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Focus on the Feeling--a Dancer Empowerment Project
Six Weeks, Sept 20-Nov 1
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Open Heart Belly Dance II!
Improvisational belly dance infused with the principles and practices of Dancemeditation and Somatic Experiencing®. Deeply soothing, interoceptive, and introspective, it will help see us through the election with embodied, grounded joy!
Each class is recorded (instructor view). Each recording is available for one week.
What we'll do:
* Nurture pleasure and self-compassion
* Bask in the moment of improvisation
* Allow our own body's wisdom to bring the moves to us
* Lower our heart rates, soothe our senses, and dance better, too!
This is NOT about perfection, drills, or copying
This IS about developing personal style, musicality, improv ease, and joy in the moment
Very little talk, lots of follow-me, guided practice, and free improv.
Open Heart runs from Tuesday, December 8 through Tuesday, January 5 from 4-5PM EST See this in your time zone (add to calendar button in link):
Pay in Full $55 | |
Pay Weekly $12/week for 5 weeks | |
Sliding Scale $5/week for 5 weeks | |
Pay What You Will (0 works ; ). Open to All. BIPOC, LGBTQ+, MENAHT and other marginalized groups, please use this option |
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Trust the Chef
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Fridays, 4-4:30 PM EST
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Everywhere we turn, pandemics, racism, fascism, family issues, fear and anger everywhere. It's scary, and it's hard to feel calm in the face of all this. Our nervous systems get out of whack. We feel frustrated and anxious. How do we stay grounded?
Tuning In comes from a Somatic Experiencing® (SE) perspective. It's is a half-hour chillout session focused on nervous system regulation. It is designed to ease anxiety and restore wellbeing. We use gentle movement, breath, and body-based strategies to bring calm in the here and now. These strategies can be used any time to help the body feel more relaxed and grounded. Each class is recorded (instructor view). Each recording is available for one week.
“Few skills are more essential than the ability to settle your body. If you can settle your body, you are more likely to be calm, alert and fully present, no matter what is going on around you.
A settled body enables you to harmonize and connect with other bodies around you, while encouraging those bodies to settle as well.
A calm, settled body is the foundation for health, for healing, for helping others and for changing the world…”
—Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands
Registration is now open!
Pay in Full $30 | |
Pay Weekly $6.50/week for 5 weeks | |
Sliding Scale $3.50/week for 5 weeks | |
Pay What You Will (0 works ; ) Open to all. BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other marginalized groups, please use this option |
SE curiously explores body sensations, images, emotions, meaning, and movements that arise. You don't have to tell your life story, or much of anything. We work with what is, right now.
Results include a sense of well-being, self-compassion, and increased resilience. It is a very gentle, effective method.
I’m a Somatic Experiencing® (SE) Practitioner. I’ve long included SE work in my dance coaching. Folks like it–they feel the benefits. One client’s 30-year pain went away. Another reduced her fear of being seen. Another became close to her family again. It makes my heart glad to see the healing.
Sessions are conducted via Zoom for distance clients. Sessions last about an hour. It is recommended to take a nap afterwards.
If you’ve had challenging experiences in your life, if you feel that they haven’t been resolved, if you find yourself being repeatedly triggered, SE may help you.
I am making sessions available at a sliding scale of $50-$100 as things are so hard right now for so many people.
To discover more, I invite you to email me or
book a brief complimentary call.
We’ll chat.