BODY & MIND
SESSIONS

Body & Mind Sessions offer a 1-on-1 experience to help you connect with your body on a deeper level. These sessions can be used to understand trauma responses, help with aches and pains, assist with injury rehabilitation, and just plain improve your performance!

Our Studio Owner Caelia is certified in Level 1 Neurokinetic Therapy, which is a big part of these sessions. She is only one of two registered NKT Practitioners in Saskatoon, so we are proud to offer this unique and much-needed service to our community.

Neurokinetic Therapy is just one of the many modalities that Caelia brings to these experiences. Caelia is also well-versed in trauma processing, somatic techniques, physiotherapy approaches, strength & flexibility training, and, of course, dance and movement! Her many years of studying the bodies & minds of her students makes this a one-of-a-kind offering that cannot be experienced anywhere else in Saskatoon. Come feel the difference for yourself!

What is the Body & Mind Program?

These sessions are a part of our Body & Mind Program at Dance Alive, where we take special care to stretch, strengthen, and connect with both our bodies and our minds. Our Body & Mind services teach you how to develop an empowered mindset by building the knowledge and confidence necessary to make your own decisions about health and wellness instead of simply following outside influences. When you learn to listen to your body cues and respond to what it needs, you become an unstoppable force in your pursuit of dance, athletics, or just general life!

Our Body & Mind Program consists of the following services:

RE-CREATION BODY CARE CLASSES
Weekly Classes like Body Break, Bunions & Balance, Ballet FUN-damentals, and Baby Break are offered above our regular dance classes to help support our members with body-first, educational experiences.
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EMBODIED MIND WORKSHOPS
These 90-minute Workshops held once or twice a month are designed to teach about the Energy Body, and how we can use somatics to care for our nervous systems with meditation and embodiment practices.
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BODY & MIND SESSIONS
1-on-1 Private Sessions that allow you to get some extra TLC and help us get to the bottom of a problem. Similar to a Physiotherapy Session, these appointments come with an assessment, and some gentle easy homework to help your body feel its best!
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Many of these offerings are available in-person at the studio, or by joining live remotely via Zoom. Check out our RE-CREATION Weekly Class Page or Embodied Mind Workshop Page for more information on how and when to join the classes!

Why Body & Mind Sessions?

Our regular Body & Mind Classes & Workshops mentioned above are intended to provide a consistent and convenient way for you to engage and connect with your body. If you have a particular issue you want focused attention on, then a private Body & Mind Session is for you!

This service is a perfect add-on to the existing Body & Mind Classes & Workshops, but it is also accessible to anyone in our other classes or outside of the studio who is interested in learning more about their body. Here are just a few of the ways people have found value in Body & Mind Sessions:

Body & Mind Sessions can be booked as single sessions whenever required, or can be regularly scheduled for a more long term goal. The process is highly customizable and Caelia will help you decide what is the best approach to meet your goals and achieve your desired outcome! If you have more questions or you are interested in booking a session, please scroll down to the bottom and find the link to Contact Us.

What is NKT?

NeuroKinetic Therapy is just one of the tools that Caelia can use in the context of a Body & Mind Session. It is a treatment protocol that uses a combination of movement-based assessments and manual muscle tests in order to identify dysfunctional muscle relationships in the body. Every time we perform any movement, our brain and nervous system need to fire our muscles in a specific pattern to produce efficient easy results. If that pattern is disrupted by an injury, imbalance, limited mobility, or anything else, our brains will establish a compensation pattern to help us reach our goals anyway. If these compensation patterns are dysfunctional, they can cause pain, headaches, dizziness, poor balance, stiffness, overuse injuries, and more. NKT gives us a practical treatment method that is based in the brain but implemented in the muscles to quickly, comfortably, and easily address dysfunctional movement patterns.

If this protocol is used as a part of your session, you’ll be assessed with an explanation of your injury history, some movement, and manual muscle testing. Once a pattern is identified, gentle stretch and release techniques are used to help relax and overworking muscle(s). Then, you will be given activation exercises to “wake up” the underworking muscle(s), which are quick and easy to do and do not require any equipment! After this simple reset, many clients report feeling immediate results. The homework is simple and easy, and the progress should happen quickly. It can transform your dancing (or other movement practices) within weeks!

Session Pricing

All Body & Mind Sessions are 1 hour in length by default, but we can go longer if you prefer. Commit to your own progress and get a Body & Mind Session 4-Pack for a reduced rate!