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  • About
    • About Sean
    • Our Team >
      • Board
      • Advisors
      • Our Team
    • Testimonials
  • SOSF Programs
    • CALM Kids
    • Yoga 4 Kids With Cancer
    • Nutrition
    • Mindful Curriculum
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Ambassador Application
    • Bring a SOSF Program to your school
    • Become a SOSF Yoga Teacher
    • Newsletters
  • Events
  • Partners
    • Schools
    • Ambassadors
  • Empowering Youth Campaign
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Curriculum Advisors

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Dr. Sheryl Cook –
California- licensed Clinical Psychologist
  • Counseling executives at Scripps Center for Executive Health In Live Quality and Mind & Body awareness
  • Registered Yoga Instructor
  • Offers customized classes and wellness programs
  • Stress management skills, pain management techniques, relaxation, meditation techniques, relaxation, meditation and yoga.
  • Specializes in mood disorders, eating disorders and life transitions.
  •    Dr. Cook developed an adolescent program which used health
and fitness techniques to educate positive lifestyle choices and coping skills to young children and teens.
  •    Dr. Cook has a private counseling practice in North County, SD where she counsels teens and adults.
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Reid Olmstead –
School Psychologist & past SOSF Youth Program Chair
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology LeMoyne College
Masters of Science in Educational Psychology - Northeastern University
Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in School Psychology - Northeastern University
Michelle Pasos -
M.S. 200 EYT
Adjunct Professor 
Exercise & Sport Science
Azusa Pacific University
·         Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology emphasis in Sport Studies CSUF
·         Master of Science in Kinesiology emphasis in Strength/Conditioning & Nutrition CSUF
·         200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Yoga Works
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Nancy Hopstein -
Bachelor of Psychology from University of La Verne
Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Loma Linda University
  • California licensed Marriage
  • Family Therapist #  49163
  • Masters Certificate in Drug and Alcohol Counseling
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Kamlesh Singh -
BA psychology
Masters in Physical Education
  • Practicing yoga for 15 years.
  • CLAD Teaching credential.
  • Published Author of Yoga book and DVD,
  • Licensed Massage Therapist and Degree in Neuromuscular Therapy.
  • 200 HR RYT in Holistic Yoga Teacher Training,
  • Owner of Kam's Thai Massage. Www.kamsthaimassage.com
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Gloria O’Shea -
Founder and Executive Director for the Sean O’Shea Foundation
Co-chairwomen SOSF Youth Programs
  • BS Business Administration (Service Sector Management/marketing)
Certified Yoga Teacher:
  • Indigo Yoga – teach yoga to youth
  • Street Yoga _ Teach yoga to at-risk communities (Teens)
  • Niroga Institute – Yoga teacher training and Transformative Lifeskills training
  • AshtangaYoga Center – Primary series
  • Next Generation – Teacher trainers – coaching 
Natasha Edwina -
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
PhD in Mind-Body Medicine, Specializing in Integrative Mental Health Saybrook University
  • Founder & Conscious Entrepreneur
  • Certified Mindful Coach
  • Certification in Mind-Body Medicine - The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (2009-current)
  • Certification in Guiding Mindful Change coaching 
  • CA Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, MFC49988
  • 1 Year Post-Graduate Training in Bioenergetics (Somatic Relational Psychology)
  • 2 Years Post-Graduate Training in Bowen Family Systems Theory
  • Master of Arts, Marriage and Family Therapy - Alliant International University - San Diego (2005)
  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology and Spanish - University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh (1999)
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Debra Crouch -
M. A. T. in Early Childhood Education from Memphis State University
B.A. in Psychology from Memphis State University
  • Taught primary grades in for Memphis City Schools
  • Works independently as an educational consultant supporting classroom teachers, coaches, and principals to integrate social/emotional and academic instructional strategies in the classroom.
  • Worked with the SOS foundation to develop the initial yoga curriculum Support the foundation's yoga teachers as they develop their yoga community with the students.
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​Liz Fautsch -
BS Communication Studies - Northwestern University
MA International Relations - Johns Hopkins
  • 200, 500 and 1000 Hr YTT - Synergy Yoga Center - 2000-2004
  • Niroga Institute - Teaching Yoga to Youth & Transformative Life Skills
  • Street Yoga Teacher Training - Mark Lilly
  • Restorative Yoga Level II Training and Yoga Anatomy - Roger Cole
  • Embody Yoga Therapy - Upper Back, Neck, Shoulders Intensive
  • Yoga Anatomy - Leslie Kaminoff
  • The Art of Progressive Teaching - Betsey Downing
  • Yoga for Anxiety and Depression (Viniyoga) - Gary Kraftsow
  • Embodied Anatomy: Bony Landmarks and Fascia Geography - Jill Miller
  • Yoga for Detox and Digestive Health - Seane Corn
  • Basic Iynegar Alignment Principles -Aadil Palkhivala
  • Yoga for Emotional Balance and Yoga for the Nervous System - Bo Forbes
  • Hands-on Yoga Adjustments - Stacy McCarthy
  • Anatomy of the Bandpass - Tias Little
  • EdX MOOC - “The Body Matters” - Exercise, Injury, and Healing
  • Omega Yoga Service Conference 2012 - Yoga Modalities in a Medical Setting; Finding Peace Within - trauma informed yoga
UCSD Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth Conference - 2014 and 2015 - various workshops on mindfulness and yoga 
"When we find the gift to live each day with calm and peaceful purpose, then and only then can we send that peace outward into a young life as our gift to the world. We dedicate our work to the memory of Sean's good life and to the children of our communities." -Gloria O'Shea (SOSF, Founder & Director).

Email us at Namaste@seanosheafoundation.org.