Vivinne Williams
Growing up in the Bronx, in a working class, immigrant family, Vivinne happened upon the word “yoga” in TV Guide. at age 14; thus began a journey.
Viv has built a brand on Youtube, with a channel of 28K subscribers, 320K+ video views. There she teaches on meditation, mindset and manifestation primarily for prime of life women. Her mission & focus is on helping these women get clarity and foster calm so they create the life they dream of.
Her mission developed after very stressful years working in academia, she left her job as an art professor (after getting tenure.) This at the beginning of the 2008 recession. Dealing with PTSD, anxiety and depression, the yoga practices & meditation were crucial to her healing.
Vivinne is an artist and meditation expert, she began meditation in the early 90′s. And has practiced for 7 days up to six weeks, (ten hours a day) of silent Insight (Vipassana) meditation retreats with some of the leading Western & Burmese teachers.
She is a graduate of Mindfulness Yoga & Meditation training program at Spirit Rock.
Originally certified by Kripalu Yoga Center, yoga teacher and practitioner of 24 years.
Operated Sattva Yoga & Wellness, in midtown Manhattan.
She has been featured in national magazines, including Self, Yoga Journal and Essence.
Taught workshops and ongoing classes to faculty, staff and students at colleges including the Graduate Center of City University of N.Y, N.Y.U. And a roster of private clients in NYC.
Recommended Topics:
Meditation:
both mindfulness (Vipassana) and chakra meditation.
Meditation for those who struggle with it.
Recovering from Burnout:
holistic ways to recover, based on her own experience and that of clients. Especially in academia and for people of color.
AI Generated Art Issues:
SLATE Magazine:
Recently interviewed for a piece in Slate on AI generated art or visual assets. The focus was on the most popular app called “Midjourney.”
It was used to create the image of the pope in a puffy, white designer coat. This was one of the first images to hit the mainstream and demonstrate the ease of creating AI images that can pass for “real photos.” The implications of that on news, reality, etc.
And the effects of AI art on “real” artists working manually to create imagery.