Narelle Carter-Quinlan
(BAppSc, Biomed, HMS; memb. BKSIyengarYogaAssnAust.)
Narelle has been engaged with embodied dance and movement practices for over 40 years (see Articles). Whilst her Yoga practice and teaching is strongly sourced within her formal training in the Iyengar method with senior Iyengar teacher Alan Goode, the work of Donna Farhi (Advanced Yoga Studies certificate 2005) and Diane Long (Scaravelli yoga) influences her practice profoundly. Most recently Narelle studied with Peggy Hackney exploring developmental patterns in movement genesis. Originally an elite level Ballroom dancer, Narelle has trained in Egyptian Dance and Contemporary dance.
The application of human developmental movement patterns, experiential anatomy and "embodied ecology" (a term she has evolved to language her experience of intimacy in the land's echoing within our physicality), forms the basis of her Master's project in HMS/Dance at QUT. Her project will examine the changing experience of the spine in scoliosis. In 2007 year, Narelle presented her preliminary research at the International Dance Medicine and Science Conference in Canberra, the Australian Osteopathic Convocation in Christchurch, and was accepted to present at the World Congress for Low Back Pain in Barcelona, This year in July she will present her work at the World Dance Alliance Conference in Brisbane. Her previous postgraduate research over a two year span centered around lumbopelvic stabilisation training and the neurophysiology of postural control in elite dancers.
For seven years Narelle has been senior tutor in Anatomy, Histology and Physiology, and tutored in Functional Anatomy and Pathophysiology at Queensland University of Technology. She has lectured at The Australian College of Natural Medicine for two years in Systemic and in Musculoskeletal Anatomy. She has written and taught the Anatomy and Physiology component within yoga teacher trainings.
Narelle is a trained and accredited Transformation Facilitator. A client based modality, this Spiritual service supports your active movement into whom you truly are and engagement with what is really wanted. It is a process of intrinsic ongoing positive change. Energy Balances are also available. Narelle has trained in the making of Gem Essences and Vibrational Medicine with Wendi Forbes (Humanifest); her gemstone jewellery design business Turquoise Starfish has enjoyed solo and group exhibitions. She currently guest teaches Resonant Anatomy within Humanifest's Practitioner courses.
