Soul Moves
I have been dancing for as long as I can remember. As a kid, my parents would watch me wiggle my way through grocery stores and pose like mannequins in department stores. As years passed, I expanded my training into jazz, modern and tap dance. I dove headfirst into voice and theatre, and enjoyed a professional performing career in the U.S. and abroad spanning more than two decades. Interestingly, I was considered a dancer but never felt like one. My true passion was singing. It was only when I found Nia, Authentic Movement, Groove, and other modalities that the true dancer within me emerged. And my goodness, she was ready to MOVE!
Living in Maplewood, NJ for 20 years, I had a deep desire to build community. I created the Nia New Jersey community, a group of like-minded, open-hearted people who gathered to move and connect and learn from one other. I now live in New York’s Hudson Valley where marvelous movement communities are alive and well.
After discovering the transforming and healing power of movement, ALL kinds of movement, I have devoted my life and heart to helping others find the true dancer within.
If you have any questions or would like to be included on my email list for movement class details and event offerings, please contact me with your email address and I will be sure you hear all about what I’m up to.
Soul Moves
Soul Moves invites you onto the dance floor for a fun, easy-to-follow experience. This class that is so much more than exercise.
Listen to your body and discover movement that aligns with YOUR body.
Tap into your feelings to help build emotional resilience.
Allow your thoughts to slow down, giving you the room to learn the moves easily.
Soften your mind and heart, making room for your true self, your SOUL, to dance.
Leave class feeling energized, clear and nourished. Simple moves and repetition support you as you drop in and stay in… in the moment, in the music, in your body. We practice barefoot, and every class can be adapted to whatever you desire. Soul to soul, we meet as unique individuals where a deep sense of unity (commUNITY) emerges.
I teach Soul Moves on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30pm (ET) via Zoom.
I teach in Stone Ridge, NY and enjoy a class-share with Jayne Mielo on Saturdays at 11:00am. Please contact me for details. This class is in person.
Dance Yourself Free
Freedom! No steps to learn, no follow-the-leader, no need to think. Listening to the music, your mood, your energy, these experiences invite your spontaneous dance, your authentic self out to play. Let go, makes shapes, breathe deeply, move organically and see what happens. The sonic landscape for DYF is eclectic, allowing you to discover the sacred fullness of your entire being. One moment funk, the next classical, with sprinkles of pop, jazz, movie soundtracks, hip hop, and disco, the music is as dimensional as you are!
Gently guided, we begin and end with a meditation. During the experience, allow yourself to listen, journal, rest, dance, sweat, whatever feels right for you. Be spontaneous, creative, radical and adventurous as you color outside the lines with your movement. Just you, the music and your moves. Create a physical and emotional experience for yourself that lingers long after the dance has ended.
I offer Dance Yourself Free the 1st Sunday of every month (depending upon holidays), 10:30am - 12:00pm (ET). These experiences are online and in Stone Ridge, NY. Please contact me for details.
“The authentic self is the soul made visible”
– Sarah Ban Breathnach
“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.”
— Maya Angelou
What students say about my Soul Moves classes…
"Lori Lynn, your personality matches your wonderful spirit. Your aura is magical. I am so happy I found you. Your classes have changed my world. Thank you for sharing your vibrant soul with all of us. What a lovely way to spend time with like-minded people, my people. Keep it going!"
— S.N.
"At the end of class, you asked us to give room to 'WHAT I LEARNED." What a gift! I have so much in common with others, folks from all over the world. Together, we make a pie. Each person is a piece of, a part of, the whole. Everyone, sharing and acknowledging one another with shaking hands in the air....one FAR OUT experience, again and AGAIN!”
— J.S.
"What a beautiful reminder this class is... that I can find community here on Zoom. It is terrific to be able to really feel like dancing, even though we're not in the same room. We're Zooming in from so many different places, but coming together for one purpose. It's so meaningful. Thank you for your deeply attuned movement (and Zoom!) expertise, Lori Lynn."
— M.M.
What students say about Dance Yourself Free…
“The event last night was FIVE STARS! And you know I have not always been comfortable and at ease with Dance Yourself Free. It was the music, it was the setting, it was the group of people, it was the safety you create for us before, during and after… and of course, it is YOU, Lori Lynn!”
— B.C.K.
“Our Dance Yourself Free was amazing. I found myself moving through space in expansive ways. Energetic, strong and quick, I felt a flow that I have not sensed in a long time. Lori Lynn, you craft this experience - integrating body, mind, emotions and spirit - with music and poetry. Inviting us to move in ways that might not feel typical, I found myself moving with lightness and joy. Thank you for this special movement experience. Thank you for you.”
— T.E.
“I felt this sensation of 'trance-dancing' in the best possible way. Something was moving through me. Your energy, your way, your words, inviting us to ALLOW IT ALL have continued to reverberate. Thank you, Lori Lynn, from the tips of my dancing toes!”
— D.P.