Combining Yoga, Pilates, Dance, Energy work and Meditation
Living Yolates stands for moving with life! By bringing your awareness to your body and letting the energy flow, you create freedom from within. You can softly move through old energy blocks and create new 'empty' space to fill up with pleasure, dancing and just enjoying your precious body on this magnificent planet. The thematic musical flow gets you out of your head and drops you into your body.
Originally created in Denmark (Living Yolates Circle) by Mikkala Marylin Kissy, it was a great pleasure to follow her Teacher Training to add on my own personal experience with dancing through life's challenges and happy moments!
The core values of the Yolates philosophy are:
LIFE AFFIRMING
JOY & PLEASURE
FREEDOM
AUTHENTICITY
PEACE
SOFT POWER
HEALING & TRANSFORMATION
TRUST
TRANSPARENCY
RESPONSIBILITY
ADVENTURE
SPIRITUAL FULFILLMENT
I am a certified Living Yolates Teacher, ITTI consultant, Foot reflex therapist and have a Bachelor in Nutrition and Health.
Within a Yolates workshop or retreat, I combine elements of all my trainings with my own embodiment, to create an holistic experience. Yoga Asanas and the breath make the basic structure to build on. Pilates puts in the masculine yang principle: power, boundaries, taking responsibility. The feminine yin principle is represented in the dancing element: softness, circulair movement, freedom and pleasure. Energy work, meditation and visualization talk to the wider energy bodies and higher self, to bring peace and transformation in all your systems.
And we do all of this with both grounded feet on the earth. We don't have to fly away anywhere: the earth is the place where our soul wants to manifest itself and experience life.
My Yolates teachings follow the natural flow of life, Mother Earth and her seasons. A class can be soft and calm. Other times you might feel the precious warmth flowing through your whole body. I often use a specific theme that feels accurate at that moment. A theme can come from me or from the needs of the person/group involved. No class will be exactly the same.
Let yourself be surprised!