Maria Simeone

Maria Simeone is a teaching artist and singer musician with over 30 years of experience. She has sung with and served as a Teaching Artist with numerous national and international organizations such as Segerstrom Center for the Arts (CA), Pacific Symphony (CA), Remo, Inc. (CA) 7 Springs Retreat Center, (TN) and Opera Pacific (CA). Maria has served as a guest presenter in the US, Australia, Mexico, and Haiti. She holds a degree in research psychology/cognition and is published in the field of Neurolinguistics (The Pragmatics of International & Intercultural Communication, Antwerp, Belgium, 1987). In 2015, she published Flexity Jig, a brain-based voice-body movement game, used world-wide & a Remo, Inc. affiliate. Maria has a special passion for integrating Judeo-Christian contemplative paths in a whole-body process that embraces ancient musical and vocal practices. A Contemplative, she has studied and practices Lectio Divina, The Ignatius Spiritual Exercises, Centering Prayer, and BioSpiritual Focusing. She has partnered with John Keane/BioSpiritual Institute in Dublin in the development of BioSpiritual Emergent Expression (BEE) integrating non-verbal Emergent Expression within the Focusing process.

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