Shake Your Soul:
Experiencing Joy and Healing
Through the Body
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Daniel Leven |
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| Date: | Sat., Oct. 30 (9:00 am - 4:30 pm) and Sun., Oct. 31 (9:30 am - 12:30 pm), 2010 |
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| Location: | Koffler House/Multi-Faith Centre, University of Toronto 569 Spadina Avenue, Toronto (Click here for directions.) |
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| Fee: | $225 up to September 9 $239 after September 9 (Please see Fees page for multiple-registration discounts.) |
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Special Discount for Multiple Registrations: save almost 50%!
Attend Shake Your Soul for only $115 ($129 after September 9) if you register for any other Leading Edge Seminars workshop in our Fall 2010 series.
What if joy was a molecule of emotion that circulates through our bodies? What if joy were an energy that lives within our hearts? What if the joy that we seek outside ourselves lives dormant within our body and individually we can awaken this dormant joy through movement?
We often seek to experience joy outside of ourselves with mixed results. We strive for happiness through things we do, such as going on a vacation, connecting with friends, eating favourite foods, playing a game or sport, landscaping the garden. Or we acquire things such as a new partner, new music, art, clothes, jewellery, gadgets, and wealth.
In this workshop, we will learn to unpack the body’s inherent capacity for joy and awaken joy through movement and dance. You will be guided in a safe and freeing process that allows your inner dancer to emerge and you will discover moments of moving with joy.
In addition, we will explore a creative and mindful way to work with the many moments in our lives and bodies in which we feel the opposite of joy: feelings of frustration, isolation, envy, depression, anxiety, and the many more difficult feelings we and our clients face.
No previous experience in dance or movement is required for this workshop. The only pre-requisite is your willingness to have fun. This experiential class is open to everyone. To learn more about Dan Leven or Shake Your Soul®, please visit www.leveninstitute.com.
- Dance your way to freedom and ease through Shake Your Soul.
- Grow in your awareness of and transform muscular and visceral tensions that inhibit the free flow of energy.
- Discover how the expressive arts provide an engaging and effective means to open your body, mind, and life.
- Learn to listen to your body and respond in a healing way to what your body reveals.
- Bonus: receive free admission to a contra dance on Saturday, October 30, in the Danforth-Broadview area (click here for more information about Toronto Country Dancers).
Daniel Leven, founder and director of LIFE Movement, has presented his work through major educational centres such as Omega Institute and Kripalu Center. As the co-founder of Kripalu YogaDance, Daniel has been a pioneer in healing and transformation through movement, mindfulness, dance, and somatic psychotherapy. A former professional dancer, he has trained in Somatic Movement Therapy, Body-Mind Centering with Laban Movement Analysis and Body-Centered Gestalt Therapy. He has distilled his work into dynamic workshops and empowering professional trainings which take place at his training centre, Rhythms, in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. For more information, please see www.leveninstitute.com.