Soul Motion™ Teachers

Aletia is a cultivator of connection, bringing a diverse and varied background to her Soul Motion™ practice. As a Certified Soul Motion™ Teacher, she is the administrating force for the Soul Motion™ School, co-creator of Madrona MindBody Institute and swirls years of operational spirals as an organizational consultant and non-profit leader.

Her everyday dance is sparked in creative movement and expression and is catalyzed by her dynamic charge as a leader for dance community - I am one with all.

Valerie Chafograck is a multicultural, curious, passionate lover of dance, expressive arts and stillness. She leads Soul Motion™ classes in Northern California and workshops in the US and abroad.
Her mission for this lifetime is to be of service; her devotion is to assist individuals and communities in discovering the liberating and healing power of dance. Leading with an open heart, Valerie creates a safe space for “every body” to unfold as free, spirited beings grounded in their bodies and to experience the joy of living in the now.
Valerie’s path as a teacher and practitioner of conscious movement started in 1992. This long commitment and intensive course of study in body awareness have fulfilled her needs for inner peace, deepest levels of love and divine dialog.

I have been on the spiral path of kinesthetic investigation into consciousness for more than two decades, in motion, stillness, and process inquiry. A long-term student and practitioner of Buddhism, conscious movement, and Gestalt, I met Vinn in early 2001, shifted my teaching path to Soul Motion in 2002, and am now leading classes and workshops in Northern California and around the world. I have co-led with Vinn the Soul Motion Leadership Program. Forever amazed at the transformative power of awareness and presence, I expect to be learning about it for whatever time I have left in this life.

Winky sees dance as a remarkable way to engage with ourselves and the world, and an important aspect of fully living. She delights in the effortless beauty that unfolds when we fully show up, trust and surrender ourselves to the process and movement of this moment.

Winky finds that the dance continues to be spell binding and exhilarating ~ both as a teacher and a practitioner. Winky began dancing and teaching with Vinn sometime around 1996, before the birth of Soul Motion. She lives in Portland, Oregon where she co-founded and co-runs Momentum Studio.