Peony Somatic Dance with Christine Serfozo

Peony Somatic Dance with Christine Serfozo Building community, healing, and joy through breath-based movement play.
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And allows for flexibility in your actions. Devotion makes space for our very humanity. The size of an action no longer ...
12/30/2025

And allows for flexibility in your actions. Devotion makes space for our very humanity. The size of an action no longer matters.

If I'm not feeling well or I'm grieving, my actions don't look the same as when I'm well and happy. With devotion as my anchor, the tiniest steps "count" and old patterns of judgment and shame have no space to take hold.

I've been talking about this concept for years now... I even had a private group where we explored the idea that we each...
12/29/2025

I've been talking about this concept for years now... I even had a private group where we explored the idea that we each have a core devotion. If you're stuck in your life, look deeply to see what your devotion is right now that's causing the stuck and then ask yourself, "What do I really want to be devoted to?"

If you look at your happiest times, you might notice a thread and that could be your healthiest devotion. For example, mine is curiosity. Whenever I am grounded in and acting from a devotion to curiosity, I am at my best.

Start small. Tiny steps. Tiny happy risks.
12/26/2025

Start small. Tiny steps. Tiny happy risks.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
12/25/2025

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Three photos that represent my whimsical insides (the book would be Virginia Woolf but that's the only thing I'd adjust....
12/24/2025

Three photos that represent my whimsical insides (the book would be Virginia Woolf but that's the only thing I'd adjust... ha).

Even though it's equally melancholy, Amelie is such a pure representation of whimsy to me. Or maybe BECAUSE it's equally...
12/23/2025

Even though it's equally melancholy, Amelie is such a pure representation of whimsy to me. Or maybe BECAUSE it's equally melancholy so it feels like an emotionally mature version of whimsy as it allows for the full range of what life brings to us. And yet, even in the context of melancholy, Amelie opens herself to whimsy by bringing it to others. Which seems like the best approach to me.

Are there films that feed this whimsicalpart of you?

Starring Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, and Jamel Debbouze, ‘Amélie’ tells the tale of a painfully shy waitress working at a tiny Paris cafe where she mak...

It's seems just right that this is a week of whimsy. Take a moment to think back to your little self who found whimsy in...
12/22/2025

It's seems just right that this is a week of whimsy. Take a moment to think back to your little self who found whimsy in the world more easily. And if you were a little person who didn't have the safety for that, think of what you would do for them now, from your adult self.

Wonder can be found in the simple act of slow walking. It instantly reveals so much about the physical, emotional, and s...
12/19/2025

Wonder can be found in the simple act of slow walking. It instantly reveals so much about the physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies as we attune to the breath and relax our weight into the ground.

This is true for the care of the planet, the care of our communities, and the care of our own bodies and minds. It all s...
12/18/2025

This is true for the care of the planet, the care of our communities, and the care of our own bodies and minds. It all starts with a curiosity about the details of the uniqueness of each, followed by digging into that curiosity to the point of fascination, then being open to the wonder and awe that arise, and finally allowing that to lead us to right action.

This is the opposite of dissociation, of ignoring, putting off... What parts of you and your world are craving this level of care?

12/17/2025

One way to bring more wonder into our lives: end your day by listing 1, 3, or more ((!!!)) things that you noticed brought you even a wee bit of wonder throughout your day. Start gathering evidence!

One of my words for 2026 is wonder. And I'm thinking about the idea of allowing ourselves to believe again in wonderful ...
12/16/2025

One of my words for 2026 is wonder. And I'm thinking about the idea of allowing ourselves to believe again in wonderful things.

This past decade has been hard on our capacity for wonder and awe. That particular muscle is weak, we might say. So what can we do to strengthen it? Let's start by thinking about what brought us to states of wonder when we were little.

For me, it's always been the night sky. I have a very clear memory of standing outside staring up in wonder even at the age of three. How about you?

12/15/2025

I want to take a moment to acknowledge all the lives lost this year due to the vile greed, criminality, and othering that has been perpetrated by our government. It's important to witness and to mourn collectively.

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The difference...

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.