AYESHA BAUMGARTNER

IN 2003 AYESHA WAS ACTIVE IN THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY AND SAW THE VALUE OF TEACHING TODAYS KIDS THE SAME VALUES SHE LEARNED THAT MADE HER REALIZE SOME OF HER CHILDHOOD DREAMS LIVING IN JAPAN FOR 10 YEARS.

AYESHA’S CLASSES ARE AUTHENTIC TO TRADITIONAL EASTERN MARTIAL ARTS LEARNED IN JAPAN. AYESHA TEACHES IN ENGLISH WITH JAPANESE AND FRENCH, A MULTI-LINGUAL ONE OF A KIND TALENT, WHO HAS COMPETED IN THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES IN HAP KI DO WINNING PODIUM PLACING IN ALL 4 EVENTS IN HER FIRST YEAR STUDYING MARTIAL ARTS WHILE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY. AYESHA WAS INVITED TO BE THE OFFICIAL TRANSLATOR FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL KARATE ORGANIZATION IN JAPAN DURING THE 2004 WORLD KARATE TOURNAMENT TRANSLATING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES DURING HIGH PROFILE TRAININGS AND TOURNAMENTS AND REPRESENT THE CANADIAN TEAM COACHES FOR ELITE ATHLETES. AYESHA WAS ALSO HONOURED TO BE ASKED TO TEACH THE PRESIDENT OF THE IKO’S BLACK BELT KARATE KIDS WHILE VISITING JAPAN.

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE AYESHA GAINED AT TOP DRAMA SCHOOLS IN LOS ANGELES, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS AND THE LEE STRASBERG THEATRE INSTITUTE AND ON SET, ON COMMERCIALS AND TV SHOWS, ARE INVALUABLE LIFE SKILLS, FOR TODAYS KIDS GROWING INTO MATURE ADULTS REACHING FOR THEIR DREAMS.

WHEN AYESHA MOVED BACK TO CANADA FROM THE U.S, SCHOOLS IN CANADA SOON SOUGHT HER OUT TO IMPROVE KIDS SPIRIT, THIS CHALLENGE THAT RESULTED IN SUCCESS BECAME KIDS ACT 2! ENRICHMENT AFTER SCHOOL AND LUNCH TIME PROGRAMS EMPOWERING KIDS, TO USE THEIR VOICE AND MASTERY OF SELF, TO GAIN TOTAL MIND BODY AND SPIRIT HEALTH.

KNOWING THE MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING IN THE ARTS, WHETHER IT BE MARTIAL ARTS OR THEATRE ARTS, AS A CREATIVE EXPRESSIVE MEANS TO UNDERSTAND ONESELF THUS OTHERS, AYESHA INVITED HER TOP ACTING KIDS WHO WANTED TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH, AND JOIN AN EXCLUSIVE KIDS ACT 2! DRAMA CLUB AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM TO PERFORM FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AYESHA HAS SINCE WRITTEN OVER 2 DOZEN ORIGINAL PLAYS THAT WERE PRODUCED FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENTERTAIN AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND UNITE WITH OUR COMMON HUMANITY, WITH ORIGINAL, FUN, ENTERTAINING, AND SOCIALLY RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL PLAYS, ENJOYED BY KIDS AND ADULTS. AYESHA’S CLASS ENROLMENTS AND PRODUCTION SCALE HAVE TRIPLED EACH YEAR THE KIDS RETURN AND NEW KIDS JOIN THROUGH DEMAND AND RECOGNITION AS THE GO- TO -COACH FOR MIND BODY AND SPIRIT HEALTH THROUGH ACTING AND KARATE CLASSES.

THROUGH YEARS OF RESEARCH IN BEHAVIOURAL PSYCHOLOGY AND AYESHA’S RESULTS ORIENTED PROGRAMS, AYESHA HAS SEEN ALL THE KIDS IN HER CLASSES TRANSFORM IN POSITIVE WAYS THAT PARENTS AND PEERS NOTICE.

KIDS ACT 2! ACTING AND KIDS ACT 2! KARATE ARE NOT JUST ACTING AND KARATE PROGRAMS, TAUGHT WITH ANCIENT TRIED AND TRUE WISDOM AND TRANSFORMATIVE RESULTS, KIDS ACT 2! PROGRAMS ARE A VALUABLE PART OF AN EVERYDAY LIFESTYLE, THAT IS SURE TO GUIDE YOUR CHILD/REN TOWARDS A SOUND MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT, FOR A HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND PROSPEROUS LIFE.

WHAT IS AYESHA’S SECRET TO HER SUCCESS? WELL IT’S A SECRET, SO WE WONT TELL. YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO JOIN AND EXPERIENCE HER CLASSES YOURSELF. ONE THING WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES, AYESHA WALKS HER TALK, AND CONTINUES TO GO AFTER HER OWN DREAMS TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE THE HEART, SKILLS AND KNOW HOW. YOU WILL SEE AYESHA GET DOWN AND DO THOSE 50 PUSH UPS IN FRONT OF HER KARATE CLASS AND DEMONSTRATE BY EXAMPLE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SUCCESSFUL!

KIDS FROM AS YOUNG AS 6 MONTHS TO TEENS UP TO 19 YEARS OLD ENJOY THE CLASSES.

KIDS ENJOY CONTRIBUTING THEIR TALENTS, BECOMING WELL ROUNDED POSITIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO SOCIETY OFTEN EXCELLING IN SCHOOL AS A BYPRODUCT OF THE SKILLS GAINED INTERACTING IN A GROUP SETTING WITH THEIR PEERS AND WITH THE RIGHT GUIDANCE. A PERSONALIZED PROGRAM THAT IS TRANSFORMATIVE!

AYESHA ALSO OFFERS ONE ON ONE COACHING FOR KIDS WORKING PROFESSIONALLY IN THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY, DIRECTORS OFTEN NOTICING A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT ON SET WITH AYESHA’S ADDITIONAL COACHING.

WITH AYESHA’S PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY WORKING FOR U.S, CANADIAN, JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN PRODUCTIONS, AYESHA WAS GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CASTING VOICES FOR CHILDREN. AYESHA CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE IN THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY AND ALSO CONTRIBUTED HER VOICE TALENT FOR AN ANIMATION AND VARIOUS VOICE OVER WORK INCLUDING AN INTERNATIONAL FILM SHOWN AT WORLD FILM FESTIVALS.

AYESHA SUGGESTED HER TOP KIDS FOR A POPULAR TV SHOW AND WAS EVEN INVITED WITH HER TOP KIDS AS GUESTS ON SEVERAL COMMUNITY TALK SHOWS DEMONSTRATING THEIR STREET SMART SKILLS.

AYESHA IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO HAVE THE MOST ENROLMENTS OF KIDS IN ONE CLASS WITH AN EQUAL MIX OF BOYS AND GIRLS WITH HER LEADERSHIP AS INSTRUCTOR AND AN INSPIRATION TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

IN ADDITION, AYESHA WAS ASKED TO TRAIN ADULTS. THROUGH HER K2 PROGRAM, NAMED AFTER ONE OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD, TO SHOW THAT NO PERSONAL MOUNTAIN IS TOO HIGH TO REACH, AYESHA HAS TAUGHT TOP EXECUTIVES AND HELPED THEM REACH THEIR PERSONAL FITNESS GOALS AND ACHIEVE MORE BALANCE IN THEIR LIVES.

A TRUE LEADER THIS MULTI-TALENTED INTREPID WOMAN IS A MENTOR FOR THE KIDS, AS A RESULT, AYESHA WAS NOMINATED BEST TEACHER IN CANADIAN PARENT MAGAZINE.