beings. That is what binds us to each other. That is what makes it possible for us to understand each other and to develop friendship and closeness.
- His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

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There comes that mysterious meeting in life, when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential.
-Rusty Berkus

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
-Henry Adams

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