It's been a great journey of movement and transformation in community.
Thank you to all who have shared and shaped it.
Ensouled class series
Feeling stressed? Would you like to connect with your body and soul/being more?
Ensouled series offers gently guided dance journeys with conscious dance and dance/movement therapy, in a community of like-hearted movers.
*Land into the home of your body to find ground and nourishment,
*Connect with your body's wisdom for guidance in living in alignment with your soul,
*Awaken a space of deeper presence, unconditional love and divine within,
*Dance into a deeper and loving connection with yourself, dance into wholeness,
All to support you in living your best life.
With small group sharing and options for journalling and drawing to help process the experience.
Tuesdays 12:00 - 1:15 pm EST, online over zoom
January 31, 2023
offered monthly, continued in February and March
Dance of Embodied Soul online playshops
Tuesdays January 25, February 8 & 22, March 8, 2022
6:30 - 8:15 pm EST online via Zoom
Connect with your Body, Essence, and Listen to the Wisdom Within You
This playshop may be particularly of benefit for spiritual seekers/mystics, people gifted with sensitivity or empaths who love to dance and want to connect with the WISDOM OF THEIR BODY in CREATING A LIFE OF THEIR DREAMS.
In a gently guided dance/movement journey, lovingly land into the Home of your Body,
Connect with your embodied Soul/Essence/Center of your Being,
Hear and step into the guidance Within you for living the life you desire.
Connect with and be inspired by a community of like-hearted and like-minded souls.
Each gathering will include space for a personal movement journey to listen to the inner wisdom and guidance. Exploring these themes is optional, you are invited to listen to and follow what is alive for you in the moment, whether or not it is connected to the theme.
January 25: Inner Listening
February 8: Connection with the Divine
February 22: Soul Gifts
March 8: Stepping into Desires of the Heart
With conscious dance, dance/movement therapy tools and music. Conscious dance is informed by Soul Motion. With journaling, optional art making, and small group sharing.
Flourish with Movement online classes
This class series offers guided dance/movement journeys to let go of the busyness of the mind and arrive home into your body. In this land of the body, we can find ground and support. As we dance individually and together in community, we find invitations to reconnect with the radiant space of the soul, to expand into your unique expression, finding inspiration to live in more alignment with your deeper Being/Truth/Path.
with Soul Motion Conscious Dance practices, Dance/Movement Therapy tools and music
Each class begins with a gently guided movement warm up introducing different tools for embodiment that you can take into your own dance, followed by space for your own dance/movement journey. Opportunities to connect with other movers are woven in throughout the class. Sometimes, towards the end of the class, there are opportunities to connect more with your experience through drawing or journaling.
SoulBodyMind Care online classes
In these times of transition, drop in from the swirl in the head down into the grounding, replenishing, wise and calm consciousness of the heart and whole body. Discover ways of listening to your body-heart-soul with kindness and care. Follow your innate capacity to easily move and dance into greater wholeness. Connect with the radiance of your being and its source.
In SoulBodyMind Care classes we will come together to tap into the resources of our embodied consciousness.
Come to move together to music to listen to and connect with your body in loving ways,
to let go of stress and what no longer serves you,
to connect with a sense of ground and support,
to hear and follow the song of your heart and soul,
to connect with your embodied soul, to feel the radiance of your being,
to find rejuvenation and connection right here, in your body, in your breath.
~ classes will weave together movement explorations with meditative movement and freestyle dance.
suitable for people with no prior experience with conscious dance/movement and for experienced movers alike.
Every Monday May 18th - June 22nd, 2020
6:30-7:30 pm EST
You are welcome to come to all classes or to any one
Soul Connect: Conscious Movement Journey, Spadina & Bloor, Toronto, October 2018 - November 2019
Greetings sisters and brothers. Do you enjoy movement/conscious dance? Would you like a space to unwind and reconnect with the blossoming garden of your being in community?
Come to experience a conscious dance journey with conscious freestyle dance, contemplative movement and music. A special acknowledgement will be given to soul/aliveness that we are, that permeates our cells, that makes our hearts soar, that sources our own wisdom, and by which we are united to all.
Come to experience a conscious dance journey with conscious freestyle dance, contemplative movement and music. A special acknowledgement will be given to soul/aliveness that we are, that permeates our cells, that makes our hearts soar, that sources our own wisdom, and by which we are united to all.
Come to unwind after a busy day, de-stress, arrive home into your body in a non-judgmental loving community, reconnect with the presence of your being, and follow your embodied soul's impulse into greater wholeness, connection, and expression.
509 Bloor Street West, 2nd Fl, Twisted Yoga Studio
Doors open at 7:30 pm
7:30 - 9:15 pm
7:30 - 9:15 pm
Every Tuesday October 30th - December 18th 2018
Tuesday December 18th: registration required by Sunday to nadiastolpner@gmail.com
$20 per class
If finances are a barrier to your attendance, please write to nadiastolpner@gmail.com.
* Special Movement & Sound Journey with soul and heart-full guest musician
November 13th - Chris Assaad
Registration is required by November 12th to nadiastolpner@gmail.com.
$30 per evening
Growing Souls: Conscious Dance/Movement Journeys, Spadina & Dupont, Toronto, February - May 2018
Greetings. You are invited to journey into greater presence, wholeness and unfolding of your being with freestyle conscious dance, movement exploration, authentic movement, and music.
Gatherings include themes for deepening connection with embodied soul and spirit. A safe non-judgmental space is created to explore own inner journey. Opportunities for journaling, drawing, and sharing in pairs and in small groups facilitate processing and integration.
Enjoy this rejuvenating and transformative experience in community as we travel on our paths together.
most Tuesdays, 7:10 - 9:00 pm
At 358 Dupont Street, Toronto (Spadina & Dupont)
Eight Branches Healing Arts Centre
$75 for 5 gatherings, valid until May 22, 2018.
or sliding scale $20-25 per gathering.
If finances are a barrier to you attending, please be in touch.
Classes on these dates explore specific themes:
February 20th - Embodying Soul: find tools to ground in your body and center in the essence of your being.
February 27th - Ground of Being: exploring body, connecting with tissues, bones, finding nourishing ground, and source of aliveness within.
March 13th - Connect with Your Soul
March 20th - Connect with the Energy of your Being
March 27th - Embodying Soul: find tools to ground in your body and center in the essence of your being.
April 10th - Self-Care
April 17th - Let go and Rejuvenate with Play. Listen to your Being.
Moving Sanctuary, Toronto, Spadina & Dupont, January 2018
Welcome. You are invited to a rejuvenating and transformative journey to greater wholeness and expansion of your being - with conscious freestyle dance and music.
Journaling, other expressive arts and small circle sharing give us valued opportunities to process and integrate on this journey.
A safe non-judgmental space is created to connect with our bodies, hearts, minds, souls and their source. With compassion and gentleness we are invited to allow the wisdom within us to find its own ways to unfold into greater wholeness and fullness of expression. In addition to space for personal journeying, transpersonal is a core ingredient: we have opportunities for dancing the essence of our being, expanding our awareness to include the mystery we are a part of, using any name or lack of a name that speaks to you, contained both in our tissues, in our breath, in each other, and beyond. Come to relax, unwind, rejuvenate, play, transform, connect.
For both people with no background in conscious dance/movement and for experienced movers alike. There are no structured steps to movement, a space is created to listen to ourselves and to allow the movement to unfold from within. Music ranges from slower to faster, more energetic rhythms. For seekers of all spiritual backgrounds.
We are present with bare feet. Please wear layered clothing and bring a water bottle.
Tuesdays January 2, 9, 16, 30, 2018
7:10 - 9:00 pm
Sliding scale $20-25 per gathering. If this offering speaks to you but finances are a barrier to you attending, please write to Nadia at nadiastolpner@gmail.com.
Moving Sanctuary, Toronto, Spadina & Dupont, November - December 2017
November 7 & 21; December 5 & 19, 2017 - workshops with more guidance, see themes below
Alternative weeks November 14 & 28, December 12 - classes with less guidance for movement. Include meditation. Connecting with your spirit with movement, meditation, and sacred circle.
7:10 - 9:00 pm
November 7: Earth: Grounding, nourishing own body, listening to life through the body
November 14: connecting with embodied spirit with meditation, movement and sacred circle
November 21: Water: Embracing emotions, connecting with others
November 28: connecting with embodied spirit with meditation, movement and sacred circle
December 5: Air: Hearing and exploring one's soul language
November 14: connecting with embodied spirit with meditation, movement and sacred circle
November 21: Water: Embracing emotions, connecting with others
November 28: connecting with embodied spirit with meditation, movement and sacred circle
December 5: Air: Hearing and exploring one's soul language
December 19: Fire: Transcending self, merging inner fire of one's essence with own Divine source
Special introductory offering for this series: sliding scale $20-25 per gathering. Value: $35 per gathering. If this offering speaks to you but finances are a barrier to you attending/attending as frequently as you would like, please write to Nadia at nadiastolpner@gmail.com. Several spots are reserved for a reduced rate. It would be great to have you in the circle.
To Register and with any questions or comments: please email nadiastolpner@gmail.com or call 647-836-1251.
I look forward to seeing you on the dance floor and to weaving the circles together with you.
To Register and with any questions or comments: please email nadiastolpner@gmail.com or call 647-836-1251.
I look forward to seeing you on the dance floor and to weaving the circles together with you.
Moving Sanctuary playshops, at Broadview and Danforth, Toronto, March - May 2017
You are invited to JOURNEY to greater PRESENCE, ALIVENESS, and CONNECTION
With CONTEMPLATIVE MOVEMENT as well as MEDITATION, MUSIC, JOURNALING/EXPRESSIVE ARTS and being in a CIRCLE TOGETHER.
This is a gently guided sacred space to enjoy, unwind, be, and transform. It is ideal for folks who appreciate a gentler soulful music & approach, and space for in-depth journeying if one would like it. Playfulness and enjoyment are always there.
Moving Sanctuary workshops at Queen & Ossington, Toronto, May - June 2016
Moving Sanctuary bi-weekly and monthly workshops at Spadina and Bloor, Toronto, October 2014 - May 2015
Moving Sanctuary workshops at Helix Healthcare Group Inc., Toronto, April 2015
Women's Urban Retreat: Inner Radiance - Moving Sanctuary
An uplifting, convenient and affordable retreat in the city!
• Experience the joy and connection of being with like-minded women who are into personal wellness
• Clarify your life goals with creative activities that will support you in manifesting them
• Partake in a guided transformational dance journey with beautiful music to relax, unwind and find home in your body
• Experience a Moving Sanctuary to reconnect with your radiance, beauty and brilliance
• Let go of blocked energy to shine ever brightly
• Have fun, recharge and step into a freer and fuller you!
Hosted by Jill Hewlett and co-facilitated with Nadia (I will facilitate a 2 hour movement journey)
Sunday June 14th 2015 1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Leslieville Sanctuary, 1192 Queen Street East
$75/person or 2 for $100+hst
Moving Sanctuary: Conscious Dance Journey in Richmond Hill
Come to unwind, reconnect with yourself, feel rejuvenated, enjoy and shine ever brightly! With freestyle conscious movement to beautiful music. No dance experience is needed to participate. Activities are gently guided and each person is invited to participate to their level of comfort. We move with bare feet. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.
Sunday June 21st 2015 6-7:30 p.m.
At Indigo Yoga Barre, 10815 Bathurst St, Richmond Hill (Bathurst and Elgin Mills)
Special promotional offer: $10. Value is $35.
Link to register online:
or call 905-508-9642, www.indigoyogabarre.com
Authentic Movement group:
"we close our eyes and turn within to await an impulse that leads. We follow, moving, witnessing, experiencing the freedom of this inner dance and its authentic expression. From the most mundane gestures to elaborate dances we reveal and have revealed to us our own story of the moment. Sometimes simple, sometimes deeply releasing or joyfully transforming, it is all a part of our uniqueness as well as our common human heritage. We rediscover the truth and beauty of our being. And life is good!" source: http://www.authenticmovement.ca
No experience is needed. Prior to authentic movement, we will have a gently guided warmup to reconnect with our bodies and the present moment and to playfully and organically discover authentic movement for the first time for those new to this practice or to tune in to ourselves as we come to the practice from a busy day for those experienced with it.
Facilitated by Nadia and Ayana Spivak, Ayana is an experienced Authentic Movement facilitator and Dance Movement therapist (Moscow, Russia)
RSVP at nadiastolpner@gmail.com is needed to attend as more info will follow
Thursdays June 4th and 18th 2015 6:30-8:30 p.m.
At Finch and Yonge (steps from the subway):
21 Hendon Avenue, Trillium Room, Toronto (North York Seniors Centre)
Special introductory offer: sliding scale $30-15
Spiritual Directors of Ontario Network 25 year anniversary full day sacred movement program, May 2014
Moving Sanctuary weekly and bi-weekly workshops at Broadview and Danforth, Toronto March 2011 - September 2014
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