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I offer spaces for movement
with people across and between
cultures, colours, creeds,
genders and sexualities,
sizes, life stages, (dis)abilities,
and health situations
in mind and in respect.

I'm a cis-gender white-bodied woman. I use she/her and they/them.
I'm committed to ongoing learning about how to hold and tend
good spaces and relations for all.

As far as I can tell, living one life involves dying back and resurfacing many times.

Embodied practices support me to encounter life on its own terms.
Voluntary breathing, dancing with attention, stretching my core and limbs with curiosity,
and moving and resting outdoors offer me permission to be with things as they are.
They help me to first feel and then take responsibility for my sensations, emotions, mentalities, and mysteries.
​They help me become more aware of what's happening– and more likely to become responsive rather than defensive, reactive, or shut down.

​Body-based practices help me slow down and adjust my relating to the world.
​They're accessible methods we can put in our own hands in service of self knowledge, well being, and helpful engagement. 
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You don't need to feel strong or energetic to join my movement spaces.  You don't need to be able to stand up to move, stretch and decompress.  
​No one turned away for lack of funds: contact me here for information. If you're breathing, you've got all you need.

phone 250.710.1998

soundscapes for movement

I'm an uninvited guest of  Quw'utsun mustimuuhw' (Quw'utsun people) in their stolen and occupied homeland.  Hul'q'uminum'-speaking nations who have governed and cared for their territories since time uncounted range from Snaw-Naw-As First Nation ("Nanoose Bay") and Snuneymuxw First Nation ("Nanaimo") in the north to Malahat First Nation in the south. Five nations (Cowichan Tribes, Halalt First Nation, Ts'uubaa-asatx First Nation, Lyackson First Nation, and Penelakut Tribe), forming the Hul'q'umi'num' Treaty Group, have engaged with colonial governments over many years, determined to repatriate-rematriate and protect some of the lands taken by my society. I witness the inalienable rights of Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) including to their lands, their own governance, and genuine reparations for genocidal assaults by Canada. My classes, workshops, and community engagement include learning how to take real steps toward being with realities of broken relationships and investing in healing relationships, right here where we practice.
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Hul'q'umi'num' learning resource (work in progress)