Meg Jala is a multidisciplinary artist, storyteller and healer who shares her ideas using performance and visual art modalities interweaving her professional scope in yoga, energy healing, herbalism, art and food. Meg believes that art has the capacity to connect us, while opening the eyes and hearts of us all no matter our backgrounds or beliefs. She enjoys sharing the practice of holism in her workshops and circles, encouraging creative expression and healing within ourselves using stories, movement, ritual, plant medicine and play. Through her large scale abstract expressionist movement paintings, Meg uses colors and movement to tell stories. Meg has developed gallery performance-based experiential art through the lens of multimedia and has performed in a variety of productions. Meg is a trained professional actor who has studied various forms of dance and performance throughout her life and has choreographed, produced & directed plays, films and events. She enjoys all things food related, being in nature and spending time with her two amazing children.
Storytelling
My earliest memories were amongst women telling stories. I share stories that reflect real life. I do this through performing my stories in gallery settings, street performance art, film, media and theater. I facilitate storytelling circles to help others share their stories, as well.
Healing Arts
Since 2008 I have been very blessed to have taught yoga to all different ages, backgrounds, physical abilities and styles. I am a Reiki practitioner and I have a certificate in Community Herbalism. I am a trained, professional chef who offers personal chef services occasionally.
Community Advocacy
The first one act play I directed was a social justice play at age 17. I’ve been volunteering since I was a young child. I’ve worked with youth, individuals who are experiencing homelessness and now with adults with disabilities. I offer wellness and creative workshops to organizations that support important causes.
Work With Me
ho·lism ˈhō-ˌliz-əm. 1. : a theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting wholes (as of living organisms) that are more than the mere sum of elementary particles. {Merriam-Webster}
I believe that we are multifaceted beings. Everything connects together to make the whole. My art is the culmination of a life lived in pursuit of healing, love and commitment to joy.
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