Havalyn Irene

Movement, somatic facilitation and awareness, is one of my favorite practices to explore what it means to be human, what it means to be alive. To drop into the body and listen to what it has to say has been a profound exploration over and over again in my personal journey, and it has given me endless joy to facilitate and witness others doing the same. 

As a movement facilitator, my focus is to provide the guidance each student needs to tune into what it means to be... them. To clear away the fog and noise and foster an intimate relationship with Self. To take them to their edges and explore the horizons of what might be beyond those edges. Dare I say liberation? And also tuning into the natural rhythms of Life to better access what already is in each of us.

No matter what style or lineage of movement/somatic practice I am facilitating, I find immense inspiration in the meeting place of technique and expression, achievement and process, becoming and being. The spiraling out and the spiraling in.

Background and Training includes:

25 years of professional dance and movement training (ballet, modern/contemporary, jazz, African, Latin, world folk dancing, improvisation, choreography, 5 Rhythms and ecstatic dance, Shaolin Kung Fu, mixed martial arts, tai chi) including Bachelor's degree in Dance. 15 years of teaching dance techniques and facilitating movement inquiry. Studied with Anna Halprin at Tamalpa Institute, Atlanta-based dance performances for 10 years with multiple companies, somatic facilitation, ecopsychology certificate with Pacifica Graduate Institute, certified breathwork facilitator. 

Thank you and deep adoring bows to the many, many exquisite teachers who came before me and led me on this path.