Somatic Movement and Dance
A somatic movement and dance session is a relational, embodied practice designed for individuals with a strong desire to process emotions and experiences through their body’s wisdom. As a relational somatic practitioner, I offer experiential support that honours your body’s natural capacity for healing and authentic expression.
Movement can appear as stillness, micro-gestures, or full-body expression—this practice reclaims movement as your birthright, free from judgments about what bodies ‘should’ do. Dance and movement become pathways to express, process, and integrate your experiences through exploring natural, everyday movements that already live within your body. No technique or dance experience is needed—only the honouring of movement that wants to emerge from within you.
My approach is grounded in somatics as liberation practice, drawing from African diasporic culture and communal practices that decentre colonial perspectives. This creates spaciousness for co-regulation, relational support, and attunement while honouring your cultural wisdom and inviting connection to your ancestry and the land. However, our work centres your care and autonomy. Together we honour your life force energy, helping you re-member and return to your innate sense of knowing. We honour your body’s wisdom and cultural ways of knowing at your own pace, respecting your level of comfort. Wherever you are at and what feels right to you will be honoured.
Book a Complimentary 15-min consult call
This brief conversation gives us a chance to connect and address any questions you have before booking your first session. To make our time together most meaningful, please also explore the Somatic Movement & Dance FAQ below, the About and Approach and General FAQ tabs on this site. When you’re ready to book you will have the option to meet via video or telephone call.
Note: You will be sent a brief consult questionnaire that will need to be returned 48 business hours in advance of your appointment in order to secure your booking. If you require more time with your forms you can simply reschedule for another time.
What to expect
Each session is uniquely shaped by what your body and nervous system need, whether that’s mindful breathing, sound practices, gentle movement, rhythmic expression, or profound stillness. I may offer guided supportive-touch and intentional energetic touch support, helping you reconnect with your body’s sensations while cultivating the opportunity to experience sensations of safety throughout the session.
Before we meet you’ll be sent information gathering forms to complete and return beforehand so I can understand your needs and we can make our time together most meaningful. Our first session includes reviewing your forms, agreements and any additional information that will shape our time before moving into embodied somatic work together.
Don’t see the information you’re looking for? Check out the FAQ tab, book a complimentary consultation or send an inquiry to [email protected].
Getting Started
Begin by exploring the Somatic Movement and Dance FAQ below, the About, Approach and General FAQ tabs on this site to help familiarize yourself with my offerings.
Start by booking a complimentary 15 min. Somatic Movement and Dance consultation:
Send a request through the booking system and choose from the available times offered for Complimentary Somatic Movement and Dance Consultations. You will receive a booking response back within 48 business hours, or a suggestion for the next available time. From there, you can confirm or reschedule by sending a new booking request – provide time preference in the note section provided.
To confirm your appointment, you will need to complete your Consultation Questionnaire and return it at least 48 business hours before your appointment in order to secure your consultation.
Note: All forms must be completed and returned. If you need more time with the Questionnaire, you’re welcome to reschedule for a time that works better for you.
If you prefer more time and space to explore if we’re a good match, please consider booking a “Get to Know You” session for a longer, more spacious conversation about working together.
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Practice Information
Sessions & Fees
- 50-minute session: $200 | 80-minute session: $250
- *All fees are in CAD. International clients are responsible for any applicable currency conversion or transaction fees, in addition to the session fee.
- Limited sliding scale spots are available — I'm happy to discuss financial accessibility during your consultation.
Payments
- Payment is collected through the secure client processing portal before each session.
Session Availability
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 10 AM – 4 PM EST
Between Sessions
- You may send messages through the secure client portal. I typically respond within 48 business hours (Monday–Friday), excluding weekends and holidays.
Client Management
- Letter requests, inter-office liaisons, and other client management needs are typically responded to on Fridays, 10 AM – 4 PM.
Cancellation Policy
- 48 business hours notice is required to cancel or reschedule (excluding weekends and statutory holidays).
- The full session fee will be billed for missed or cancelled appointments without 48 business hours advance notice.
- Late arrivals beyond the 15-minute grace period are considered cancellations and incur the full session fee.
My Scope of Practice
- I work with individuals 18 years of age and older.
- I do not provide urgency scheduling or immediate crisis response. I work within your circle of care and help create support plans to access care outside of sessions.
- Somatic Movement & Dance is not a substitute for licensed or registered medical, psychological, or psychotherapy treatment, or spiritual counselling.
- If you are interested in psychotherapy services that integrate SMD as a modality, please make sure to clarify this, as a SMD session is considered distinct and separate from any other service listed on this website (including the act of psychotherapy). These services cannot be substituted or interchanged.
- I do not hold dual relationships and do not provide services across any of my somatic service offerings, including psychotherapy. I cannot see you as a dual client for more than one service at the same time or sequentially.
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Somatic Movement & Dance FAQ
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My perspective on healing and wellness
My practices create space for and welcomes all belief systems and cultural backgrounds. My approach integrates connection to spirit and ancestral memory as part of my African diasporic and multicultural framework. I don’t impose these beliefs or ask clients to adopt them—they simply inform how I understand healing and wellness. Our work will always centre your care, autonomy, and what feels right for you. Wherever you are at, your cultural beliefs and values will be honoured. I ask all prospective clients to consider how comfortable they are working with someone whose practice is informed by these perspectives.
What should I consider when choosing between psychotherapy and other somatic services
When you’re considering a psychotherapy session it’s helpful to know that psychotherapy is a controlled act, and in Toronto, Ontario psychotherapists are regulated by provincial law and must be registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). You can find detailed information about the practice standards on their website. Psychotherapy sessions are documented in your health record. Various health insurance plans in Ontario cover registered psychotherapists, however I’d encourage you to verify your specific coverage with your insurance provider for details.
In general psychotherapy focuses on supporting your awareness and insights into the psychosocial issues affecting your wellbeing. Rather than providing advice or diagnosis, I offer guidance and wellness plans that help build your capacity to engage with the challenges you bring forward. How this unfolds in our work together is shaped by my professional practice standards, my individual scope of practice, and the modalities I’m trained in. (You can find more details, under my About section.)
When you choose any other somatic service sessions or Somatic Coaching packages, these services operate outside the regulatory framework mentioned above. My somatic service offerings are distinct somatic modalities with their own lineages, training and applications, guided by my personal and professional ethics, grounded in years of praxis, continuous self-examination, and ongoing consultation with fellow somatic educators and practitioners. My expertise and training in trauma-informed, expressive, embodied somatic modalities inform how I support you. Our sessions honour your privacy, confidentiality and consent, and are not subject to regulations surrounding documentation or overseen by an institution or government body that are a part of your health record. My role is to assess and guide you through processing and integration using body centred, movement based, expressive, and somatic modalities. If you are seeking insurance covered services, you’ll want to check with your insurance provider or benefit plan to see if they offer the flexibility of coverage for these services.
If you’re unsure which service to choose, book a complimentary consult call to help determine which service is best for you.
What are somatics?
Somatics involve a field of study and practice of the body as experienced from within—focusing on internal sensations, movement, and awareness rather than external observation. This field recognizes the body’s innate wisdom and capacity for healing, drawing from ancient practices that honour the mind-body connection and blend it with modern day science.
What are some examples of movement / dance in a session?
Movement honours both that sometimes the most profound healing happens in complete stillness, while other times the body needs gentle movement to process and integrate experiences.
Movement/dance includes your experience of energetic movement and flow.
This could look like:
- Gentle swaying or rocking
- Stretching
- Moving authentically (how the body wants to move)
- Walking or moving through space
- Shaking or trembling to release tension
- Gentle joint rotations
- Macro movements
- Quick movements
- Force-filled or deliberately effortful
As well as stillness:
- Conscious breathing
- Noticing organic movements
- Mindful awareness of internal sensations
- Grounding through stillness (feeling connection to the earth)
- Pausing to notice sensations during movement
- Holding gentle positions and noticing what arises
- Silent presence with whatever is happening in the body
What if I can’t dance?
You’ll never be asked to move in ways that don’t feel right for your body, and your consent is key. There’s no requirement to dance in our sessions—movement includes everything from conscious breathing and gentle stillness to micro-gestures like shifting your posture or noticing sensations. Dance, when it emerges, is simply your body’s authentic expression, not any formal technique or choreography. We follow what feels authentic and safe for you in each moment, honouring that stillness itself can be deeply transformative and healing too.
What do you mean by dance & rhythmic expression?
My approach to dance centres movement as authentic self-expression and communication—a fundamental assertion of who you are through rhythm and embodiment. Rather than imposing western colonial standards of ‘correct’ movement, I honour dance as a deeply personal language that emerges from your body’s own wisdom and cultural knowing. Through repetition, amplification, and relationship with music and environment, we create meaning that is entirely your own. This practice is about cultivating self-permission to move as your body wants to move, free from external judgment or standardization, reclaiming dance as a birthright of expression that belongs to every body.
Can we talk in somatic / experiential practices?
Yes, there is still talking in somatic / experiential practices. The focus is mainly placed on embodying, learning through sensing, feeling and experiencing.
*More information regarding my modalities and frequently asked questions can be found in the general FAQ section. Details about my approach can be found here.