The Path…

I have the song “Once in a Lifetime”, by Talking Heads looping through my brain…”this is not my beautiful house…how did I get here…”. Anybody who knows me, knows that I never wanted to start a business. The responsibility, the brick and mortar, the consistency. So, I started a not-for-profit organization instead; Legacy Motion. My non-profit is still alive and well (and you can learn more about it by clicking the link HERE), but I realized that there was more I could do with the skills that I have learned and the wisdom that is being passes to me from so many mentors and practitioners.

Now, I have been a dance teacher forever, however, as my life unfolded I found my way to yoga and have recently tapped into the field and practice of somatic therapy. Movement is healing, period! I think I have known this my whole life, but it wasn’t until recently that I embraced the fact that I could, and should, offer what I know to others. Of course I have been teaching yoga in studios for years, but then…COVID. No more studio community, no more bodies and souls to support in a shared space. COVID had it’s impact on Legacy Motion as well, but we shifted and evolved and moved forward. Yet, I knew there was more for me to do. I began thinking, and noticing that my being was craving more than what my NGO mission could offer during this time. My knowledge became restless inside me and while I mentored students and other organizations online in trauma informed movement based approaches, a seed was burning inside of me.

This image of a burnt seed comes from the Yoga Sutras. A transcending soul cannot reach nirvana, or samadhi, without the burning of the seeds of the klesah or impediments. And while COVID has brought many difficult, challenging, and life changing events to our world, I embraced the fact that it lit a fire for a few of my klesah seeds to burn into.

One was fear. I was seeing so much need for the services that I (and many others) facilitate; support, community, authenticity, relationship, safe containers, etc, that my fear of failure burst into flames the moment I knew that we all need assistance during this time, and I had an obligation and responsibility to provide these services in every way I could think of.

Another was the need for a physical and conventional business model. While ideally my practices will go back to in person events and sessions eventually, the reality of the accessibility and expansion of community through online offerings is astounding. The burning of the metaphorical brick and mortar building offered space for this business to be created.

And lastly, time. The burnt seed of “I’ll do it when I have more time,” and “it will happen eventually” is all but embers in my belly. The time is now. The need is now. There will never be more time. Buddha reminds me that “We think we have time.” This is the time I have.

So after much personal reflection, many hours figuring out my website, many discussions with mentors and colleagues, and much work still to be done, I blazed the path to Healing Motion. I genuinely hope I can offer support and assistance while holding space for you as you navigate your own path, blaze your own trails and set your own course with the strength and resilience you already poses.

I am eager to be on this journey with you, not ahead of you and not forcing you down mine, but walking side by side with you on your journey down the path of discovery, restoration and transcendence through yoga, dance, breath-work, and somatic based therapies.

Thank you ever so much,

K