The Movement Arc

07/24/2026

Hello dear community! We are so excited to be right now filming a new course called "Living a Dynamic Life" created by our teacher Amanda. In this course (available online November 1st) Amanda guides an intro to moving more dynamically and creatively and offers activities for how to bring alive new possibilities in one's life through expanding movement play! More registration info to come but wanted to offer a sneak peak! More info on Amanda our teacher can be found here: https://themovementarc.com/2024/11/14/amanda-penaloza-banks/

09/08/2025

Hey Folks! Come sense, move, feel, dance! Embodiment Foundations online course with me Hana starts this week Wednesday Sept 10 from 5-7pm Pacific! Restore, invigorate, integrate, express, create! Beginners or advanced movers all welcome.

Our intention is that you leave this course feeling rejuvenated, inspired, clearer on your life’s path, more connected with yourself and body and more expressive, confident and knowledgeable as a moving being. We also destress and have lots of creative fun!

08/18/2025

Still have space for you! Join us in embodiment explorations.

08/11/2025

We still have some spaces open! Come join us for an enlivening, nourishing and educational 4 day retreat!

08/01/2025

We have spots left in our 4 day Embodiment Foundations Wellness Retreat! Here is a testimonial from our last course:

“The Embodiment Foundations course with Hana has provided me with new ways to center, physically and mentally. I now have many tools for getting in touch with and listening to my body, and for creating meaningful and functional movements in both dance and everyday life. The experiential anatomy component of Embodiment Foundations has been especially powerful for me. Through guided visualizations, verbal and hands-on support, and movement prompts, Hana helped me begin to understand the complexity and beauty of my own Body Systems. I felt very rejuvenated by our journeys into the cellular level, fluids, bones, organs, and other systems. Learning too about neuro-developmental movement patterns has informed my relationship to myself as well as my work with children.

My best work was in the retreat portion of the class, where we gathered in person on Salt Spring Island for four days to practice embodiment in dance and movement. I created a “life dance,” in which I used movement phrases to express significant moments, experiences, and ways of being throughout my life so far. I applied many aspects of what I’ve learned so far to this creation, including Laban’s Dimensional Scale and Efforts. This was a profound and moving experience, and I look forward to using it again as a way to reflect on my life, relationships, challenges, growth, and accomplishments. It was powerful to be witnessed in sharing my dance that was created totally by me from my own experiences. It’s so exciting to be now more connected with my body every day! “

A.J., university student from Washington State, Embodiment Foundations Spring 2025

PLEASE JOIN US ON SALTSPRING ISLAND AUGUST 22-25!

07/27/2025

Hi folks, join the ISMETA workshop on dynamic movement:

This workshop series features guided experiential somatic movement practices as well as viewing of The Moving Child Films I, II and III. Engage your body-mind-spirit in neuro-developmental restorative and sequential movement practices that can be integrated into any somatic movement practice. Learn....

06/27/2025

Join our Embodiment Foundations Retreat on August 22-25 in this beautiful studio surrounded by quiet forest at Honest Farms on Saltspring Island! Would you like to rejuvenate and find some more bliss and health through embodiment? What will you learn? Here's a breakdown of each day:
-Each morning begins with Hatha Yoga and gentle movement for half an hour. Followed by class themes: 9:30-4:30 (with lunch)
-Grounding, Centering, Resourcing in Curiosity and Compassion (Class 1)
-Understanding/Strengthening Developmental Movement Patterning for Body Connectivity (Class 2)
-Body Mapping and Cultivating Mindfulness of Body (Class 3)
-Body Systems ~ Experiential Anatomy exploration (Class 4)
-Playfully exploring the Embodied Voice (Class 5)
-Expanding our repertoire of movement qualities and self-expression (Class 6)
-Cellular Intelligence, Cellular Breathing and Consciousness (Class 7)
-Creating a simple "LifeDance" and sourcing kinetic imagery (Class 😎
-Integration through a Movement Choir exploration! (in Class 😎
Fees: $975 plus GST
We're going to be both indoors and out, in air conditioned beautiful studio. Come and be with us! 8 person limit. www.themovementarc.com

03/08/2025

Our Expressive Movement Facilitator certificate program is full for 2025, and we are now taking applications for 2026! Reach out!

03/08/2025

Our newly designed innovative Embodiment Foundations 50 hour course ( optional 25 hours only online)is starting April 9 til June 18 on Wednesdays from 5-7pm Pacific Time, followed by a 4 day in person retreat July 26-29 on Saltspring Island at Honest Farms. Tools: reconnecting to your body's intuition and understanding its natural intelligence, feeling more balanced, integrated and stronger, allowing feelings to sequence and express creatively. Come learn from us!

Please send us a message or email to inquire. We have some spots left! In joy, Hana . For more info:

This program is offered 3 times per year: Jan-March, April-June, and Sept-Dec, depending on sufficient enrolment. Our intention is that you leave this course feeling rejuvenated, inspired, clearer on your life’s path, more connected with and inside your body, and more expressive, confident and mor...

01/06/2025

Hey ya'll Happy New Year! Check out our new Embodiment Foundations course upcoming this week Jan 8 Wednesdays 5-7pm Pacific time!