Missy Brown E-RYT 500, E-RCYT, YACEP, has dedicated her life to supporting people of all ages to open to their true potential. Her passion in empowering others is offered through classes, training programs, events and workshops that truly transform lives through play and joy. Using her skills of creativity and playfulness, she fosters experiences where mindfulness and body centered practices are explored with a sense of humor and open hearted authenticity. Missy is the president and founder of Deep Play for Kids, LLC (“DPK”) and Deep Play for All.
Missy is committed to supporting safe opportunities where all people can discover, explore, and embrace their true limitless self. Sharing re-creatable skills and tools to build resilience needed not only on the worst day, but to thrive on all days, is at the core of her intentional offerings. With her loving presence, Missy uses a trauma sensitive lens in everything she does. As a dedicated seasoned yoga and wellness practitioner, Missy has 45 years of personal practice and 25 years of service and teaching. She is admired as a pioneer in this field and is sought after to present and speak at national conferences. The Deep Play for Kids School has trained and certified 350 DPK teachers, influenced thousands of children, parents, teachers, clinicians, medical professionals, administrators, with this number continuing to grow. She has been lovingly compared to The Pied Piper and Mary Poppins, and that hearing her voice or connecting with her exchanges evokes calm, grace, and presence. A sense of being seen, heard, feeling welcomed with full permission to be met exactly where they are, as they are.
Missy is committed to supporting safe opportunities where all people can discover, explore, and embrace their true limitless self. Sharing re-creatable skills and tools to build resilience needed not only on the worst day, but to thrive on all days, is at the core of her intentional offerings. With her loving presence, Missy uses a trauma sensitive lens in everything she does. As a dedicated seasoned yoga and wellness practitioner, Missy has 45 years of personal practice and 25 years of service and teaching. She is admired as a pioneer in this field and is sought after to present and speak at national conferences. The Deep Play for Kids School has trained and certified 350 DPK teachers, influenced thousands of children, parents, teachers, clinicians, medical professionals, administrators, with this number continuing to grow. She has been lovingly compared to The Pied Piper and Mary Poppins, and that hearing her voice or connecting with her exchanges evokes calm, grace, and presence. A sense of being seen, heard, feeling welcomed with full permission to be met exactly where they are, as they are.
Missy continues to be gratefully inspired by the guidance of her many mentors as well as the lessons she learns from her students who are her best teachers. In addition to offering Deep Play for Kids trainings, Missy is a teacher in the Pranotthan School of Yoga, an Intro to Creative Kids Yoga trainer, Assistant director of Let Your Yoga Dance trainings, Co-Director for Let Your Yoga Dance for Kids and Teens, and is on faculty at Kripalu Center for Health where she leads innovative programs for kids, families and adults. Missy has trained and received certifications from: Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness, Prana Yoga, Creative Kids Yoga & Movement, Yoga Ed, Zumba Dance, Restorative Yoga, Usui Reiki, Kidding Around Yoga, Stretch What Matters, Hope After Loss Bereavement, Let Your Yoga Dance, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Pranotthan Yoga, Amrit Method Advanced Yoga Nidra, Sound Meditation Healing, United We Om, The Healing Hearts Project, I AM Yoga Nidra for Kids, Acharya Advanced Spiritual Teaching, and is a Shamanic Healer. She is registered with the Yoga Alliance, is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Partner, and serves as a wellness consultant for health and education professionals with support on how to incorporate the tools of mindfulness and yoga into their work and lives. Missy is privileged to have spent countless hours in service and continues to be devoted to this as a priority on her path. She wears the hat of volunteer, student, assistant, practitioner, counselor, teacher, trainer, mentor, facilitator, educator, and consultant.
Her belief is that children who participate in wellness experiences at an early age are given the opportunity to create a solid foundation and fill their “toolbags" to carry throughout their lives. These benefits can impact anyone at any age, not only children. Inspired by her many years working with children, Missy created a product line of yoga and meditation tools that have been used across all ages, from kids to the elderly, and in settings such as home, school, health care facility, workplace, and more. She continues to work with people of all ages on their journey to navigate life with ease.
Missy is the proud momma of 3 amazing sons, 3 delicious grandchildren, and several bonus sons and daughters. She resides in Fairfield CT with her beloved partner Joe and numerous 4 legged furry family members. Her unwavering belief in people's innate goodness allows her to vibrantly be in the fullness of life with humility and grace. She truly wakes each morning with humble gratitude for all that lies ahead. Her love of family, friends, cooking and nature keep her heart overflowing. Missy carries the honor of her Sanskrit given name Maitri - referring to her goodwill, benevolent, compassion and friendly loving kindness to others. Whether we have met, or not, may you be blessed. May we travel this path of love together.
Her belief is that children who participate in wellness experiences at an early age are given the opportunity to create a solid foundation and fill their “toolbags" to carry throughout their lives. These benefits can impact anyone at any age, not only children. Inspired by her many years working with children, Missy created a product line of yoga and meditation tools that have been used across all ages, from kids to the elderly, and in settings such as home, school, health care facility, workplace, and more. She continues to work with people of all ages on their journey to navigate life with ease.
Missy is the proud momma of 3 amazing sons, 3 delicious grandchildren, and several bonus sons and daughters. She resides in Fairfield CT with her beloved partner Joe and numerous 4 legged furry family members. Her unwavering belief in people's innate goodness allows her to vibrantly be in the fullness of life with humility and grace. She truly wakes each morning with humble gratitude for all that lies ahead. Her love of family, friends, cooking and nature keep her heart overflowing. Missy carries the honor of her Sanskrit given name Maitri - referring to her goodwill, benevolent, compassion and friendly loving kindness to others. Whether we have met, or not, may you be blessed. May we travel this path of love together.
Missy has created a beautiful, concise, in-depth, program. It is apparent that Missy has put her whole heart, great attention, and deep care into her curriculum and training. We had the opportunity to connect to the heart, both with ourselves and with others. You will leave feeling refreshed, renewed, inspired, and fully ready to share the gifts of yoga, dance, and deep play with children ~ Meg