Takes a Village When Helen Leaves Soma

Helen, who is having a BLAST In Budapest (photos below), will soon travel to the UK to be with her parents for Christmas.

We have an AWESOME team of folks (who feel more like friends) stepping in, and stepping up, to teach while Helen’s gone. Even Joe has become trained with Zoom and all the “spaghetti” involved with a hybrid class (list included below) .

This is a lovely opportunity to experience several different teachers, different styles and a very special anticipation flavor of the Fabulous Rock Stars and Saturday Special Guest Master Teachers who are joining the 30 day challenge and 365 day challenge team for 2023.

You have some great options to choose from:

• Drop in for 1 class for $15

• Buy a 5 or 10 class pass $65|$120

• Sign up for 30 days for $99

• Invest in 365 days of joy for $900.

Helen helps Kelly Marie

Joe gets "Zoomy", Helen gets reDonkeylously excited

Paul teaches 8am Friday 12/16

Elaine teachers 8am Tuesday 12/13

Natasha teaches 8am Tuesday 12/20

Wonderful Zoom Movers "Yes We Can"

Yes we CAN!! HYBRID Joy of Moving

Irene Wednesday 8am Feldenkrais

Kelly 10am Monday 12/12 + Thursday 12/15

Carolina: Wonderful Zoom Soma Host|Ambassador

Deb teaches 10am Monday 12/19 & Thursday 12/22

Maria teaches Saturday 12/17 8:45am Nia 5 Stages, 10am Nia,

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soma ranch Special Guest Master Teachers

Dr Deb Kern | www.drdebkern.com

Maria Whitley | www.shinelouisville.com

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Helen back in Budapest after 3 years

Zoom Spaghetti includes:

• camera 1 - talking with participants on line before and after class

• camera 2 - filming teacher from an elevated position

• projector - projects zoom participants on side wall (fondly called the wall of smiles)

• audio 1 - used for communicating with participants

• audio 2 - wired sound into mixer used for playing music and instructor’s voice

• mixer - mixes music and microphone

I can't describe how this feels

I LOVE this and I can't describe how it feels to know a small group of other teachers are coming on board with me to help keep our 30 day movement challenges thriving in 2023.

We've been sustaining a 30 day challenge program since January 2021. That is I've been teaching ONLINE almost everyday for 2 years!

Then regular 30 Day challenge participant, and amazing Feldenkrais Method teacher, Irene Pasternack came along. Soon Irene began to teach on Wednesdays, where she’d improvise on a theme I’d been focusing in my Nia Classes. Her healing, insightful feldenkrais classes compliment what I've been teaching in class wonderfully, I get to be a student and the community LOVE it. (what a blessing!).

Seeing how our community responded and witnessing the benefits AND JOY of collaborating with a fellow somatic teacher gave a taste of the potential...

When I (Helen) said "no way! I'm NOT doing this 365 day challenge for another year", another voice inside me whispered "oh yes you can! what would make you YEARN to keep on keeping on?".. and so the soup began to simmer….

I adore helping others, I thrive on seeing potential realized and enjoy working/playing with folks who want to learn from me.

This is how our evolving program has developed;

1. A small group of relatively new teachers, who have fabulous potential, will lead some of the weekday classes. Paul Duff, Elaine Marie Dunphy, Kelly Marie Harris and Natasha Villeneuve. We’re fondly calling them the FABULOUS ROCK STARS

2. A small group of experienced, highly skilled teachers will be featured as Special Guests on Saturday mornings Martha Randall, Kellie Chambers, Erin Curren, Maria Whitley respectfully referred to as SATURDAY SUPER STARS

For the month of December we’re dipping our toes into our new evolving program. While I am traveling to the UK to be with my parents, “the team” are covering some classes and providing y’all with a taste of what is yet to come. I hope you can join us. I’ve included the schedule below