Joyful Motion

Upcoming Classes & Workshops

SomaSoul® Workshop:
Moving Your Body’s Story with Daniel Leven
Date: September 3rd - 6th
Times: Fri 6-9pm - Sat/Sun/Mon 9am-5pm
Location: Rama Lotus Yoga Centre at 340 Gladstone Ave.

SomaSoul® originated by Daniel Leven, is a mind-body healing therapy that integrates the expressive arts, body psychotherapy and somatics for self-discovery and healing. These workshops can be taken for self-growth or professional enhancement and if desired, are part of a series that leads towards level one certification as a SomaSoul® practitioner.

Move, draw and tell the story of your body. Move body polarities like strong legs and shaky legs, and experience how your body expresses the polarities of your life. Discover the living consciousness of each part of your body and how our cells contain emotional energies and beliefs.

Cost: $450 (US funds) ($405 early registration price available until July 23rd)
Register (and get more info) at: www.leveninstitute.com

Advanced Shake Your Soul® / YogaDance Training with Daniel Leven & Emily Fox
(Required Pre-requisite: Shake Your Soul® Training)
Date: September 8th -12th
Times: Wed/Thurs/Fri/Sat 9am-5pm - Sun 9am-1pm
Location: Orleans Yoga Shala at 5921 Jeanne d’Arc Blvd.

Daniel Leven (co-originator of Kripalu Danskinetics - now Kripalu YogaDance), offers a dual certification program in Shake Your Soul® and Kripalu YogaDance. Influenced by aerobics, connected to yoga and movement therapy, and inspired by modern & african dance, Shake Your Soul classes offer the perfect combination of led dynamic movements and opportunities for creative exploration and self-expression, all designed to resonate and amplify the rhythm and dance of our body’s fluid nature. This training is for Shake Your Soul grads looking to receive dual certification by enhancing their skills.

Cost: $575 (US funds) ($ early registration price available until July 28th)
Register (and get more info) at: www.leveninstitute.com

YogaSense Classes with Kristine Karpinski

Evenings - Fall Session
Date: September 20th to November 29th
Times: Mondays 7-9pm
Location: Ottawa School of Speech and Drama at 290 Picton Ave. (Westboro)
Cost: $200 +tx

Daytimes - Fall Session
Date: September 22nd to November 24th
Times: Wednesdays 1-2:30pm
Cost: $150 +tx

Whether your art is acting, music, writing or the 'art of being', yoga offers tools that can support your ability to perform at maximum potential. It can help facilitate the creative process by awakening the body, engaging the senses and balancing the breath. It encourages a trusting relationship with your body and in turn a free flowing relationship with energy, emotion and spirit.

Engage the senses and develop skills to increase endurance, focus and presence for the creative process by awakening the body. Utilizing principles from a variety of yoga, yogadance and somatic movement practices, we use music and vocalizations as inspiration to get energy flowing and breath balanced. Suitable for creative souls who are looking for body-centered expression and just plain fun!

SomaSoul® Workshop:
Somatic Healing Process with Daniel Leven
Date: November 19th - 22nd
Times: Fri 6-9pm - Sat/Sun/Mon 9am-5pm
Location: To be announced.

Learn to identify and move through the defense postures we form in life and heal the wounds they protect. Discover the vitality of supportive protection rather than our familiar defenses. Transform destructive or negative energy into creative power.

Cost: $450 (US funds) ($405 early registration price available until Oct 8th)
Register (and get more info at): www.leveninstitute.com

YogaSense Classes with Kristine Karpinski

Evenings - Winter Session
Date: January 17th to March 28th
Times: Mondays 7-9pm
Location: Ottawa School of Speech and Drama at 290 Picton Ave. (Westboro)
Cost: $200 +tx

Daytimes - Winter Session
Date: January 19th to March 30th
Times: Wednesdays 1-2:30pm
Cost: $150 +tx

SomaSoul® Workshop:
The Art of Co-Facilitation with Daniel Leven
(Pre-Requisite required - one or more of previous SomaSoul® Workshops)
Date: January 21st - 24th
Times: Fri 6-9pm - Sat/Sun/Mon 9am-5pm
Location: To be announced.

Cultivate the Art of Being as you deepen your grounded presence. Explore the Art of Seeing as you sense the physical-emotional energy of your client. Practice the Art of Doing as you integrate the expressive arts with therapeutic dialogue.

Cost: $450 (US funds) ($405 early registration price available until Dec 10th)
Register (and get more into at): www.leveninstitute.com

YogaSense Classes with Kristine Karpinski

Evenings - Spring Session
Date: April 10th to June 19th
Times: Mondays 7-9pm
Location: Ottawa School of Speech and Drama at 290 Picton Ave. (Westboro)
Cost: $200 +tx

Daytimes - Spring Session
Date: April 12th to June 21st
Times: Wednesdays 1-2:30pm
Cost: $150 +tx