Erin J. Bauman,
The Panoptical Poet:
Poet, Author, Educator, Artist
The Om Work Guru:
Freelance Writer, EFT/TFT Practitioner, Children's Yoga Instructor,
Tutor, Youth Academic/Mindfulness Coach
Photograph taken by Twyla Exner. The image is me writing at the Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, at the Voices of Visions writing workshop and reading that I facilitated.
My chapbook "A Kootenay Flower in Foreign Soil" on display at the Voices of Visions workshop and poetry reading at Two Rivers Gallery. Go to the store on this page if you would like to order your own copy.
The Om Work Guru teaching yoga and mindfulness at a FREE family class at Millenium Park, in Castlegar BC.
Photograph taken by Twyla Exner. The image is me writing at the Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, at the Voices of Visions writing workshop and reading that I facilitated.
Erin J. Bauman, The Panoptical Poet, The Om Work Guru, Author, Educator, Artist!
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The Panoptical Poet makes poetry and flowetry to inspire and delight the world around her. She is passionate about social change, and most of her art focuses on highlighting injustices and opening dialogs that help us to examine and understand the varying viewpoints of our current global reality.
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Erin has performed as a spoken word artist and facilitated workshops at Two Rivers Art Gallery, Books and Company, The Exploration Place, Robson Valley Music Festival, Peace In Peace Out, Wild: an Untamed Variety Show, as well as other venues. She has also given flowetry (hula hoop dance) performances at Nelson International Mural Festival and the Kamloops Buskers Festival, and she facilitates workshops that help people to understand where flowetry comes from and how it can help us connect with ourselves.
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Erin has also been a children's educator for twelve years working with students of all ages & abilities. Along with a BA majoring in English and minoring in History and Gender studies, Erin has certification and work experience with: Conflict Resolution; Trauma Informed Practice (CPI, MANDT, and the Healing Institute); EFT/TFT; Orton-Gillingham instruction; multi-sensory learning techniques; mindfulness and children's yoga instruction.
As the Om Work Guru, she combines all of these aspects into a unique tutoring method that helps her students enjoy the process of learning, and master any subject. She also creates resources that parents and teachers can use with students that are sold on TPT and in the shop on this website.