Peony Somatic Dance with Christine Serfozo

Peony Somatic Dance with Christine Serfozo Building community, healing, and joy through breath-based movement play. Classes online and at Heartfelt Yoga Studio, Columbus, OH
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11/06/2025

What music is moving you lately? (I'll start by adding some in the comments.)

Even if you're in Columbus, OH where I teach in 3D, it can be nerve-wracking to explore this practice in front of others...
11/06/2025

Even if you're in Columbus, OH where I teach in 3D, it can be nerve-wracking to explore this practice in front of others. With online classes, you can join with or without your camera turned on or you can wait and use the videos on your own time.

REGISTER HERE: christineserfozo.com/current-online-classes

It's a new day. There is so much work to be done, for sure, but yesterday was a turning point. May this inspire us all t...
11/05/2025

It's a new day. There is so much work to be done, for sure, but yesterday was a turning point. May this inspire us all to reach for the "impossible."

Indeed. Hope is in the air today and let's hold onto that together, shall we?
11/04/2025

Indeed. Hope is in the air today and let's hold onto that together, shall we?

Imagine having people in positions of power who experience authentic joy and want ease for others!?? I'm thinking of you...
11/03/2025

Imagine having people in positions of power who experience authentic joy and want ease for others!?? I'm thinking of you, New York, and lighting some candles for you.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

When I dance or play tennis, I can look really serious. Even grumpy sometimes because of my intensity. But there is ofte...
10/31/2025

When I dance or play tennis, I can look really serious. Even grumpy sometimes because of my intensity. But there is often a spontaneous laughter that happens and THAT is what you want to look/listen for when you're exploring movement.

10/30/2025

You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time. (Angela Davis)

I've never seen it mapped out like this and I love it.
10/29/2025

I've never seen it mapped out like this and I love it.

We might have never found movement that felt safe and fun. We might suffer from severe depression (and there's a point w...
10/28/2025

We might have never found movement that felt safe and fun. We might suffer from severe depression (and there's a point where the motivation switch in our brain gets stuck in "off"). There are all kinds of reasons we aren't moving. But we are made to move. Our brains likely developed to their level of complexity BECAUSE we move.

Every time we don't want to get up and move, we should try to remind ourselves that our brains will get healthier and stay healthier for longer (dance is uniquely effective in things like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, for example) if we do something regularly. Even better if we do it with others.

Feeling low energy today and opened this article on Substack by Camron Nuttall and even if you don't read the whole thin...
10/27/2025

Feeling low energy today and opened this article on Substack by Camron Nuttall and even if you don't read the whole thing, here's two amazing paragraphs (link in first comment):

Somewhere deep within, I know that this passion and tenacity I speak of isn’t really mine. It is fuel from the dreams of my ancestors— those who paved the way for me to even have the possibility and opportunity to follow my dreams. Every day, I honour these dreams by following the lantern that illuminates my soul’s desire, without fear or hesitation. It is not an option to ignore the call to creativity. I must immerse myself in the work. I must create something worth living for.

Sometimes, I think life would be easier without this passion. But truthfully, the soul is not satisfied with ease. This is why we often feel dissatisfied when we work jobs that suck our energy dry, leaving us starved of time to explore what truly brings us joy and purpose in life. The soul yearns for creation. For love. For freedom. For purpose. None of these are ‘easy’ things. They are all winding journeys, replete with passion and constant effort. When you walk this journey of listening to your soul’s desire, it is inevitable that you will move through periods of uncertainty and unease— just as grey skies return with swathes of swollen clouds that threaten to hail upon the earth below. But on the contrary, you are also promised excitement and elation on this journey. The bends in the road are a measure of the richness in life. The key is — keep going.

This can be really hard to feel or remember in this world right now... but it's so important that we take the time to ex...
10/24/2025

This can be really hard to feel or remember in this world right now... but it's so important that we take the time to experience ourselves this way on the regular.

I've been working with Annie for about 16 years now. She is one of my longest term students/peeps, and she was in class ...
10/23/2025

I've been working with Annie for about 16 years now. She is one of my longest term students/peeps, and she was in class last night with some of my other really long term students/peeps, and it hit me... what a wonder and privilege it is to watch people evolve over so many years... to watch them grow and experiment and learn and create new language in their bodies. It never stops. Sticking with a practice for decades brings a level of richness that most people will never understand. And the depth of community... again, far too many humans will never know what they are missing...

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I came back to dance at the age of 40, exhausted from over a decade of serious depression, worn out from chronic joint and back and hip pain (to the point of investigating canes!), and heavier and less healthy than I had ever been in my life. Within 12 months of finding JOY in movement again, I was thinking more clearly, feeling happier, experiencing zero pain, and down by about 6 sizes in my clothes. I sought out study that would teach me more than moves and poses. I wanted to learn about the neurological, biological, and psychological necessity and effectiveness of play and dance and movement experimentation. I’ve studied with some of the best and brightest thinkers and movers, and I bring all of that and my own life experiences to the room every time I teach.

MY BIO: Christine Serfozo is a trauma-sensitive movement artist with a comprehensive knowledge of somatic psychology. She's studied many forms of dance, with a special focus on Butoh and Modern which, in conjunction with biomechanics, breath techniques, and body inclusion, are the foundation for her work. She's interested in developing choreographic processes that create cathartic release and emotional growth, as opposed to typical choreographed 'productions.' She develops her processes through experimentation with a communal group of movement artists, and they are accessible to any level of movement experience. Most recently, she developed a process that expresses, integrates, and transforms the human experience of grief. She's currently creating sequences that will foster the expression of sacred sensuality outside of an objectifying gaze. Her ultimate goal is to inspire deep body listening leading to the fundamental freedom that can only be found in the essential creativity of our very cells.