Sheila McNellis Asato

Current

• Adult Educator - Dreaming, Creativity & Wellness at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
• Board Member at International Association for the Study of Dreams
• Cross-Cultural Trainer at Shepell-FGI

• Director at Monkey Bridge Arts (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

• dreamworker at Monkey Bridge arts
• Art Faculty at Edina Art Center

Education

• International Society for Embodied Imagination
• Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
• Middlebury College

• Gustavus Adolphus College
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts School
• Kansai Gaikokugo Daigaku
• Derham Hall

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Recommended

8 people have recommended Sheila McNellis

Connections

105 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• My Website
• IASD
• Shepell-FGI

Sheila McNellis Asato’s Summary

Sheila Asato, M.A., is the founder of Monkey Bridge Arts, an artist and Japan specialist. Her work focuses on the healing and spiritual aspects of cultivating an active relationship with imagery through dreams, art, and writing. She is also a cross-cultural trainer for Shepell-fgi, providing customized training in cross-cultural psychology and communication for business people and their families, with a special emphasis on Japan – America relations.

Asato holds a Master’s degree in Human Development, as well as a BA with honors in East Asian Studies and Fine Art. She is bilingual in Japanese and English and has taught and facilitated workshops in the US, Europe and Japan for over 25 years. In 2006, she received the IASD international student research award work for her original work on dreaming and creativity and is a board member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams.

Born and raised in the US, Asato has also lived and worked in Japan for nearly 15 years, and in the UK for almost 5 years. Throughout her career and in her research, she has focused on the self healing role of creativity in helping people adapt successfully to challenging life circumstances such as caring for aging parents and having children, as well as specific circumstances that arise from being posted abroad. In particular, she has focused on how creative problem solving and personal expression can help people create healthy, whole lifestyles.

As the mother of a child with autism, she is also deeply familiar with the particular challenges faced by families of children with special needs and the specific issues which can arise when such families are posted abroad and as well as when they return to their home countries. Ms. Asato is also currently enrolled in a three year certification program with Robert Bosnak at the International Society for Embodied Imagination to become an embodiment coach. www.cyberdreamwork.com/LAProgram.html

Sheila McNellis Asato’s Specialties:

Adult education: Fine arts, depth psychology, dreaming, creativity, Japanese culture and language, creative writing and Healing Collage (sm)
Training: Cross-cultural psychology and communication with a specialization in Japan - US relations
Dreaming: Dreaming & creativity, healing and spirituality; Embodied dreamwork

Sheila McNellis Asato’s Experience

• Adult Educator - Dreaming, Creativity & Wellness

  Abbott Northwestern Hospital

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  2007 — Present (1 year)

  At Abbott Hospital's Institute for Health and Healing (IHH), Sheila Asato, M.A. lectures, faciltiates workshops and teaches classes on the relationship between dreaming, creativity and healing. She also offers her international award winning Healing Collage (sm) workshops on a regular basis at IHH.

• Board Member

  International Association for the Study of Dreams

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2006 — Present (2 years)

  The International Association for the Study of Dreams is a non-profit, international, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the pure and applied investigation of dreams and dreaming. Our purposes are to promote an awareness and appreciation of dreams in both professional and public arenas; to encourage research into the nature, function, and significance of dreaming; to advance the application of the study of dreams; and to provide a forum for the eclectic and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and information.

• Cross-Cultural Trainer

  Shepell-FGI

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  2000 — Present (8 years)

  Sheila Asato, M.A., provides customized training in cross-cultural psychology and communication for business people and their families, with a special emphasis on Japan – America relations.

• Director

  Monkey Bridge Arts (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  1994 — Present (14 years)

  Sheila Asato, M.A., is the founder of Monkey Bridge Arts, a Center dedicated to the growth, transformation and healing of individuals and the community through the arts, dreaming and creative development.

• dreamworker

  Monkey Bridge arts

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  1990 — 2008 (18 years)

• Art Faculty

  Edina Art Center

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Fine Art industry)

  2000 — 2005 (5 years)

  Sheila Asato, M.A. taught adult classes and facilitated workshops on drawing, watercolor, design and creative development.

Sheila McNellis Asato’s Education

• International Society for Embodied Imagination

  Embodiement Coach, Embodied imagination and dreamwork, 2007 — 2010 (expected)

  The Society for Embodied Imagination was founded by Robert Bosnak. Since 1972, Zurich-trained Jungian analyst Robert Bosnak has led dream groups and explored dreaming with individuals in both analytical and didactic contexts, developing he technique called: Embodied Imagination (EI).
  
  This is a three year training program, leading to an international certification as an Embodiment Coach. Embodied Imagination is a technique applicable to psychotherapy, treatment of trauma, medicine (triggering the self-healing reflex,) and creative endeavors such as theater (character embodiment,) film, writing, and research. EI, in the work with dreams and waking memories, is practiced individually and in groups in psychotherapy, medicine, theater, and art and creative research. It is a rehearsal technique of the Royal Shakespeare company in England, and applied in medical research and psychotherapy in Japan, China and a variety of locations in the Western world.

• Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

  M.A., Human Development, 2002 — 2006

  In her Master's Degree program in Human Development, Asato focused on the role of the unconscious in creativity, healing and communication.

• Middlebury College

  Japanese Langugae 1980 — 1983

  Sheila Asato, M.A. attended the Middlebury College Intensive Japanese Language summer school for two summers.

• Gustavus Adolphus College

  B.A. with Honors, Fine Arts and East Asian Studies, 1977 — 1982

  Asato attended the Museum school as part of an independent study for her degree in Fine Arts from Gustavus Adolphus College.

• Boston Museum of Fine Arts School

  Advanced studies in life drawing and watercolor from Western and Asian perspectives. 1981 — 1981

• Kansai Gaikokugo Daigaku

  Japanese language and culture 1979 — 1980

  While at Kansai Gaidai in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, Sheila Asato also engaged in an in-depth program of study on Japanese calligraphy with Fumiko Yamazaki.

• Derham Hall

  1973 — 1977

Additional Information

Sheila McNellis Asato’s Websites:

• My Website
• IASD
• Shepell-FGI

Sheila McNellis Asato’s Interests:

Creativity, Dreaming, Fine Arts, Watercolor, Drawing, Craft, Creative Writing, Memoir, Visual Journaling, Altered Books, Healing, Health & Wellness, Depth Psychology, Japanese, Cross-cultural Psychology & Communication, Life Long Learning, Adult Education, Corporate Training, Networking, International Travel and Autism

Sheila McNellis Asato’s Groups:

International Association for the Study of Dreams
Minnesota Jung Association
Japan America Society
Asian Pacific Cultural Center
Autism Society of Minnesota
Minnesota Networking Group

•    The Facilitators Network
•    the Design & Emotion Society
•    Minnesota Networking Group
•    Friends of Japan / Nippon no Yuujin
•    International Association for the Study of Dreams

Sheila McNellis Asato’s Honors:

2006 Recipient - IASD International Student Research Award
2006 Featured Artist - St. Louis Park Calendar
2006 Featured Electric Dreams E-zine cover
1996 Honorable Mention, Urayasu Exhibition, Japan
1995 1st Prize, Sai’s Exhibition, Urayasu, Japan
1993 Honorable Mention, Urayasu City Exhibition, Japan
1994 Special Honorable Mention, Urayasu Exhibition, Japan
1991-'93 Artist-in-Residence, Pacific Rim College, Japan
1992 Juror’s Award, WARM Annual Exhibition, MN, USA
1991 Honorable Mention, Urayasu Exhibition, Japan
1991 First Prize, UFRA Logo Competition, Japan
1991 London Arts Council Award, London, UK
1991 Featured Artist, Alice in Narita Festival, Japan
1982 Finalist, Fulbright Hayes Graduate Fellowship, Japan
1982 Finalist, Rotary Int'l Fellowship, Japan
1982 WARM Mentor Program Award
1981&82 Academic Assistant, Gustavus Adolphus College
1981 Recognition, Outstanding Calligraphy, Suime Shodo Kai Magazine

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