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I practice and teach yoga and ballet daily. I love teaching and practicing for myself, yoga is good for my body and my mind, it brings me vitality, strength and makes me feel good. I also practice meditation daily, time to reset and calm the mind, but find it difficult to stop my busy mind with simple sitting meditation. 

With Movingness, I found that I could actually stop my busy thoughts, I was experiencing a real state of calm, grounded, clear state of mind and it felt amazing. Over time, practicing every day, I noticed that I could stay in this state for longer periods of time during the day and I was much more productive, had less stress, more patience with everyone and I was just more present to all that is around me. 

After a while, I noticed that my body was asking for these little movingness meditations, I needed it, my body recognized the need, so I practiced more. Lately, I find myself in moments of stress, taking a beautiful breath in and out and it is almost as if I can bring myself into that state just with my breath, my body remembers. I can be more present, calm, listen, while working, moving and going about my day. How beautiful!

Nathalie Nadeau Hope, Movingness teacher, ballet teacher and yoga instructor

Movingness is a unique method of movement series which allows you to move the body somatically by connecting breath, body and mind. By using the breath and connecting with the body via slow movements, you move according to your body’s needs, feeling and sensing what is happening inside & out.

With the different series building up one by one, I felt very connected and sensed my body from within and when I was able to let go, it was magical,  leaving me very relaxed, soft and full of energy.

From the time we are born we have emotional blockages in our bodies through trauma and life experiences, our sedentary lifestyle, basically just being a human being. And unless we make a conscious choice to keep our bodies active and vibrant, we become stiff, tired, full of pain, diseased just struggling in life both physical, mentally and spiritually.

Movingness allows your body to walk with joy, pleasure and happy to just be alive.

Tony Wall, Movingness and yoga teacher

Movingness provides step-by-step instructions of how to reconnect with your body and move through life with more efficiency, balance, ease and flexibility. I have always used movement to help me feel better in my body and my mind. However, due to modern lifestyles, injuries and of course aging many of us get sedentary. Movingness is a natural way to bring joy back into moving.

As I continued to explore and spend more time with the sequences my own practice started to emerge and evolve. I feel compelled to practice and to continue to build my core support and add skills. The energy produced doing Movingness is genuinely seductive; it joyfully welcomes you back into the present moment over and over again.

Movingness feels like I’m partner dancing with myself. I get centered first, then I’m ready to follow my sensations and let my body lead. Tracking sensations with attention and making adjustments with intention while you are slowly moving changes everything!

Mary Ellen Hannon, Movingness teacher, author

When I started the training I had experienced a lot of embodiment work and also lived a lot of life learning that I am a natural creature.  I have a great love of anatomy and physiology as well as being dedicated and clear determination about living a loving and truthful life.  I am a sensitive creature who loves spaciousness.  Movingness is allowing me to bring all these loves home to a place where I can leave everything behind and experience myself in embodiment and as nature, knowing my anatomy and my loving sensitive self all in one place. So, not so many differences but I have found a home.

Grace Walker, Movingness teacher, relationship, sex and intimacy therapist

Movingness is a way to connect deeply with your body through a series of mindful movements. You learn how to come into a powerful state of relaxation as the default mode of being and initiate action from that place.

We tend to be in a state of tension most of the time and only look for ways to relax when it becomes too much, and we get physically exhausted and overwhelmed by mind chatter. Movingness supports you in exploring the difference between relaxation and activation and through that develop/maintain a high level of strength and flexibility as you age. You’ll experience how the two sides of your body may be uniquely different and where you may feel connected to your inner sensing and where you may have gaps.

Overall, you will learn to relate to your body in a more intentional, relaxed and empowered way. You’ll understand what is happening in your body at any given moment and how it in its own unique way, would like to move with joy, natural grace and suppleness and the least amount of effort.

Amara Hamilton, Movingness teacher, coach

Movingness is about moving your body in tiny little incremental movements and having your whole attention focused on how the movement feels within, looking at it with a curious mind, and imagining everything that is happening within the body to facilitate that tiny movement. It is about connecting these tiny movements with your breath and understanding that moving your body with your breath is a spiritual practice and gives a sense of self-acceptance that is hard to put into words.

David Chauncy, Movingness and yoga teacher