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Aurelie Richards is an educator, performer, community organizer, healer, and coach.
She grew up in California, was educated in New York, and is currently based in Berlin, where she also studies acupuncture.
My Work
Presencing Coach
As a former Zen Buddhist monastic, I’ve been educating and coaching individuals, educators, medical practitioners, therapists, and parents on the joys of incorporating mindfulness into meditative practices as well as daily life since 2011.
During that time I’ve also been applying Theory U (developed by Otto Scharmer at the Presencing Institute at MIT) to community and organizational change management.
One of many examples in this role is the design of a creative arts and somatic-based program to educate therapists learning to treat transgender clients. Learn more about the Trans Affirmative Therapy Certificate in Applied Psychology at Antioch University.
Read more here about my coaching practice.
Artist
I earned my BFA from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 2010 and have over a decade of professional experience as a dancer and actor (stage, screen, and voice).
Most recently I was commissioned by the Curatorial Collective for Public Art to develop the mediation concept and trained the mediation team for a public art installation FuturePerfectLand at Monopol in Berlin.
I’m also excited to share with you the work I do with Club Real, based in Berlin and Vienna. We do participatory, durational, political theater. Our project Jenseits der Natur is an on-going installation in Wedding, Berlin.
You’ll find here an overview of some current projects.
Author
Since 2012, I’ve been publishing my own trans femme experiences and my reflections on our LGBTQIA+ communities with feminist and anti-racist lenses. I’ve also extensively done copy writing and editing.
That said…
My first novel is forthcoming!
In 2018, I experienced endings in almost every aspect of my life. I have been documenting these transformations through fictionalized memoir, which documents the healing process of a sex and love addict, Indigiqueer trans-feminine protagonist, seesawing between relationships and continents.
Read examples of my writing on my Medium page.
Clients + Partners
My primary client in 2022 was The Numinous Network, founded by Carmen Spagnola.
I managed the platform which offers live wellness sessions, foundational attachment courses, on-demand practice videos, and monthly intuition and spiritual-development workshops to support your wellness journey, and leave you feeling calm, connected, stable, and soothed.
Presencing Coach +
Student Support
Department of Applied Psychology
Voice Actress
Cultural Mediation
HIV Hospice Programming
Presencing Coach + Project Management
Mindful Living
Exchange
Wake Up International
Monastic Delegation
These logos represent clients, colleagues, and partners with whom I have been contracted.
The content of this website represents the interests and activities of Aurelie Richards and not of the organizations mentioned above.