Profile
Llewellyn E Wishart Ed D, RSME, holds post graduate qualifications in early childhood education, adult learning & movement-dance education. He is a Certified Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner and professional practice member of Body-Mind Centering® Association (BMCA Inc.); Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME) with ISMETA and Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registered early childhood teacher.
Personal statement
Currently I’m a Senior Lecturer in Education (Early Childhood) in School of Education, Faculty of Arts-Education, Deakin University (Djilang – Waurn Ponds Campus) Australia. Member of Regenerating Futures Group, Deakin University. Living and working on Wadawurrung Dja (Country). Somatics, eco somatics, eco dharma and systems perspectives inform my orientation to daily living, activism and the web-of-life. The permaculture ethics of earth care, people care, fair share also provide guide points to how to be human in an era of polycrisis. In 2019 I successfully completed a Doctor of Education degree at University of New England (UNE), Australia. You can find out more about my research interests and activity at Llewellyn Wishart on ResearchGate and ORCID. Like many people working in higher education and research I’m stuck in front of a computer screen, this “sedentary insanity” (quoting Steve Paxton, co-founder of Contact Improvisation) needs vigilant and playful resistance! I maintain sanity with regular embodiment practices: meditation, yoga, dance, mindful nature & ocean walks; cycling, gardening, habitat restoration, swimmnig, surfing, kayaking and sailing. Land, sky and waterways of Victoria’s Ballawiyn (Bellarine) Peninsula are constant sources of inspiration and wellbeing.
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