Kristen Rae Stevens

Kristen Rae Stevens, CAP, EYT, R-DMT, LCAT-LP  is a visiting instructor in the Integrative Mind Body program within the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at Pratt Institute. A former dancer, Ayurvedic Practitioner, dance/movement psychotherapist and longtime student and teacher of yoga, dharma, and therapeutic movement, she has had the privilege of supporting students and clients on their paths toward greater health, healing, and inquiry since 1997.

With a broad research interest in health and the humanities and a passion for sharing experiential education, Kristen Rae has served as faculty for Columbia College, Barnard College, Kripalu School of Ayurveda, Nalanda Institute and numerous esteemed yoga and mind-body research programs across New York City since 2001. She has been a contributing lecturer for Fortune 500 executive teams at leading financial and philanthropic organizations, for Primary and Palliative Care staff, physicians and patients at Mount Sinai’s ICHAN School and was a trainer for elite artists and athletes for SAG and the NBA. She also was a contributor for student populations in K-12 public schools in P-12 and NYC DOE schools and while her role was considered guest artist and teacher, she was humbled by the many artists and teachers she worked with in these roles.

Currently, she is a visiting lecturer and adjunct professor of dance/movement therapy in the Expressive Arts and Mental Health Department at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY, as well as an instructor in Embodied Interrelated Arts and whole health programming at Pratt Institute in the IMB department. In her private practice, she works as a consultant, guide and therapist in Brooklyn, NY.

A lifelong learner, private researcher and facilitator, Kristen Rae is dedicated to creating supportive spaces for individual and community learning in a variety of environments. She grounds transpersonal concepts into engaging experiential practice through bridging mind-body-consciousness traditions with the intersection of art and science, health and imagination. As an experienced guide, she carefully supports nervous system and network regulation through distinct therapeutic movement design, positive mindful inquiry and deep listening with carefully paced sensory exploration that encourages students to move towards deeper states of meditative healing. One student’s analysis on one class, “I feel safe and inspired here”.

While each class offered for IMB follows a specific syllabus, every offering draws from cultural, creative, and healing arts practices that investigate generational and geographical praxis. Students have the opportunity to explore embodiment through lenses that are not limited to but include—sacred anatomy, scientific inquiry, and personal storytelling from lived experience grounded in historical context and systems frameworks. Rooted in embodied philosophy and culturally informed discourse, the curriculum Kristen Rae offers helps student engage with their own stories of body awareness, personal wild earth ecology, and relational reciprocity, including Nature as a fundamental relationship, alongside the many ways complex thought and feelings about embodiment can be expressed. With an invitation for experiential practice and personal storytelling—both verbal and non-verbal—students are encouraged to share and expand their own understandings of well-being, creativity and the collective understanding of wellness generated from class content, theory, personal reflection, and collaborative discovery.

Courses: Fall 2026

Frameworks of Healing: 12:30-1:50 pm: 26/FA YOGA-225WP

Beginner Hatha Yoga 5:30-6:50 pm: 26/FA-YOGA-105W-02 | (Graduate) 26/FA-YOGA-605-02

Awareness Through Movement 7:00 -8:20 pm: 26/FA-YOGA-100W-01 | (Graduate) 26/FA-YOGA-600W-01

Ashtanga Yoga, Mindfulness and Meditation 5:30-6:50 pm: 26/FA-YOGA-315W-01 | (Graduate) TBA

Education:

M.S. Creative Arts Therapy, Pratt Institute

B.F.A. Dance Performance & Pedagogy, University of Illinois

Certificates:

C.A.P.: Nationally Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner

AyP EyT:  Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist +500 hour experienced yoga teacher

TIM:    Trauma Informed Meditation Practitioner

CPT:    Contemplative Psychotherapy + Compassion Based Meditation Practice

ESAP:  Experiential Anatomist

CPI:    Certified Pilates Instructor