TEACHERS & EMBODIED LEADERS
May leadership be for you
A true adventure of growth.
John O’Donohue from “For A Leader”
The sacred threshold of leading and teaching is open to all but crossed by only a courageous few. All teachers and embodied leaders listed here have committed body, heart, mind and spirit to the path of Soul Motion. Each soul has devoted themselves to tend the seeds of this body of work, growing and sharing the blossoms of their love and labor in their own unique and diverse ways. No two offers their gifts in the same way which keeps Soul Motion a living and evolving prayer and practice. Please take some time to peruse the teachers and embodied leaders listed below and may this be a portal and pathway to a deepening and thriving love affair with yourself and the world.
ARGENTINA
Carmen Tarifa Reischle
ctarifa25@gmail.com
Offering
Online Classes,
Retreats and Workshops in Nature and Inside
Series
Foundations
Trainings
1: 1 sessions in spanish, english, german
Practice in the Everyday: fine tuning and listening
to body intelligence and the whisperings of the surroundings.
Dancing to keep emotions and situations fluid and soft
Holding the high watch for myself and others
Cultivating humor friendship and solidarity
as well as growing in silence in the wildness of soul.
AUSTRALIA
Kate-Marie Mutsaers
inbodymovement@gmail.com
www.inbodymovement.com.au
Offering: (online and in person) classes, 1:1 sessions, workshops, foundation immersions, teacher and leadership trainings.
Practice in the everyday: Bringing the rich learnings of life alive from within, whilst serving and sharing with others. Listening and leaning into the precious ordinary moments of each day.
AUSTRIA
Lisa Moser
www.danceworks.at
Offerings: abundance classes inside and in nature, workshops and abundance coaching
Practice in the everyday: Using dance to process what moves us and wants to be moved. Finding abundance, joy and fulfillment in free movement and dance. Holding space for those who want that too.
GERMANY
Doreen Tönjes
doreen.toenjes@gmx.net
www.doreentoenjes.de
Offerings: online and in-person classes / 1:1 sessions / workshops / trainings
Practice in the everyday: listen to a field full of wonder / trust the movement / allow the dance / love the people / include my not-knowing / walk on common ground / rest
Edgar Spieker
info@edgarspieker.de
www.edgarspieker.de
Offering: classes, international workshops, trainings
Practice in the everyday: Honesty, authenticity and clarity. Accompanying people in growing into their full potential. At the core each of us is a dancer, a creative soul in motion that not only craves to be freed, but is also much needed in the world.
Janos Grimm
Offerings: Teacher Trainings, Leadership program, Foundations, Workshops , yearlong groups, classes, dance in nature
Practice in the everyday: breath conscious is the essential dance, I start there, I arrive there. I trust. I enjoy DANCING. I am connecting to everything and everybody
Kathrin Jungmichel
kathrin@diefarbenpracht.de
www.diefarbenpracht.de
Offerings: 1:1 sessions, in person sessions
Practice in the everyday: I am a seeker and finder, knowing that there is deep inside of us an unscathed, beautiful flower which wants to bloom. Keeper of the true light which glows in each of us.
Lisanne Otto
www.lisanneotto.de
offerings:weekly classes, workshops
Dancing in everyday life/ dancing as an osteopath with the tissues of the body, nourishing the elements inside of me, learning to trust into the mystery of life, everything is already there and the power of love.
Moya Geers
www.mukulala.com
Offerings: regularly in-person classes, 1:1 sessions, workshops
The dancefloor is a huge playground to explore, to rest, to be. And to bring it into your life.
The beat you drum to is the beat you dance to.
Stephanie Kokot
www.lebenistkunst.net
Offerings: In person classes; 1:1 sessions; Workshops
What I enjoy is creating spaces where fullness/emptiness - light/darkness - silence/movement - simplicity/complexity - heart, mind, body and soul, dance together. We are together – as human beings on the ground of infinity and boundaries, combining creative tools of movement, colors, nature, systemic therapy.
ITALY
Chiara Crovetto
crovetto.chiara@gmail.com
ocyphercompany.it
Offerings: online and in-person classes, 1:1 sessions.
Practice in the everyday: Meditating while moving and moving while meditating, breathing as a conscious practice, putting my creativity first, finding new ways to be myself. I surf the mystery of life, playing with curiosity and deep listening. Hip-hop and dark chocolate addicted.
Daniela Lurilli
daniela.iurilli@hotmail.com
https://www.danielaiurilli.it/soul-motion/
Offerings: classes in person - workshops
Practice in the everyday: receiving all what comes as the dance of Life; catching this little movement that makes all the difference; sinking in my body to expand my life experience.
Staying in movement with awe, gratitude and curiosity for more.
Marcella Panseri
info@marcellapanseri.it
www.marcellapanseri.it
Offering: classes inside and outside, workshop, mentoring.
Practice in the everyday: Soul Motion is keeping my energy alive, my heart soft and my listening deeper.
SWITZERLAND
Martín von Ruette
https://soulmotion.ch
https://martinbodyvoice.ch
Offerings: in-person classes, 1:1 sessions, workshops
Practice in the everyday: Curiosity. The joy of exploration. To encounter passion in dance.
To merge. To witness. To grow. To go beyond. To dare to enter the space beyond.
UK
Leela Fisk
https://www.leelafisk.com
Offerings: in-person sessions for all & online for women, 1:1 sessions, workshops, trainings
Practice in the everyday: Listening to the body to navigate life, seeing through the wonder of my daughter’s eyes, moving in water as teacher, making art through my heart.
USA
Iku Miyazaki
Offerings: online and in-person classes, workshops
Practice in the everyday:
Awareness of my breath. Deep listening to my body. Feeling my feet and receiving support from the earth. Greeting trees & plants. Releasing & Receiving. Openness & curiosity to the unknown. Tending to the subtleties of each moment.
Lynne Herbert
Offerings: in person classes, workshops, and ongoing therapeutic groups
Practice in the everyday: bringing curiosity and an open, vulnerable heart to exploring our world through movement, emotion, play, and tenderness; cultivating richer connection with myself, other, nature, breath, spirit, and presence.
Michael Molin-Skelton
https://movements-matter.com
Offerings: online and in-person classes, 1:1 sessions, workshops, trainings.
Practice in the everyday: Smiling for no reason, noticing the movements of a stranger.
I pray out loud with my body, listen deeply with my heart, get in trouble with my mind and seek quietly with my soul.
Michael Zipkin
JustStartHere.org
Offerings: a sunday morning class, live in berkeley dance worshops, guided journeys
As i learn to trust myself more fully on the dance floor, the world opens up and i have more and more to give—there and back again
Winky Wheeler
https://ecstaticdancers.com/
Offerings: online and in-person classes and workshops, personal mentoring and trainings.
Practice in the everyday:
to: stand in gratitude
live in creativity
offer kindness
practice listening more
cultivate curiosity and connection
become more personally resourced
breath and love deeply and courageously
and search for awe of what is and what is possible.
Zuza Engler
https://zuzaengler.com/
Offerings: online and in-person groups, classes, workshops, trainings.
Practice in the everyday: Lover of motion and stillness. Trainer and mentor of teachers. Devoted though imperfect wife. Closet writer. Work in progress.
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HERE AT LAST
And I finally showed up in my life
And it's halfway through
And that's how long it takes
To undress myself of everything
Everything that is not mine
Unclothed at last
I am here
At the centre of my own life
At the centre of my own life
By Jane O'Shea
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