Areej Khan

Creative Polymath βŠ™ Designer | Nurturer

I guide individuals, brands, and organizations to come into intentional, clear relationships with themselves β€” to Foster Within. Through brand identity design, information design, and somatic movement practice, I weave design and language, cultural memory, and embodied care into work that helps people return to body, relationship, and shared humanity. Based in Portland, Oregon.

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Realm (HOVER OR TAP for SCALE) Scope & Impact
Information & Exhibition Design
Interpretive systems and information graphics for museums, exhibitions, and visitor centers β€” with a bilingual focus.
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15+ global projects across subjects, cultures, and languages β€” including work for the Smithsonian Institution and international cultural institutions.
Advertising
Art direction and campaign design for consumer brands β€” where the design career began.
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Summer intern at FullStop Advertising, Jeddah; Jr. Art Director at Albert Promoseven McCann Erickson β€” working on Goody, Al-Batal, and Unilever.
Brand Identity
Complete brand architecture, visual systems, and design strategy β€” from founding marks to scaled identity.
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20+ years of practice across independent studios, small businesses, and mission-driven people and organizations.
Movement & Somatics
SAH Method coaching, yoga, and functional mobility β€” oriented toward lightness and insaniya.
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Individual and group sessions rooted in somatic presence and embodied self-knowing.
Women's Support
Holistic pregnancy and birth care, Δ€yurvedic nutrition, and movement for women across life stages.
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Group workshops and one-on-one care, held with cultural sensitivity and deep attunement.
Food & Hospitality
Fusion food for blended people in borrowed spaces.
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Co-creator of A Part CafΓ© and the Shwaco β€” a shawarma-taco born from the in-between. Hybrid FOH Supervisor & BOH Food Prep at Butter & Scotch, Brooklyn. Now rooted in Δ€yurvedic nutrition and food for the whole body and self.
Teaching
Curricula and frameworks for creative, accessible, and embodied learning β€” across design, advertising, and somatic practice.
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College-level design and advertising design courses at DAH University and CUNY; ongoing teaching in movement and somatic healing.
Grassroots & Politics
Campaign design, visual strategy, and communications β€” from school boards to Congress.
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Fmr. ADEM Delegate candidate; Fmr. Emerge Communications Fellow. UX and visual strategy for local and national campaigns.

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creative design
rebirth
movement

Creative Design

Design Packages
A little note
I got into design because I believe the right visual language can shift how people see things and each other. If you're building something that matters to you, I want to help you show it.
Brand Book ← hover
from $3,300
A book that defines your brand identity β€” logo, look & feel, and the visual language that makes you recognizable and true to yourself.
Let's build your brand β†’
A little note
I grew up between two languages β€” Arabic moving right to left, English moving left to right. That in-between is where I learned to see patterns others walk past. I bring that lens to every project: how do we take what's complex and make it feel like something people already knew, but couldn't say?
Information Design ← hover
from $133 / hr
Interpretive systems and information graphics for museums, exhibitions, and visitor centers. Complex stories made visible β€” with a bilingual, cross-cultural lens.
Start a project β†’

I hold the line between space and story, structurally mapping complex landscapes to make them intuitive.

I have been thinking in design languages for more than half my life. I approach every canvas with customized structural grids, often drafting by hand first. I am fiercely anti-template andβ€”I dare say itβ€”old-school; I treat each project as a distinct architecture to build from scratch, rather than an opportunity to recycle and resell an existing template.

If you would like work that doesn’t look like everything else, I would like to work with you.

DESIGN PORTFOLIO

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movement

reBirth

I hold intentional containers for the seismic transitions that occur within women’s bodies.

6-Week Workshops
Northeast Community Center (NECC) β€” Portland, Oregon
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Perinatal Yoga Workshops
A holistic 6-week container for expecting and new parents in Portland to find movement, ritual, and connective support.
Complete with weekly Δ€yurvedic recipes tailored to the seasonal elements, alongside take-home exercises. Offered in two parallel tracks β€” Prenatal and Postnatal β€” held back to back on Sunday mornings.
Prenatal
Sunday, 9:00–10:15 am
Optional pool time at 10:30 am
Postnatal
Sunday, 10:30–11:45 am
Upcoming
Aug 30 – Oct 4, 2025
Next
Jan 3 – Feb 7, 2026
Registration opens SOON I'll add the link here
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From Meno to Mentor
Shift your perspective on menopause from physical decline to profound neurological rewiring β€” a mega upgrade into your power as a community wisdom keeper.
Six 90-minute sessions fusing neuroscience with breathwork, dynamic meditation, releasing somatic movement, precise asana, guided group reflection, and optional structural journaling.
Neuro-Renovation Cooling & Calibration Piercing the Fog The Stress Circuit Sleep Restructuring The Big Upgrade
When
Sunday, 3:00–4:30 pm
Duration
90 minutes per session
Upcoming
Aug 30 – Oct 4, 2025
Registration opening soon
Registration opens SOON I'll add the link here
Birth & Postpartum
Partnering
Every journey into and through birth is its own world and every family unit is its own micro universe. This work begins with listening β€” to you, your body, your needs β€” and we build from there.
Services I Offer
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Guided breathwork and meditation
For all trimesters
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Belly sifting & Binding
Starting at 28 weeks & Postpartum
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Δ€yurvedic meal planning
Cooking and preperation
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Birthing and Lactation Foods
Fresh-baked lactation cookies and birthing broth
Personalized packages
Every journey is unique. Packages are built around your individual needs β€” not a template.
Sliding scale
$35
$80 / hr
Pay what is sustainable for you.
Let's start with a conversation about where you are and what you need.
Talk to me β†’

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movement

Movement: Somatic | Yoga

Movement Philosophy

There are two Arabic words for a person. Bashar β€” the surface, the body. Insan β€” the reflecting person.
Insan reflects two roots. What lives between them is everything.

Nasiya
To forget.
between
Uns
To be intimate.

The cycle of forgetting and returning to our nature is a foundational truth of our humanity. My practice is designed to foster the deep intimacy that already lives within us, guiding us back to ourselves and our collective connection.

Insaniya
Our humanity

I guide movement sessions at the exact center of this cycle, navigating that truth through breathwork, dynamic meditation, somatic cueing, and yoga asana.

Somatic
Fascia and energy-forward. Emotion is simply energy in motion; when we stagnate, it stores within our fascia. Clearing space for more presence and strength.
Lineage-Agnostic
Not bound to a modern yoga lineage. Rooted in the real history and purpose of each type of yogic practice (sādhanā).
Intentional
Designed with intention, not with poses to capture attention. Moving with the seasons, changing needs, and the individual as both a separate entity and part of the collective within.
Ready to Foster Within where you are?
Visit Fosterwithin.com βŠ™ Booking opens Tuesday 16 June β†’

I hold moving spaces to make fostering within accessible.