Sheila Hageman is an author, teacher and yogini.
Sheila received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Hunter College, where she also graduated as valedictorian in January 2002 with a BA majoring in the Thomas Hunter Honors Program and English with a concentration in creative writing.
Since receiving her MFA, she has taught Creative Writing, Composition and Literature at Hunter College, Housatonic Community College, Kaplan University and the College of New Rochelle. As a writer, Sheila’s interests focus on memoir, women’s issues and popular culture. Her memoir, “Stripping Down,” will be published by Pink Fish Press February 2012.
Through teaching creative writing, Sheila hopes to encourage students to discover their own voices and the power of words. Her theatre background allows her to help students explore many different viewpoints and learn how to express words, thoughts, and feelings to an audience.
Sheila is a certified and nationally registered yoga teacher through Integral Yoga Institute of New York City and the Yoga Alliance. Sheila approaches yoga practice as an opportunity to begin again, another chance to remember who we truly are, another possibility to find joy in being fully alive. Her teaching focuses on a gentle, slow flow, and encourages students to discover their own selves and how best to nurture and express themselves.
Sheila is available as a speaker and as a teacher. Please contact her for more information.
Sheila and her husband, Nick Terzi, have a daughter, Genevieve and two sons, Cole and Thomas.