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Very excited to start working with Renfrew Educational Services and the Wellness Empowerment Program this fall. Renfrew offers a wide range of programs for kids with special needs and I will be visiting two of their locations weekly incorporating movement into their education programs.

Movement, such as dance and creative expression encourages kids to embrace and acknowledge their impulses. It allows them to express their frustrations and/or emotions in a constructive way and helps build confidence and their interactions with their social environment.

I’ve known for a long time that I wanted to be in the education industry. I’ve also known for a long time that wellness, creativity, and mobility were extremely important to me. Having this opportunity to combine the two into what I like to call Wellness Arts and moving forward with my business means the world to me.

Welcome, fall! Let’s see what you’ve got 😊

In 2 weeks today I will back with my friends at Autism and Aspergers Friendship Society moving, grooving, and laughing and learning!

This program is for anyone on the Autism Spectrum and absolutely no dance experience is required.

Last session I was blown away by the participants engagement, self-responsibility and encouragement of themselves and others.

Movement and dance have the ability to bring people together, to express our needs and frustrations constructively, and to expand our mental capacity of what we believe we are able to do. I watched as my participants learned new skills, spoke more with one another, shared ideas, and got incredibly creative. Running this program was truly rewarding and I can’t wait to do it again IN PERSON this time!

You must be an AAFS member to join but it is easy to do so. Email [email protected] to sign up and register, or reach out to me to get you to the right place.



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I don’t make the rules!

But I enforce them 😋

Kitchen Party is coming up this Friday at 7pm! A chance to move, shake, groove, and snack!
45 minute Kitchen Dance session led by me to inspire authentic movement, joy, energy cultivation, laughter, and community.

Reach out to register! 🕺

All levels, demographics, genders & abilities.

10 ways to keep your head above water 💦👇🏼

1. Stop
2. Thinking
3. You
4. Have
5. To
6. And
7. See
8. What
9. Is
10. Below

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I have been working with Linda for 2 weeks on our private yoga sessions.

Linda has spent her whole life serving others and when she came to me, she was seeking a way to give back to herself. A beautiful thing that makes my heart sing ✨☺️

Together, we’ve been working on slow, mindful movement with minimal transitions, breathing techniques, and using lots and lots of props!

Today we discovered that Linda has a growth edge when it comes to trusting herself. Her physical abilities and her ability to trust her decisions. I reminded her (and gave her a sticky note) to always meet herself where she is.

Of course we won’t trust our balance if we’re trying to stand on our head. But if we hold onto the wall, lift one heel up, and feel secure…would you trust your balance then? Yes? GREAT. Stay there, and build your trust from that space.

At the end of our sessions I had her pull an intention card for the rest of her week. Out of 50 cards, today she pulled the trust card. We both laughed, nodded, and laughed again. 😆😉😋🙌🏼🌠

I deeply deeply enjoy teaching privates. It is intimate, personal, fun, and rewarding. I build classes based on your personal needs and desires and include a mindset aspect that goes beyond the 1 hour session.

We work together to target areas of resistance and through consistent practice and patience with yourself, you will have the opportunity to make space for positive shifts in your reality.

I am taking on private clients who are looking to heal from the inside out. People of all ages and demographics 👭👭👩🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻👩🏼‍🦽💆🏻‍♂️👵🏼🧞‍♂️. Privates are available online or in-person for a minimum of 4 weeks and are not limited to yoga.

If this sounds like something you or someone you know may benefit from, shoot me a message or email.

I look forward to hearing from you! And GO LINDA!!

***permission from clients is always granted before posting

The Jungle has always been a scary place for me.

I used to find myself swinging above it in the trees, looking down, feeling “above” the mess. Stronger than it, better than it, performing for it. Seeing all its different parts. The mud, the water, the trees, the gunk, the leaves, the insects, the webs.

Noticing, and acknowledging the mess - such a high sense of awareness that I felt unstoppable. “I know exactly what my issues, struggles, and patterns are! Look I can see them right there….I’m so f*ing aware” *puffs up chest* but swings on by. Hoping to serve others on their journey through the jungle while I watch safely from above mine. In truth, I was avoiding seeing/meeting/being present with myself.

Sometimes when I swing, I do fall, and I land sort of on the outskirts of my Jungle. It scares me, as I’m standing on this new ground, shaking, hard to breathe, there’s a change in altitude, I feel it in my body. This shows up in my world as change, conflict, comparison, and overwhelm...I look around and assess, and safely look for a way in. This way in can show up as yoga, dancing, going for a walk, doing something creative, having a conversation with a loved one, etc. Nourishing my way back up to the branches, where it’s safe. Sometimes, this is the correct response. “Phew, saved myself”.

Other times, I fall and I’m a little deeper in the jungle than just on the outskirts. I hear voices coming from deeper inside the Jungle, and I follow them. It gets darker. Voices of unworthiness, of failure, of confusion, of delusion. At this point, I am further in the Jungle, and then this place starts to feel more comfortable, and real, and true. I think, “I could nap here. This place isn’t so bad. I can pile up these leaves and make a nice soft home of doubt and self-pity here”. “It’s what I need,” Shadow tells me. And sometimes I do, and I hang there for a couple days, and eventually when I make my way back above the Jungle, I am back swinging but the trees I’m on have gotten a little bit shorter, a little bit closer to the depths of the Jungle. I don’t really notice. Shadow has won, and gotten a little bit stronger. But I feel fine “now”, phew.

There is somewhere in the Jungle that I avoid. This space calls me to soothe before I get there, because it has almost taken my life twice. It’s dark, cruel, and really really loud.

For a long time, I haven’t known how to get out of that space, and so I would avoid it at all costs.

Recently, I have been working with two responses: Nourish, or Soothe/Avoid.

I have ignored “facing the uncomfortable space in the jungle” because I thought I did not know how to (this was also a shadow voice).

I have uncovered a shadow limiting belief that “I can’t do hard things”

This has shown up in ending my gymnastics career, switching my University degree twice (blessing in disguise), and processing really deep, really scary emotions. Believing I’m not able to get through it, I don’t even want to go near it.

Now, I am choosing to grow my capacity to process heavy s**t. To do hard things in general, to trust myself and to trust the universe (spoiler alert, I am the universe). I know that the only way out is THROUGH the jungle, and on the other side, is a new version of myself.

What going through the jungle full on looks like now: yelling, crying, asking for guidance, giving shadow a voice, naming the shadow, and yelling back at it. Swearing. Hitting, throwing. FEELING. Releasing.

I choose not to soothe, or sleep or quiet my voice. (This is where my shadow likes to hang out and where it re-charges and can get stronger.)

Now I say “Keep going, go, deeper, deeper. You can do hard things!!”

I come out the other side. An actual physical sensation rushes through my body. Tingles, light headed. Clarity...Disbelief in a way. Shock. Rebirth.
I am blessed with new energy. Light says “great job, you didn’t give up & you didn’t run”.

I’m on the other side now. Not away from it forever, as I’m sure we’ll play leap frog until I have embodied my new decision in full. But my capacity is growing. My toolbox is growing and the tools inside are getting sharper.

I write this out first and foremost for me, knowing that sharing it is clearing shadow.

I know that the part of me that wanted to leave this earth was shadow, and the more I notice how shadow shows up in my everyday life, I can feel ready to tackle it when it is blaring in my face.
It is not easy, but it is simple, and it is an on-going work in progress.

I know that the stories I have been telling myself are not true. I now choose to live my life in a way where I move beyond the fear that used to cause me to avoid what I am experiencing and feeling and now I know I do not need to bypass my emotions or what is true for me with positivity. I choose to feel what is arising and see what shadow patterns need to be slayed.

I do not need to perform to be worthy and neither do you.

If you would like to learn how to identify and slay shadows with me, shoot me a message & let’s connect. ♥️

“[…] for working with people with developmental disabilities, it is enough that your intention is to provide a safe atmosphere where people can enjoy their movement experiences together” - Dance Ability Quote

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8 joy-filled weeks with AAFS ended last night after our last Dance Delight class of the session.

This experience for me is one I am so grateful for! I met incredible people that increased my own energy every week. Participants, students, and staff who all embodied a passion for laughter, creativity, movement, joy, and inclusivity. I learned so much about my peers, myself, and the amazing world working with those with disabilities. It was my mission to provide a program rooted in authenticity and connection, and I came out of it with 20 new friends 👯‍♀️

It is enough to provide a safe space where everyone is accepted. It is enough to be seen, and to be heard, and to be silly. It is enough to dance. It is enough to smile & each and everyone one of you is enough to make your dreams happen.

I look forward to hosting this program again very soon!! Huge thanks to the entire team. My Monday nights won’t be the same without you!
Until next time 😌

~ Kim

Teaching with AAFS every week keeps this smile on my face!

We have just passed our halfway mark of our 8-week session with Autism and Aspergers Friendship Society and last weeks class was Hip Hop! Everyone had a blast and I think we’ll be revisiting this style on our last week!

Until then, the smiles don’t stop!!

I ❤️ my AAFS gang.

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