A. Mecquel

Mecquel is a kinesthetic practitioner and researcher investigating the intersections of interoception, psychology, embodied cognition, mindfulness, and movement and their applications within medicine, education, leadership, and design. Her curricula include embodied experiences to cultivate well-being, self-efficacy, resilience, creativity, collaboration, empathy, and problem-solving. She also leads teams in effective communication, developing emotional and social intelligence and relationships at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Informed by psychology, contemplative practice, and somatic education, Mecquel bridges kinesthetic experience and practical application for dynamic integration and systems repatterning. She has a master’s in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Ph.D. student in Clinical Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in NY, researching therapeutic and education applications of interoception.