Body Songs, Soul Motion is Exhilarating, Joyous, Tender, & Expansive Play
January and February, Soul Motion at the White Eagle Hall in James Bay
Tuesday Nights, 6:45-8:45pm
The Origin Story:
My dear friend Joanne Winstanley invited me to hold my Soul Motion class in her 5 Rhythm’s community cauldron while she’s away…
It’s a meaningful gift to be welcomed to this community cauldron as a teacher.
The White Eagle Hall, in James Bay, was the first conscious dance floor I ever landed on in the autumn of 2005 - 20 years ago. I attended a life-altering Kathy Altman HeartBeat workshop, organized by Joanne.
In that workshop I met my beloved; and, through that meeting, I moved to Northern California where I fell in love with Soul Motion and became a Soul Motion Teacher (2007-2009).
20 years later we are home again in Victoria, putting down some roots.
I am so happy to start local Soul Motion Contemplative Improvisational Dance classes, beginning with this teaching spell at the White Eagle Hall.
Supple Magic:
A teaching spell of 8 Weekly classes in James Bay, Victoria, BC
You and I. All of us. Together. Earth and Sky.
We’ll begin with a warm up: time to arrive, land, transition, and wake the body. We’ll spend some time in a generative somatic/movement exploration, to expand movement possibilities together. Then, we’ll enjoy a luscious passage of music, sounds, and silence currents, to move with, through, and around.
Opening and closing circles bookend the ritual of movement practice for enlivening and voyaging.
Call and response. Ebb and flow. Stillness and movement. Listening and expressing, offering movement gestures and phrases. Breath, bones, muscles, fascia, heart, soul, spirit - ripples of movement bubbling from the creative wellspring.
Do dress in layers, and bring water in a closed container and a snack if you’d like. Some folks also enjoy bringing a journal or simple (dry) art supplies, though this is not necessary.
Folks will be well supported to explore their own instinctive ripples of movement and play, their own creative voice, within spacious time and a kind, welcoming atmosphere of relational ecology.
"Katrina is an exceptionally gifted leader, therapist and dancer. Working with Katrina I appreciate her profound professional background, as well as the passion and humor that becomes clearly visible in her teaching.”
— Edgar Spieker, Soul Motion Teacher, Faculty in the Soul Motion School, Germany
“Katrina is a really great instructor who shares possibilities for movement body, ways to use space, and connect to others. Her positive energy is contagious and brings joy and brightness to her class. I highly recommend that you try her classes. Her classes have encouraged me to express my soul through body movement, explore creativity, freedom, and connecting with others”
-Rieko, Professional Dancer and participant in Soul Motion, Body Songs, in Sacramento, CA