Raquel Gendry is the founder and president of Fundación Narices Rojas, an Ecuadorian non-profit organization of therapeutic clowns who have been bringing laughter and joy to over 200,000 patients, their family and staff in Ecuadorian hospitals since 2006.
She was an acclaimed professional actress, story teller, director and organizer of international events for over 20 years before refocusing her life to helping others as a therapeutic clown, following a life-threatening disease that led to an open-heart surgery and two full months in an intensive care hospital unit.
She is a Certified Laughter Wellness Teacher, level 3, and specializes in working with teachers of primary and secondary education.
Learn more at www.raquelgendry.com
Pre-conference training: Laughter Therapy 101, At Home And At Work (Read more)
Oct. 06-07, 9am-5pm daily
Keynote #4: Love, Laughter and Relationships
Saturday 10/08, 2pm – 2:45pm
Relationships offer a learning process that give us a tremendous opportunity to grow as people if we are able to communicate openly, practice active listening, seek understanding, and maintain a good dose of compassion.
Learning objectives:
In this presentation Raquel will share tips and techniques on how to:
- Create and nurture healthy intimate relationships
- Heal your hurt inner child
- Simple ways to play and laugh together to strengthen the ties that unite us.
