Robyn Hussa (Editor)
Robyn Hussa, MFA, E-RYT is Editor of the WeAreTheRealDeal blog and Founder and CEO of the NORMAL national nonprofit, for which she received the 2010 Champion in Women’s Health award from Ms. Sue Ann Thompson’s Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation.
Ms. Hussa is also a professional performer and Off-Broadway producer. She is the Co-Founder of the Drama Desk and Obie award-winning Off-Broadway theatre company, Transport Group, where she first produced the musical nor.mal: in 2005. For the six years she served as Founding Executive Director, she produced and starred in Transport Group productions for which the company received the 2007 Drama Desk and Obie awards for its breadth of vision and presentation of challenging productions. Since its inception, Transport Group has received a total of 22 Drama Desk nominations as well as awards from the American Theatre Wing and Drama League.
Hussa is an E-RYT certified yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance and has taught yoga, movement, dance, voice and acting techniques for more than 20 years in an array of settings, including schools and universities, theatres and in treatment centers. She is recognized for leading unique meditation and movement workshops for individuals suffering from eating disorders and addictions in psychiatric hospitals, counseling centers and wellness centers throughout Southeastern Wisconsin and in New York City. For four years, Hussa has written a Guidebook for the National Eating Disorders Association which instructs clinicians and yoga teachers how to hold safe meditation and mindfulness workshops for those in recovery.
With her diverse theatre, yoga and educational experiences, Ms. Hussa is a frequent Keynote speaker in an array of arts, educational and medical conferences. Hussa is honored to be selected as Presenter at the 2012 IAEDP conference alongside Jenni Schaefer and Doris Smeltzer. She recently completed her book, Healthy Selfitude, available at www.healthyselfitude.com.
Robyn holds an MFA-Acting from the University of Virginia, is a member of the three professional acting unions (AEA, AFTRA, SAG), the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), The International Association for Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP), Drama League, and is an E-RYT (200) certified yoga instructor with the Yoga Alliance. She lives in New York City where she manages the NORMAL nonprofit, teaches meditation and mindfulness to patients in recovery, and produces various other projects with her significant other, Tim Farrell and their production company White Elephant Enterprises; including the NORMAL Family documentary — slated to film at the University of Virginia in 2012-2013 and The Walking Hospital, a documentary that follows a team of alternative healthcare practitioners who provide free healthcare in Nepal (premiere at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City).
