Soul Motion: Conscious Dancing
Soul Motion introduces viewpoints and experiences for developing attention to the present moment using body awareness to stay grounded in the movement moment. Noticing ways we escape presence through dreams and desires, Soul Motion, through conscious breath awareness and movement, encourages a continuous awakening to presence.

Testimonials

Michael Alexander, Sebastopol, California

"Something quite special happened in vinn marti's week-long soulmotion dance workshop on maui. It feels signinicant and I'm excited about reinventing myself using the practices of Presence and Awareness. vinn exemplifies these two tenets of soulmotion. He totally respects your inner teacher and continues to make us aware of our own inner teacher.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you Vinn.  You are a truly unique “teacher.”  On the dance floor, you were so completely attuned to your own Presence and Awareness.  In many respects you were as much a participant as you were the teacher.  This truly inspired me to go beyond who I know myself to be.  The retreat made a difference so powerful that life altered."

John C. Conley, author, meditation leader, Soul Motion™ Breitenbush workshop particpant

"I had a wonderful time. I saw the still side of Vinn and it is very still. I cried, no, I wailed and all the while I felt loved. And I danced. And, though I did not want to connect, I did. I kept telling myself I did not want even more to let go of than I already have. Silly me. I held several crying sisters, my karma, while they released their pain. It is good to be of service. And I danced."

Patricia Miklautsch, workshop participant

"Not only did I get what I wanted, I was blessed with what I needed... and more-- each day-- seeping through the cracks of my heart. "

Kimberly Jonas, Movement Teacher/Healer

"With deft, rein-less, artful guidance from my friend and teacher, Vinn Martí, I have been given a great gift in the form of this body of work we call Soul Motion™, both as a student and as a facilitator. And the most brilliant part of all: Soul Motion™ and Vinn have graciously chosen to simply point me in the direction of the moon and leave me to free-form the rest."

Kelly Satz and Marissa Cheb Terrab, Studio owners and hosts of Soul Motion™ workshop

"From the first moment of the workshop, the energy field was a mix of excitement and willingness to learn about the mystery of Soul Motion™. Vinn's warmth and presence seduced our students. Moment to moment, as we surrendered to the work, the inner space and the space around us became sacred. The dances as prayers melded tears, breath and joy. Our dance floor seemed a Cathedral, full of divine presence. We ended the weekend embracing the one in the whole, in profound gratefulness.

Our students were deeply moved, and phone us to thank us for the experience. And we thank GOD for the dancing threads that connect us all around the world. It was a blessing having Vinn at our home. With all our love in peace and dance, Marisa and Kelly"

Zuza Engler, Soul Motion™ instructor

"Being at Esalen is a dance at the edge of possibility, the edge of a continent, the edge of an almost unbearable intimacy of souls meeting in Love despite bad predictions from personality histories. Every morning at the baths, my friend exclaims, Milagro! Milagro! pointing at the miracle of another sunrise spilling across the sky. Days drenched in sunshine igniting the ocean reflecting the mountain suffusing the dance with light: even in a darkened room, so much light. Soul Motion™ Community: witnessing the one in the whole I am crying, what divine choreography has brought us here to be with each other in this way? The one and the One, same one. How can we be so easily enveloped in belonging? Community: scrumptious food at the lodge, co-creating outrageous beauty at the art barn, aimless wandering into the moonlight, hours spent watching the garden change colors. Yoga in the morning, chocolate in the evening, all mixed with sorrow and laughter, tears and poetry and dance: seamless Being."

Wendy Ellen Waxman, MA ADTR Registered Dance/Movement Therapist

Soul Motion™

Poetry tastes so good in my body
Beginning again and again
word after silent word
spoken through the circles and spirals
and the gates inside
opening
flooded
with more of me than I ever knew existed.
A ray of sunlight streams patiently through all that
has been
gestating
planted
long before I even arrived.
Where does this dance come from that
sparkles
twinkles
starlit blessings of love when I am only bound by skin
and doubt?
It is in the faithful moment that I see a brother
mystic shining
Hear Om Tare Tu Tare remember compassionate sister,
Mother, Lovers Mary and Kirie Aleyson send notes of
Yes
Trust,
Be willing be here, without fear
and feel the embrace in a long deep breath.

Noah Rolland, Training Supervisor at Rancho La Puerta

"With his guidance, unconditional support and abundant affection, Vinn peels away layers of inhibition and enables guests to liberate their bodies and their minds in the language of movement."

Miki Jo Burg, Leadership Coach

"Vinn's spirit is generous, his heart open. He is a master learner, a master teacher."

Laura Bishop, Esalen workshop participant

"What began simply as a personal treat and as a means to integrate great growth and pain became, in the safe arms of your teaching, a sacramental honeymoon marking my marriage to myself and life on the infinite journey. As I am Blessed, I bless you, my friend. Thank You"

Rabbi Warren Stone, workshop participant

"Soul Motion™ at Esalen was a profound experience. As one who knows theology, you taught me to recreate it in a dance of the spirit."

Deb, Urban Retreat participant

"What was I pretending not to know?

Perhaps that each one of us, by the very nature of the life force within us is often too much for another to handle. And so, you remind me that Soul Motion™ takes the slow route. The Spiral.

We start our pilgrimage to the Divine with what we have. Along the way, we discover for ourselves a soft touch a growing awareness, compassion for ourselves, for others, and for all that enter our viewpoint. We find out the intellect alone cannot possibly comprehend the myriad of relationships and languages spoken in this jazz jam called "life."

So I Surrender! I trust that my growing awareness is enough to navigate *this* moment. For the awareness is in the doing, and the doing *is* the dance.

Thank you vinn, for allowing me to experience your fierce independence, your fierce compassion. Once again, through you, I am ready for anything.

Warriors for Love, Deb"

Jessica Montgomery, MSW Breitenbush Hot Springs

"I am continually touched and charged by his masterful guidance. Vinn empowers, transforms, and enhances the lives of his students. He is respectful and authentic, humble and powerful, graceful and inspiring."

Laura Kanne, Student Administrator, Healing Arts Center

"Vinn's work was deep, full, expansive and fun. It was challenging, stretching and rewarding. He would bring you out to the far reaches of your existence and then lead you steadily, surely back home to your own deep self."

Richard Diamond, class participant

"The intention of Soul Motion™ is to take the wisdom of dance into everyday life. It is spiritual activism in movement."

Barbara Dilly, Director, InterArts/Dance Therapy, Naropa University

"Vinn is an exceptionally gifted teacher of movement, dance and creativity. He cultivates great personal depth in the students and, with much gentleness, invites them into a rich, varied and personal improvisation of discovery and delight."

Rachel Meredith, workshop participant

"It just doesn't get any better than this. True leadership that inspires and challenges us to reach deep to find the courage, to feel completely free and to extend our comfort boundaries."

Edgar Spieker, Soul Motion™ instructor

"Soul Motion™ is for me a wonderful and very direct way to reconnect to my true self, to reveal the beauty and simplicity of life when I learn to trust the voice of my body."