What Moves You? Podcast by ICMTA

Meet Fahadhi Kiryowa, international dance and theatre artist, SomaSource leader, twice crowned East African Breakdance Champion, based in Uganda.
Fahadhi’s path began with breakdance, a practice that took him from the streets of Kampala to the biggest stages of the world. In this episode, he shares his decisive encounter with 5Rhythms, Melissa Michaels and the Golden Bridge community.
Dancing and teaching between Africa, Europe and the Americas, Fahadhi reflects on what it means to carry presence, adaptability and deep listening into different cultural spaces and communities, and how conscious movement can bridge continents, cultures and people.
Teaching vulnerable communities, including in post war zones, Fahadhi reflects on the responsibility of holding spaces where movement can become a doorway to healing. He also shares the personal ritual and practices that help him ground and center when entering new communities.
Throughout the conversation, Fahadhi offers grounded wisdom for emerging teachers. He reflects on some of the challenges he faced as a movement teacher, and on the ongoing practice of meeting people, communities and himself with compassion, trust and presence.
An invitation into teaching conscious movement as a practice of service, connection, individual and collective healing... and joy!Link to Fahadhi's work: https://fahadhikiryowa.com

Meet Cathy Ryan, co founder of Body in Soul, founding member of Open Floor International, 5Rhythms® teacher, poet, shamanic practitioner and fresh-student-guitar-player.
Cathy has decades of experience in the field of conscious movement, as teacher, mentor and trainer. Rooted in 5Rhythms® and Open Floor, she has helped shape the evolution of contemporary conscious dance practice internationally. She has also been an active part of the ICMTA.
Retracing her life journey, Cathy shares how working as an actor for 15 years and encountering Gabrielle Roth became a doorway into embodied presence, community and deep inner listening. She speaks about the vision that led to the birth of her own map, shaped with her friend Nele Vandezande, Body in Soul as a training pathway for the next generation of teachers.
In this episode Cathy reflects on lineage, leadership and what it means to grow older within a living movement practice. She speaks about the importance of ritual, discipline and nourishing our own practice as teachers, and about the richness of working in partnership and co teaching. She offers grounded wisdom on teaching, community building and being present in the dance of life. And, as a treat, she reads one of her poems for us: The Greatest Dancer in the World.
 
Link to Cathy's work: https://www.humans-being.co.uk
 
Time-line:00:00 Intro & tips for new teachers 01:34 The land 03:04 Learning with Gabrielle Roth. Our students as teachers 07:46 From acting to teaching conscious dance 15:28 From teaching to creating a new map 19:33 The BISO map 23:59 Rituals 26:56 Co-teaching 30:41 On discipline 32:04 Nourishing our own practice 36:37 Training the new generation of movement teachers 38:12 On writing and poetry 42:21 Dancing with Cathy 43:42 The Greatest Dancer Ever Born - Poem from and read by Cathy Ryan

Meet Caroline Carey, founder of Middle Earth Medicine Ways, an holistic teacher-training for conscious movement guides.Caroline is an author, soul cartographer, conscious dance guide and mentor, trained in the 5Rhythms with Gabrielle Roth and in Movement Medicine.She hosts her own podcast, A Neurodivergence Soul, where she invites creatives and entrepreneurs on the spectrum. Her latest book on neurodivergence will be released soon.Retracing her life journey, Caroline shares about discovering dance as a child as a soul expression and a gateway to Spirit. She speaks about the unfolding of her adult path toward becoming a dance leader in her community, and shares where she stands now as an elder, mentor, guide and grandmother.Get initiated into one of Middle Earth Medicine's map The Wheel of Souls Return. In this episode Caroline gives some precious insights through the lens of the path we walk as movement teachers.Links to Caroline's work:Middle Earth Medicine Ways: https://middleearthmedicine.comPodcast: https://middleearthmedicine.com/podcastInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/middleearth.medicine/https://www.instagram.com/carolinecarey__/#ConsciousMovement#MiddleEarthMedicineWays#CarolineCarey#icmta#WhatMovesYou#neurodivergence#SoulJourney#SoulMap#NeurodivergentLeadersMusic credit: Lofi Hip hop mix 2 by Ketsa

Finding Your Rhythm with Enesa Mahic
Meet Enesa Mahic, body psychotherapist, psychotherapist, and 5Rhythms teacher trained by Gabrielle Roth.
Calling from Zagreb, Croatia, Enesa shares how movement and trauma work can guide us through life transitions and how her own experience on the dance floor as a 5Rhythm dancer brought her to bridge the two.
As a trainer, a professional with more than 20 years of experience and a life-long student she gives practical advice for new teachers finding their own voice. Enesa also opens up about menopause as a gateway to authenticity. 
A conversation full of insights, inspiration, and a fresh perspective on moving through life with more presence.Links:
Enesa's websiteFB pageInstagramMusic credit: Lofi Hip hop mix 2 by Ketsa

Meet Leela Fisk, Devon School of Soul Motion's founder.
In this episode of What Moves You, we welcome Leela Fisk, a powerful voice in the field of conscious dance and the founder of the Devon School of Soul Motion.
With over two decades of teaching experience, Leela has been guiding people into deeper connection through movement, drawing on Soul Motion, somatic enquiry, improvisation, and the wisdom of water as her lifelong teacher. She is also the creator of Movement for Life, a community initiative that makes dance accessible to all.
In our conversation, she shares how she came into conscious movement and, what inspired her to create a school, and how her lived experience continues to shape her teaching, from her own healing path to the recent discovery of her ADHD to embracing life as a perimenopausal mother leading in the conscious dance field.
Recorded on one of her favorite beaches in Devon, this episode celebrates resilience, community, and leadership. Links to Leela's work:
Leela's website: http://www.leelafisk.com
Devon School of Soul Motion: https://devonschoolsoulmotion.org
Movement for Life: https://www.movement-for-life.org
Links mentioned by Leela in the podcast: Awards for All, a UK grant funding organisation that is very welcoming to community dance projects. Grants for England here They also have the same programme for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 
In the UK, neurodiverse workers - including dance teachers - can get financial contributions towards support costs for admin if they struggle to maintain attention on computers etc. See Access to Work
Winnie Dunn’s book ‘Living Sensationally’ can help understand our own sensory profile and how we can begin to manage our own sensory diet at work and home.
Leela has just launched an online Admin & Movement Balance sessions, to support other people with ADHD to tend to their admin tasks at home while taking a few mins of a movement break every 30min. Interested? Join Leela's mailing list for these sessions.Music credit: Lofi Hip hop mix 2 by Ketsa

Meet Romana Tripolt, senior 5Rhythms® Teacher & Trauma Psychotherapist based in Vienna, Austria.
Romana has been teaching the 5Rhythms® internationally for 25 years. She is the creatress of Integrative Body movement Trauma therapy, and TreFlowYoga - Trauma Release Yoga.
Together with her partner, Martin Steixner, Soul Motion teacher, they have created Soulrhythms®.Romana is also a working member of the ICMTA, active in the Ethics & Mediation Circle.
"Dancing the 5Rhythms® changed my personal & professional life a lot"
In this episode of What Moves You, learn how Romana integrates her work as trauma psychotherapist in her conscious dance's offerings. How she creates a safe and brave container for her retreats: "Dancing Out of Trauma - A Healing Path into the Lightness of Being".
Romana shares how she has navigated her first steps as a conscious dance teacher and what resources her. She also explains how she brings movement to her post-graduate clinicians students with her Psychotrauma Therapy's method.
Links:
Soulrhythms - Romana's dance offerings
Romana's Trauma Therapy work
Romana's ICMTA Profile
Music credit: Lofi Hip hop mix 2 by Ketsa
 
 

"Letter to a young movement teacher..."Catherine Wright and Anaïs Tamen deepen in their conversation on how to teach when children are present and on teaching outdoor. They reflect on the start of their career and address a form of "letter to a young movement teacher..." to those starting the path. They conclude on what they may still be touching now in their teaching practice, in term of doubts, challenges, and realisations.
 
Catherine Wright is a Movement Medicine Teacher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is the Operational Leader of the ICMTA Ethics & Mediation Circle. Catherine was a teacher of philosophy in the USA and in Scotland, an ante natal teacher, and she is now a celebrant (which means she can marry people who want to). “The wisdom we can access through our bodies has woven itself into everything I do. In all of my work and study, my intention is to more fully understand myself, and our shared humanity.”More about Catherine:
catherinewright.co.uk
Catherine's ICMTA profile
 
Anaïs Tamen is an Open Floor teacher based in Alentejo, South Portugal. ICMTA's Marketing & Communications Officer, Anaïs has been working for the association since October 2024. 
Initially trained in Economics and International Politics, Anaïs has been working as a shiatsu practitioner for the last 17 years, and as a movement teacher and a soul-care therapist since 2017. Anaïs is a dedicated tree planter, and a writer. 
More about Anaïs:
anaistamen.com
Anaïs' ICMTA profile
 

Meet Catherine Wright and Anaïs Tamen in the Botanical Garden of Edinburgh, Scotland, for the first part of Episode 10. Learn how they got into teaching conscious dance, how they handle teaching with children in the space... And get the first few glimpses of Catherine experience in working outdoor in all weathers.Catherine Wright is a Movement Medicine Teacher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is the Operational Leader of the ICMTA Ethics & Mediation Circle. Catherine was a teacher of philosophy in the USA and in Scotland, an ante natal teacher, and she is now a celebrant (which means she can marry people who want to).  “The wisdom we can access through our bodies has woven itself into everything I do. In all of my work and study, my intention is to more fully understand myself, and our shared humanity.”More about Catherine:
catherinewright.co.uk
Catherine's ICMTA profile
 
Anaïs Tamen is an Open Floor teacher based in Alentejo, South Portugal. ICMTA's Marketing & Communications Officer, Anaïs has been working for the association since October 2024. 
 Initially trained in Economics and International Politics, Anaïs has been working as a shiatsu practitioner for the last 17 years, and as a movement teacher and a soul-care therapist since 2017. Anaïs is a dedicated tree planter, and a writer. 
More about Anaïs:
anaistamen.com
Anaïs' ICMTA profile
 
 

Sarah Davies is an Open Floor teacher, founding member and trainer for the current EU teacher training. The book I co-authored; “You, Me and the Space Between Us” was published earlier this year. I’m currently studying for a Gestalt Psychotherapy MA at the Gestalt Centre in London. 
www.waveofenergy.co.uk
Cath Burke is a certified Nonviolent Communication (NVC) trainer, an Open Floor Movement Practice teacher and a Needs-based coach.
She shares what she understands about NVC in public trainings and in organisations. She also coaches individuals and couples and holds regular immersive residential workshops, which include Open Floor dance sessions to support the embodiment of NVC.
www.empathymatters.net

Jo and Christian are dancers, teachers and long standing friends who regularly co-weave multi-layered conversations at a famous local coffee shop in Totnes. This podcast is a slice of a coffee conversation and it got rather long …. We trust all listeners will dip in and out, take a pause, a breath and a moving moment ....Thank you for listening!
Jo Hardy is a Movement Medicine teacher, mentor and was school faculty 2009 - 2020. She is also a 5Rhythms teacher since 2004 (Waves and Heartbeat Level), an Open Floor Teacher, and a psycho-spiritual somatic psychotherapist and supervisor for 35 years. Her fascination for what truly facilitates lasting change has led her to study many perspectives, philosophies and modalities of transformational work and collective co-creative process. She has taught workshops in many places, with a focus on regular programs in Europe and China.https://consciousdancespace.com/
https://facebook.com/ConsciousDanceSpace
https://Instagram.com/consciousdancespace/
Film https://youtube.com/watch?v=6THB9Q5T4_s&t=2s
Music Mixes https://mixcloud.com/johardy
 
Christian de Sousa is an artist, DJ and facilitator, teaching 5Rhythms, Movement Medicine and a weave of Taoist and animist/shamanic approaches to movement and practice. He’s fascinated by the magic of music as an inspirational guiding force for our dances. 
For many years he held large dance spaces and a thriving community in London; his focus since the pandemic has simplified and is currently with solo practice and how we can integrate movement into day-to-day living. 
Website: https://glimpsesoflight.art
The Dancefloor Jedi Project: https://glimpsesoflight.art/dancefloorjedi-library
Monthly deep radio: https://glimpsesoflight.art/transmission/
Instagram: @_glimpses.of.light_