Enjoy your living body
Somatic Festival in Vaasa.
Join us for a happy somatic festival in Vaasa on Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 13.00 to 21.00!
Meet your hosts
Kristin
Kristin Ahlbäck is a certified somatic therapist. She is also a dance and embodiment coach. Before moving to Vaasa, she lived in Berlin, where she also received her education.
Katja
Katja Memeti is a yoga, yin yoga and pilates teacher with more than 25 years of experience. She has studied Fascia Method, Forest Therapy and Movingness. She enjoys playing singing bowls.
Peter
Peter Appel is an internationally acclaimed movement teacher and the founder of Movingness. He has been practicing and teaching yoga, movement, and dance for over 25 years.
Roser
Roser Gabriel is a musician and sound therapist from Catalonia. She uses the accordion as a means of expression, well-being and sustainability. She has also trained as a Singing bowl therapist.
Festival area
The festival is at Taikon in beautiful Kasarmi 11, Itäinen Kasarmintori 7–9, 65100 Vaasa.
Choose your favorite classes
The classes are in two studios, Black Box and Studio 1. You can freely choose your favorite classes (with space reservation!). There is room for about 15 movers in each studio.
Languages
All classes are in Finnish, Swedish or English, or a mix of all three – depending on the participants. The exception is Roser’s class in English.
Food
Bring light food, for example a salad or a soup, with you. You can use the kitchen in Taikon to warm it. Or to make a cup of tea or coffee.
Tickets
Full day is 70 euros, half day (afternoon or evening), 40 euros. Enjoy early bird prices until July 23 with a 15% discount. Use the code SOVA at the checkout!
Schedule
13.00 Welcome! The doors are open!
13.15–13.45 Opening ceremony in Black Box (Kristin, Roser, Peter & Katja)
Black box
14.00–15.15 Meditative dance (Kristin)
15.30–16.45 Movingness workshop: The Magic of Touch (Peter)
17.00–17.45 FOOD BREAK
18.00–18.45 Q & A: What is somatic movement? What is Pantarei? What is interoception, proprioception, and fascia? (Kristin & Peter)
19.00–20.30 Ecstatic dance (Peter & Roser)
20.30–21.00 Sound bath (Katja: Singing bowls)
Studio 1
14.00–15.15 Open your senses with sound and music (Roser: Singing bowls, accordion, small sound instruments)
15.30–16.45 Somatic Yin Yoga (Katja)
17.00–17.45 FOOD BREAK
18.00–18.45 Fascial Flow (Katja)
19.00–20.30 Soft somatic space (Kristin & Katja)
About the program
Meditative dance
Meet your body through movement, breathing, compassion, non-verbal communication, playfulness, and inner images! Facilitator: Kristin Ahlbäck. Black Box, 14.00–15.15.
Awaken your senses with sound and music
Explore body sounds, play world instruments and relax in a collective sound bath. Roser Gabriel, singing bowls, accordion & small sound instruments. Studio 1, 14.00-15.15.
FascialFlow & Somatic Yin yoga
Enjoy long, passive holds together with free somatic movements in Somatic Yin Yoga. Or soft, large movements and stretches in Fascial Flow! Teacher: Katja. Studio 1, 15.30–16.45, and Studio 1, 18.00–18.45.
Movingness: The magic of touch
Touch is our first – and last – sense. But it’s mostly in the background. What happens when we make touch conscious? Will it change you? Will it change the world? Facilitator: Peter. Black Box 15.30–16.45.
Ecstatic Dance
Allow your body to freely move and express itself! Evoke feelings of joy, liberation, and connection. Facilitators: Peter & Roser. Black Box 18.00–19.30.
Pricing
Join us in the afternoon, in the evening – or for the full festival! Please note, there is room for about 15 movers in each studio. So all in all, there will only be about 30 tickets on sale!
Early bird
Enjoy early bird prices until July 23 with a 15% discount. Use the code SOVA at the checkout!
