Dance Your Soul Workshop

Go deeper into your Ecstatic Dance practice and explore what it means to free your body to free your mind!  How do we do that?  Meditation, Community, DANCE. 

Led by Katy Kuhlman and Nate Bergman. This workshop is for those new to ED and experienced, alike. 

As a community, we create a safe circle of acceptance to hold space for full bodied expression.  In this workshop, we build connections through various exercises with partners and small groups, enabling us to witness each other in our true nature. Then we will move through a full playlist together, finishing in a peaceful sound bath with Artful Voyagers.

Bring an open heart and willingness to set yourself free. Also, water bottle, lunch, yoga mat, towel/blanket.  Water and light snacks provided. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your start time to acclimate to the space and facilities. 

Timeline: 

9:45am - Full day workshoppers arrive

10:30 - movement lab (OPEN)

11:00 - dance (OPEN)

12:15 - 1pm, lunch break

12:45 - mini workshoppers arrive 

1-5pm - Movement, group exercises, meditation, sound bath with Artful Voyagers

Investment:

Mini workshop, A delicious option to explore and experience 

1pm-5pm - $45

Full day workshop, Give in to the dance medicine available in a day long separation from the status quo.

10am-5pm - $65

Numbers are limited.  Advance registration and payment for full workshop is required.  

About Nate Bergman:

Nate’s love of dance and movement started and a young age culminating in a dance major at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts. While in NYC and overseas, Nate learned from numerous teachers and experimented with several movement forms.  Now a physician, Nate continues to promote somatic awareness, movement and dance as a “therapeutic tool.” He has gladly maintained a conscious dance practice for over 10 years and has been dancing and/or contributing to Dance Your Soul since 2014.

About Katy Kuhlman:

Katy first found healing through intuitive movement at the age of 15.  She studied audio production at Ohio University and developed a curiosity and appreciation for various music genres working as DJ at the local radio stations throughout college.  In 2017, she found Dance Your Soul and 5Rhythms, and knew she had to help share this incredible healing practice with others.  In 2021 her dedication to ecstatic dance in northeast Ohio was recognized when she was asked to lead Dance Your Soul. She became a licensed massage therapist in 2012, meditation teacher in 2019 and works in IT by day. Ecstatic dance brings together all of her passions to provide a healing space for herself and her community to process emotions, remove barriers to holistic balance, and enjoy expansive, whole hearted lives.