This class is an 8-week series for $100, open to all ages. No dance experience is required.
It is an excellent starting place for anyone who struggles to enjoy conventional exercise programs and is looking for fun, alternative ways to get fit, toned, and energized, or just to have fun and experience something new.
In this class, you will learn the foundational movements and techniques of belly dance. You will also learn to understand and appreciate how your body works during dance and how to isolate specific muscles and breathe through movement. Belly dance can increase confidence, relieve stress and tension, and create a time that is just for you to relax and celebrate your body and how it moves.
This beginner series will focus on proper posture and technique that will allow you to learn the foundations of belly dance. From there we will build up to movement combinations. Students should wear comfortable exercise clothes and either bare feet or socks.
So if you're looking for a fun new way to build strength, stamina and increase flexibility, in a safe and nurturing environment, come dance with us!
Series consists of 8 weekly one-hour classes. $100 for the 8 week series.
This class is open to all ages, and students should have taken at least one beginner Belly Dance class with Shanrae or another instructor with a minimum of 6 months of belly dance experience.
Belly Dance is for anyone who struggles to enjoy conventional exercise programs and is looking for fun, alternative ways to get fit, toned, and energized, or just to have fun and experience something new.
In this class, you will continue to build on the foundational movements and techniques of belly dance learned in the Beginner class.
You will continue learning to understand and appreciate how your body works during dance and how to isolate specific muscles and breathe through movement while enjoying movement combinations and short choreography. Belly dance can increase confidence, relieve stress and tension, and create a time that is just for you to relax and celebrate your body and how it moves.
This Intermediate class will focus on continued use of proper posture and technique that will allow you to build on the foundations of belly dance and begin exploring more in depth movements, isolations and layering of movements.
So if you're looking for a fun, new way to build strength, stamina and increase flexibility, in a safe and nurturing environment, come dance with us!
$100 for the 8 week session.
This class is an 8-week series for $100, open to all ages.
This Advanced Belly Dance class is recommended for students who have at least one year of experience in Belly Dance. In this class we expand on techniques learned in the Beginner and Intermediate level classes. The class is focused on learning choreography and developing stage presence while continuing working on drills and conditioning for a healthy dance practice.
$100 for the 8 week series.
For women- This four week series The Playful Pelvis is an opportunity to come and play. To spend time in your body remembering what has brought you joy and freedom. We will dive into basic pelvic floor anatomy, pelvic floor postures for building curiosity and connection. The majority of our time will be spent exploring creative, playful movement including hula hooping, skipping and more. Each session will give reflection time for journaling prompts that guide your focus to what your pelvic floor has gifted you through life.
Anyone can benefit from these sessions however if you experience any of the following you will find tools, language, and insight on how to support yourself more.
- Pelvic pain
- Discomfort going to the bathroom
- Pain with intercourse
- Incontinence
- Constipation
- Leakage
- Pre & Post Pregnancy
- Prolaspe
- And similar
Each week has a theme
March 23rd- Curiosity
March 30th- Exploration
April 6th- Creativity
*no class week of 4/13
April 20th - Joy
April 27th - Discovery
Full Series $65
Drop-In $20 per session
— Minimum 3 participants for full series signup
— Max 15 participants
Raechel is a certified 200 HR yoga instructor, Pelvic Floor Yoga Instructor, Trauma Informed Yoga Facilitator, trained advocate, and has her BA in Psychology. For over six years she has taught in person and online classes for individuals, studios, and nonprofit organizations. Before teaching yoga she spent 8 years as a therapeutic horseback riding instructor and has extensive education/experience in cyclical living. She teaches from an invitational, trauma informed lense bringing joy, agency, choice, and empowerment to individuals. When she is not teaching yoga she is at a writing group somewhere, drinking tea, or laughing and bowing introducing herself to the trees deep within the forest. You will often see her carrying around her pelvic floor model, full skeleton model, super giant water bottle, lunchbox of snacks, and looking for where she left her yoga mat! She loves meeting people where they are with compassion, anatomy terms, humor, grace, and a veggie pun.