Photo: Michelle Smith-Lewis
The Art & Practice of Movement
1:1 Sessions Online or In-person
THE ART & PRACTICE OF MOVEMENT
This non-traditional movement session is for humans interested in the healing, transformation and evolution of their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual body-being and becoming. The purpose of this practice is to reconnect us to our embodied selves in ecological health with expanding resilience to do our work for a better world.
It is for all levels of movement abilities and interests. Karin leads with gentle and diverse prompting through 8 patterns of movement and a range of rhythms, tones and spiritual insight. Within this structure you will discover more space in your mind, opening in your heart, sensations in your body, and more awareness of your unique rhythms. You will cultivate more movement patterns for well being and for overcoming any challenges; you may even experience improvement in mood and physical pain! Your inner spirit will be dancing and your whole body self will be surprised by the multiplicity of movement available to you through life’s challenges and through the evolution in the art of your life! The movement practice is 60 minutes.
The Art & Practice of Movement is rooted in the philosophy that movement is life and necessary for our evolution, our overcoming, our healing, and our connecting more deeply with ourselves, with each other and with the world. We can and must move to (re)TURN our ancient-future-now-earth-body for the greater collective good in the BIG LOVE MOVEMENT!
This work is trauma informed:
The Embody Lab- Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate 2022
Transformative Change- Embodied Social Justice Certificate 2022
Karin is currently working toward a Masters and a Certification in areas that support embodiment/spiritual/movement healing:
Shadhdhuliyyah Sufi Healing- Masters in Spiritual Healing 2021-2024
Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy Certification 2023-2026
Register for a Session(s):
One 60 Minute Session: $125 BOOK SESSIONS HERE
Four 60 Minute Sessions: $425 (recommended) BOOK SESSIONS HERE
READ MORE about The Art & Practice of Movement here: What is the Art & Practice of Movement?
On-Demand VIDEO OPTIONS:
Two 1/2 hour Videos Per Month created for you to practice with on your own (Includes 2 brief check-ins): $150 a month
General 1/2 hour On-demand Video Practice: $15 each
TO inquire or purchase videos: email karinstevens@gmail.com
Mini Art & Practice of Movement Videos
TESTIMONIALS
Photo: Michelle Smith-Lewis
Karin Stevens is a facilitator in The Art & Practice of Movement. For seven year she has been assisting others on their own evolutionary and healing journeys through movement in individual and group sessions. With over 25 years in embodied movement and spiritual practices she brings robust wisdom and deep sensitivity to the needs of every unique session. As a Seattle based Choreographer, Dance Artist and Transformationalist she believes in the power of movement to bring us back into health and spiritual ecology within ourselves, with each other, and through our natural and built environments.
In spite of being a life-long vocational dancer, Karin had to learn to move in new ways to overcome her personal pain and challenges. She believes that if every individual began this same journey back into the body, each one of us will become a great force for collective healing and transformation, particularly in the areas of dismantling white supremacy and facing climate change consequences with courage and love.
Through her dance company, Karin Stevens Dance (2009-present), she creates imaginative, visionary, collaborative, immersive performer and audience experiences at the interchange of movement, art, ecology, social issues, and healing. She believes we must commune, collaborate and converse through movement, sound and ideas for an equitable and sustainable future for all.
Her personal journey and vocational mission regarding the body, spirit and transformation owes much gratitude for the life-lessons in moving in relationship with her husband of 22 years and their three powerhouse daughters (11,14,20 yrs).
My background, training and sources I draw from:
Dance Concepts in Time, Space and Energy
Whole Heart Connections and The 5 Elements Philosophy- Thea Elijah/Perennial Medicine
Shadhdhuliyyah Sufi Healing- Masters in Spiritual Healing 2021-2024
Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy Certification 2023-2026
The Embody Lab- Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate 2022
Transformative Change- Embodied Social Justice Certificate 2022
Why We Dance- The philosophy of Kimerer LaMothe
Sacred Ecstatics- Bradford and Hillary Keeney
Body and Earth- Andrea Olsen
Karate- Sensei Toby Stansbury/Emerald City Karate (Brown Belt)
Yoga- 30+ years, multiple forms/teachers
B.A. Dance, University of Washington, 1999
M.F.A. Choreography and Performance, Mills College, 2005