SHAKE YOUR SOUL : OVERVIEW

When it comes to fitness and exercise, feeling a true sense of joy seems to be one of the furthest things from that experience. Finding joy—along with freedom, passion, power and grace—is at the core of the Shake Your Soul experience. Our inner dancer is called forth and we discover the aliveness of our spirit through dance and movement.

Elements of Shake Your Soul

Influenced by aerobics, connected to yoga & movement therapy, and inspired by modern & african dance, Shake Your Soul classes offer the perfect combination of led dynamic movements and opportunities for creative exploration and self-expression, all designed to resonate and amplify the rhythm and dance of our body's fluid nature.

Fluid-based Movement
Fluid-based movement ranges from the looseness of moving from our joint fluid, to the powerful and sensual movements that emerge from the fluid between our muscle cells, to the dynamic pulsing and rhythmic power of blood-based movements.

Energy-based Movement
The more fluid our body is in these dynamic and natural ways, the more our life force, our prana, our chi moves our body. As we are exposed to great music, different body-energy centers (in yoga, called chakras) begin to resonate, vibrate, pulse, undulate and move with the music. This is the effortless aspect of the Shake Your Soul experience. We are in a state of grace and power in these moments. Our natural rhythm emerges and we find authentic expression of our soul. We’ve returned home to ourselves, our deepest wellspring of life force. We are moving from pure joy!

GET A TASTE

Get a taste of the training by attending a class or workshop with Dan at Kripalu Center, Rythyms, or "on the road".

Immerse Yourself

Leven Institute offers a dual certification program in Shake Your Soul and Kripalu YogaDance. Learn more about becoming a teacher of this dynamic dance form.

Read about what you will gain from our training