The Story of Spiral Studio
For years, I lived between two worlds.
In academia, I was told to stay in my head. In fitness spaces, I was expected to perform. Both worlds offered something, but neither made space for the full truth of who I was. I was a professor who craved freedom of movement. A movement teacher who questioned the toxic culture of the wellness industry. And a human being seeking something more: something honest, liberating, and real.
I taught college courses about women and power. I choreographed dance fitness routines and taught in studios and community centers. But still, I felt boxed in by narrow expectations and harmful narratives—about bodies, success, and what it meant to be “well.”
Even as I helped others move, I felt the disconnect. I was doing all the “right” things, but none of it felt right for me.
Everything shifted when I found the language and tools that gave voice to what I’d felt all along.
Training in JourneyDance™ cracked something open in me. Completing a certificate in Embodied Social Justice gave me words—and deep resonance—for what I’d been instinctively trying to create. I finally saw how movement could be so much more than exercise. It could be ritual. Expression. Liberation. Healing. And I knew I wasn’t the only one who needed that.
I stopped waiting for someone else to create the space I needed—and I built it.
When the opportunity came to rent a studio, I said yes. I didn’t have a business plan. I had a purpose. I had a vision for a space where you could come as you are. Where trauma-informed care was the foundation, and joy was part of the practice. A space without mirrors or performance, where people could move, breathe, and feel—without pressure, without shame, and without needing to fix themselves first.
What started as a dream to make conscious movement more accessible became something much bigger. It became Spiral Studio—a living, breathing space for people to reconnect with their bodies, find their center, and rediscover joy.
We’ve welcomed burned-out caregivers and curious seekers. Educators, artists, nurses, students. People navigating anxiety, overwhelm, disconnection—and those simply craving deeper self-awareness.
And together, we’ve built a community that doesn’t just talk about values like compassion, authenticity, and self-trust—we live them.
Spiral Studio isn’t just my story—it’s a reflection of yours.
It’s a space for those who’ve spent years putting others first. Who’ve been told to shrink or hustle or keep it together.
Here, you get to soften. To move. To come home to yourself.
We offer movement experiences that invite healing, not fixing. Curiosity, not critique. Empowerment, not performance.
Because movement is a path to liberation. And joy isn’t a reward for healing—it’s part of the process.
This is your space.
To breathe deeper. To move freely. To choose your own path.
To trust yourself again.
Come as you are.
Be real. Be rooted.
Move—and be moved.
In academia, I was told to stay in my head. In fitness spaces, I was expected to perform. Both worlds offered something, but neither made space for the full truth of who I was. I was a professor who craved freedom of movement. A movement teacher who questioned the toxic culture of the wellness industry. And a human being seeking something more: something honest, liberating, and real.
I taught college courses about women and power. I choreographed dance fitness routines and taught in studios and community centers. But still, I felt boxed in by narrow expectations and harmful narratives—about bodies, success, and what it meant to be “well.”
Even as I helped others move, I felt the disconnect. I was doing all the “right” things, but none of it felt right for me.
Everything shifted when I found the language and tools that gave voice to what I’d felt all along.
Training in JourneyDance™ cracked something open in me. Completing a certificate in Embodied Social Justice gave me words—and deep resonance—for what I’d been instinctively trying to create. I finally saw how movement could be so much more than exercise. It could be ritual. Expression. Liberation. Healing. And I knew I wasn’t the only one who needed that.
I stopped waiting for someone else to create the space I needed—and I built it.
When the opportunity came to rent a studio, I said yes. I didn’t have a business plan. I had a purpose. I had a vision for a space where you could come as you are. Where trauma-informed care was the foundation, and joy was part of the practice. A space without mirrors or performance, where people could move, breathe, and feel—without pressure, without shame, and without needing to fix themselves first.
What started as a dream to make conscious movement more accessible became something much bigger. It became Spiral Studio—a living, breathing space for people to reconnect with their bodies, find their center, and rediscover joy.
We’ve welcomed burned-out caregivers and curious seekers. Educators, artists, nurses, students. People navigating anxiety, overwhelm, disconnection—and those simply craving deeper self-awareness.
And together, we’ve built a community that doesn’t just talk about values like compassion, authenticity, and self-trust—we live them.
Spiral Studio isn’t just my story—it’s a reflection of yours.
It’s a space for those who’ve spent years putting others first. Who’ve been told to shrink or hustle or keep it together.
Here, you get to soften. To move. To come home to yourself.
We offer movement experiences that invite healing, not fixing. Curiosity, not critique. Empowerment, not performance.
Because movement is a path to liberation. And joy isn’t a reward for healing—it’s part of the process.
This is your space.
To breathe deeper. To move freely. To choose your own path.
To trust yourself again.
Come as you are.
Be real. Be rooted.
Move—and be moved.
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