Feel
Moved
Healing is not about feeling better
It is about better feeling
Our wellbeing depends on us being able to tune in to our feelings - both physical and emotional. These feelings serve as our internal navigation system, informing how we respond to the world within and around us. Yet modern living often encourages us to override this system. Even when tired and stressed we push ourselves to keep going. We may spend hours immobile — sitting at desks, scrolling through screens — ignoring the aches, tensions, and subtle signals our bodies send us. Over time, we can unconsciously adopt defensive habits, bracing against discomfort while losing touch with deeper sensations.
Trauma can further disrupt this system, embedding emotional and physical tensions throughout the body. Faced with continuous discomfort, we may learn to completely tune out — becoming desensitized to our own internal experience. We may be unaware that our nervous system is stuck in a state of fight, flight, or freeze, severely limiting our capacity to think clearly, regulate emotions, and connect with others.
Mindful movement practices offer a pathway back to ourselves, helping us to build physical self-awareness, regulate our nervous system, and re-establish a sense of safety in the body. This embodied foundation creates the conditions for deeper healing — making cognitive approaches, such as psychotherapy, far more effective.
Physical self awareness is the first step in
releasing the tyranny of the past
Bessel van der Kolk: psychiatrist, trauma researcher and author of “the body keeps the score
Feel Moved Sessions
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Somatic Movement
Rooted in yoga and tai chi, this simple yet profound practice uses a flow of movement coordinated with the breath to dissolve tensions and retune neuromuscular pathways. We are guided by the sensations being generated within the body as we move. Pleasant, soft sensations are a sign that the body is safe and being nourished. Relaxing deeply into the enjoyment of these sensations, our mind becomes clear, quiet and grounded.
Sessions may begin with some simple breathwork before we invite our breathe to flow freely, as we settle our mind into deeper connection with our body. We then flow through some simple postures, with repetition enabling us to refine our movements as we tune into what we are feeling, both the obvious and the subtle. We are encouraged to settle in stillness in a posture only when our body feels nourished and fully prepared - when there is integrity or an "effortless effort", engaging the deep, spinal muscles as opposed to the larger, peripheral muscles. We end lying on our mats, allowing our bodies to relax completely and fully integrate the experience.
With regular practice, as muscular tensions release, old patterns of behaviour, learned habits and restrictions release with them. We begin to embody a sense of ease and balance - to move more freely, to think more clearly and intuitively, and to live in harmony with ourselves and the world around us.
Ecstatic Dance
Another form of moving meditation, dance provides an opportunity to express ourselves freely; to journey through our emotions, shake off physical and emotional tensions and move towards a rich sense of wholeness, of connection with ourselves and others.
We start with some guidance to help us to become present, to awaken and tune into the wisdom of our bodies as we begin to move, on our own or with others.
After flowing through a selection of soft, welcoming tunes of different tempos and genres, I will begin to lift the energy in the space with more lively beats, and often use seamless mixing to build towards an intense, fully immersive state of flow. In this both calming and energising state, we can connect fully with ourselves and those around us. We feel a sense of potency and we're open to fully experiencing whatever comes up, often allowing new patterns of thinking to emerge. At the peaks we may feel truly ecstatic, full of awe and wonder. Returning back to softness, we may feel other emotions arising and find new ways to move through them, with tenderness perhaps. The key is to remain present and allow our body to respond naturally to whatever comes up. No two experiences are the same.
The dance typically ends with a period of deep relaxation, accompanied by healing sounds.
The world around you is only beautiful when you are
at peace with the world within you
My own movement journey
As a child I loved physical activity of all kinds. However, I only came to recognise the transformative power of dance when I became involved in London's vibrant house music scene, back in the 90s. Looking for opportunities to dance without all the associated pressures of a big night out, I discovered the legendary YMCA club in Soho, with its sober-rave vibe featuring a range of lively aerobics classes. Before long I had qualified as an aerobics teacher, and used my evolving DJ skills to mix the soundtracks for my own high-energy, choreographed classes at the club. The sense of exhilaration as we all moved together had a powerfully healing effect, helping to reset my nervous system, leaving me feeling both energised and calm.
Following the birth of my daughter I left aerobics behind and adopted a more meditative lifestyle. I explored various mindful movement practices including yoga and taichi, before coming across Godfrey Devereux and Olivia Crooks, my teachers for the last 15 years. Once one of the world's leading Ashtanga yoga teachers, Godfrey went on to develop a softer practice that's more nourishing for the body. Within months of working with him and Olivia, the back condition that I had been struggling with for years completely resolved, and I began to experience a profound sense of inner harmony, a coming-home to my body. This inspired me to train as a facilitator and I am now sharing this subtle yet powerful practice in my Feel Moved somatic movement sessions (see above).
Meanwhile over a similar timeframe I've also embraced London’s ever-expanding world of Conscious Dance, and 5 years ago started to facilitate my own ecstatic dance sessions. Drawing on my psychotherapy training, the embodied wisdom of my somatic movement training and my passion for dance, I am known to inspire nourishing, energising and joyful experiences on the dancefloor.
In addition to running my own events, I have also DJed for other conscious event organisers, including Ecstatic Dance UK and the Psychedelic Society.
Words from Past Participants
For years I’ve loved dancing at Jane’s magical dances, which she curates with great dance tunes and such an eye for detail.
Her kindness, deep love of music and care for all the dancers ripple right through creating something very rich, raw, gentle and special every time!
It was a truly brilliant night. I genuinely was lost in ecstasy there. Beautiful!
Words from Past Participants
For years I’ve loved dancing at Jane’s magical dances, which she curates with great dance tunes and such an eye for detail.
Her kindness, deep love of music and care for all the dancers ripple right through creating something very rich, raw, gentle and special every time!
It was a truly brilliant night. I genuinely was lost in ecstasy there. Beautiful!
Words from Past Participants
For years I’ve loved dancing at Jane’s magical dances, which she curates with great dance tunes and such an eye for detail.
Her kindness, deep love of music and care for all the dancers ripple right through creating something very rich, raw, gentle and special every time!
It was a truly brilliant night. I genuinely was lost in ecstasy there. Beautiful!