Charlie Orphanides, who served previously as the Education Director at The Denver Waldorf School and has spent the last fifteen or so years as a class teacher, Games and Movement teacher, middle school math teacher, therapeutic movement specialist and circus arts teacher. Along with The Denver Waldorf School, Charlie has taught at the Brooklyn Waldorf School and Boulder Valley Waldorf School. Along with his deep commitment to forwarding the work of anthroposophy in the world, he has completed the 5-year In-Service training from the Spacial Dynamics Institute as well as a certification in Bothmer Gymnastics. After studying several modalities in intentional and therapeutic movement, Charlie has most recently immersed himself in a general study of somatic therapies and coaching, particularly around how to address the effects of trauma, both for individuals as well as in the classroom, including the Emergency Pedagogy courses with Bernd Ruf at the Kairos Institute. Along with the realms of movement, awareness and education, Charlie is personally interested in family, healing, creativity and laughter.