COACHING
THERE IS A MORE EMPOWERED, SENSUAL, SEXUAL, VULNERABLE, AUTHENTIC, BADASS VERSION OF YOU THAT IS LONGING TO BE EXPRESSED, SEEN, AND AFFIRMED.
BOOK A FREE 30 MINUTE CONSULTATION TO EXPLORE HOW WE CAN CREATE A LASTING, EMBODIED SHIFT IN YOUR PERSONAL POWER
DEVELOP YOUR MOVEMENT SKILLS + SOMATIC INTELLIGENCE THROUGH 1:1 MOVEMENT SESSIONS OR COMMIT TO AN EXTENDED COACHING FRAMEWORK THROUGH A DANCE MENTORSHIP
Movement COACHING in…
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Great for those that want to gain movement vocabulary and expand their dance practice. This offering includes beginner level drills that help you learn how to break down movement in your body through isolation practices that serve to build awareness and fluidity in your dance.
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werk as sacred empowerment and somatic release work - for all bodies and gender identities. Powerful for anyone who feels stiff and locked in their sacral region. Especially any one healing from sexual trauma or oppressive narratives attached to sexual shame.
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Sensual feminine embodiment and floor work. Primarily for femme expressive bodies but open to explore the needs of the masculine through this lens of movement. Also powerful for femme bodies that feel small, unseen, and are desiring to take up more space in their life and bodies, through the exploration and use of Sensual feminine power.
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Heels fundamentals and choreography - Learn how to stand, walk, and move gracefully in a heel, as well as embody confidence and embrace the act of being witnessed in your sensual and sovereign power. This style of movement has seriously transformed me and how I embody my power. I love to support women in this exploration because it gives us the opportunity to reclaim ourselves and our sexual expression from the objectifying patriarchal gaze and narrative.
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If you’ve seen me move, you have most likely have seen how I interpret these styles of movement. I am not an Afro or dancehall teacher, although I am heavily inspired by the music and dance from these cultures. If you are seeking more specific and technique based training in these genres, please understand that I am not that instructor for you. I can teach you how I’ve weaved these movements into my own practice and how I connect with them.
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freestyle/free form dance for exploring narrative through dance
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Choreography of any element I embody - choreography can be really scary for many but one way that we can look at it is - a pattern of structured movement that helps you build mental and body retention, as well as an opportunity to refine movement quality. If you are a free form mover, choreography can feel like being placed in a box, but often times it is through discipline and repetitive action that we master a single thing. I invite you to step into this offering if this feels like an edge for your movement practice.
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General training to get the body ready for more action for those who have little education on exercise and body mechanics
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Effie is a 18 + year trained dancer with a wide and varied experience of many different styles of movement. She offers 1:1 movement coaching sessions to help and support anyone that is seeking to dive into their dance practice more seriously.
Effie has trained extensively in heels foundations and technique and has used this experience to cultivate her own style of movement that articulates the sensual qualities of feminine energy and form. Effie is the perfect movement coach for anyone that wants to develop their movement vocabulary in heels technique, twerk, and/or feminine sensual expression and embodiment in general.
Most importantly, Effie uses dance as a way to explore her inner world more directly by connecting dance to body and spirit. Effie acknowledges dance as not only a way to condition and train the body, but also as a type of medicine that all humans are deeply connected to. Any body can use dance as a tool to express and transform the emotional self, and in fact when we do, WE HEAL. Effie is also an ideal coach and guide for anyone that wants to deepen their relationship to their dance; as a tool for self healing and to build greater connection to self, and spirit.
Right now all 1:1 movement coaching session are offered virtually
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Effie is a trained somatic coach through the Strozzi Institute for embodied learning. In somatic coaching, clients are safely and lovingly held to notice and recognize their embodied shaping and patterns that limit them and their actions, especially when under pressure. Over the course of the coaching program, the client and coach focus on developing new embodied habits and behaviors through mindful and body based practices that help support the actions needed for personal change and transformation.
If you are curious about how somatic coaching can help you and if I am a compatible coach - you may book a free 30 min consultation with me here.
Coaching session are offered virtually through zoom