Taralee Trammell

A Balanced Life

CTRS/Yoga Instructor

801-***-****

advhc9@r.postjobfree.com

abalancedlifeutah.com

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS

●Business Owner with 15 contractors teaching yoga in various locations since 2012.

●CTRS (Certified Therapeutic Recreation Therapist)-DOPL certified

●Certified Yoga instructor from Local Yoga and Mt.Yoga. 250 hours.

●Taught over 20,000 clients and students yoga.

●Work with 5-100 year olds, teaching yoga and leading RT groups for 23 years in hospitals, treatment centers, IOPs, studios, schools, community Parks, Synchronicities Stone Shop, Private, special group classes, and at Intermountain retreats for employees.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Business owner of A Balanced Life for 12 years.

I am an author who loves to help others and wrote a book called “A Balanced Life with Addiction” and I teach workshops and lessons on it.

I've been able to teach concepts and show love to others to help them see their own self-worth as a recreation therapist, yoga instructor, business owner, and a single parent.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

02/2012-present Owner of A Balanced Life-Yoga Instructor, Recreation Therapist,

Sandy, South Jordan, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Provo, Payson, Tooele, and Holladay, Utah

I have taught yoga and breath work at Balance House, Summit Solutions Counseling, Aqua Recovery, Snow Pine Lodge, New Roads Rehabilitation, Phoenix Treatment, Recovery Ways, Copper Hills Youth Center, Corner Canyon, Steps, Turning Point Centers, Pinnacle,Warrior Spirit, Altium Health, and 3 senior homes. I hire and manage yoga instructors that help me with contracts. They train with me and are aligned with my style and intention for the yoga classes. I do the scheduling, billing, payroll, taxes, and marketing.

4/1/20-Present Yoga Instructor-Balance House-Holladay, Utah

Me and another teacher teach yoga 2 a week at Balance House. We teach in or outside depending on the weather. I bring a toolbox and pens and paper and write the theme down that is complimentary for their recovery. Gentle-flow class that feels safe and the focus is breath.

3/18/20-11/20/20 Yoga Instructor-Aqua Recovery-Midway, Utah

I teach yoga 2 a week at Aqua Recovery. This includes a life theme, and we write something down to remember what we talked about. I focus on breath, self-love, letting go, balanced, mindfulness, creativity, potential, and living with love and joy.

6/5/2018-present Yoga Instructor-Pinnacle Recovery Center-Holladay, Utah

I teach gentle yoga with a spiritual theme. We write down something that relates with the theme to remember and be present with it.

1/1/2018-present Yoga instructor-Corner Canyon Recovery-Draper, Utah

I teach gentle yoga outside at draper park or at their facility in or outside or in the pool too.

Gentle spiritually based yoga for the beginner to feel calm and be more mindful and present.

6/1/2012-present Yoga instructor-Phoenix Recovery-South Jordan, Utah

My team and I teach for the men's and women's residential programs 3 times a week. One night has meditation and one day has yoga and sound bowls. Workshops also taught in the day program.

2/1/2012-12/7/2022 Yoga instructor-Turning Point Centers, Boise Idaho, Kaysville,

Holladay, 3 residential locations in Sandy Utah

Me and my team teaches 1-2 times a week in residential and the

day programs. I also do a RT group once a week at the Sandy We pick a healing theme, write it down, and go thru a

Gentle flow yoga class appropriate for the clients physical and

Spiritual needs.

10/2011-8/2017 Recreation Therapist-Wasatch Canyons-Murray, Utah

I was full time there for 2.5 years and the last 4 years I worked PRN. I assessed, implemented, planned, RT groups for teens in treatment. Some of the groups have a focus on self-esteem, exercise, yoga, meditation, healthy cooking, self-expression, art, writing, music, games and social activities with peers, and other healthy coping skills. I also ran 3-4 talent shows a year for the whole school.

03/2011 to 10/2011 Recreation Therapist/Yoga instructor Recovery Ways, Murray, Utah

I helped run and plan recreation activities for adults in treatment and did tech duties too. Some of our outings were going to Class Ropes, National Ability Center in Park City, hikes, service at the food bank, graffiti cleanup, etc. We also went climbing at Momentum, recovery events like sober softball, Recovery Days at the Gallivan Center. I also taught yoga there once a week.

10/2010 to 03/2011 Recreation Therapist-UNI-PRN-Salt Lake City, Utah

I was a PRN at UNI. I rotated to various groups in the hospital like teen, detox, ECT treatment, psych, etc. I taught groups on healthy cooking, meditation, yoga, arts, writing, self-esteem, music, balancing life, social support, etc... I did daily charting

after groups.

2/2006-8/2010 Highland Ridge Hospital- Recreation Therapist Lead-Midvale, Utah

I did assessments on patients, wrote a care plan, attended staff meetings, ran daily groups and outings, budgeted supplies, planned monthly parties for the psych and 30-day program. I also taught yoga and meditation 5 days a week. I threw a BBQ for patients once a month. I did activities such as community events, arts/crafts, sports, games, hikes, music, and talent shows. I started making recipes with clients for the brain that were to help prevent depression.

College and Education

1992-1994 Ricks College-Rexburg, Idaho

Associates Degree in General Education

1997-2000 Utah State University-Logan, Utah

Bachelor’s Degree in Parks and Recreation and a minor in Recreation Therapy.

2010 Certified in the Dr. Neil Nedley Class for Depression Recovery 2012, 2019 Certified Yoga Instructor-Murray, Sandy Utah-Local Yoga/Mt. Yoga

2021 April Certified Conscious Breathwork Facilitator-from Zach Rehder from

Sedona, Arizona.

References

Leslie Shapiro from Turning Point Centers- 801-***-****

Dr. Syd Post Supervisor in Recreation Therapy- 801-***-****

Janie Russell from Jarran Design-435-***-****

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