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For those who missed the Commencement livestream, you can catch it here: https://youtu.be/IyMW6Kw1Lqw?si=dBKqz-JtoKXiySuI

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CIIS' 58th Commencement Ceremony 2026 (entire) | CIIS CIIS held its 58th annual commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 24, 2026 at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco.01:00 Processional16:35 Welcome and Invocation...

Be kind to yourself and allow yourself to be still tonight ✨️

read this when your mind won’t slow down.

: Take the risk because the reward is priceless. Have a little faith 🎉

🎉 Don Hanlon Johnson, founder of the first graduate Somatics program in the U.S., retires after more than four decades at CIIS.

CIIS honors Johnson with Faculty Emeritus status at the 2026 commencement — a recognition of a career that helped establish the academic study of embodiment as a legitimate and necessary field. We will miss you! 🩷

After four decades leading CIIS' Drama Therapy Program, professor Renée Emunah reflects on a career spent fusing theatre and healing.
Emunah's scholarship has been inseparable from her teaching. Her book Acting for Real: Drama Therapy Process, Technique, and Performance is a foundational text in drama therapy training programs worldwide, translated into multiple languages. 💐

📰Article: https://www.ciis.edu/news/four-decades-drama-and-healing-renee-emunahs-legacy-ciis?fbclid=IwY2xjawSC5tBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe4n2_gm2njmFYI2CwyPip5VKLdfcfePB791oREJBypLUC4JPpk47T2s1m8f0_aem_GGRwA-IgKKn8Vde0qX5tbA

Words to live by

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Singing the Dream That Wakes You Up: CIIS Professor Publishes New Book on the Emotional Truth of Dreaming | CIIS CIIS professor Willow Pearson Trimbach co-authors The Emotional Truth of Dreams, a new book exploring dream dialogues as paths to psychotherapeutic and spiritual insight.