Jennifer Lucero-Earle, Photo by Walter Zamojski
Jennifer Lucero-Earle, Photo by Walter Zamojski

Let me move you! I offer classes, workshops, retreats and custom experiences with Somos Luceros, ArcanaDance™, Embodied Movement Explorations for Body Wisdom and Wellness, and Somatic Dance-Yoga. I also guide transformative somatic education experiences as a somatic movement therapist.

I believe my purpose in life is to serve as a conduit for others to awaken to the wisdom and joy of the body.

I am a somatic therapist and educator, and I love to say that I am a somatic alchemist. I create and facilitate embodied movement experiences that support you in having a more loving, kind, pleasurable, respectful and empowered relationship with your body. I want you to feel vital, whole, strong, flexible, mobile, stable and in harmony with your unique body.

Whether it’s through Somos Luceros, ArcanaDance™, Embodied Movement Explorations for Body Wisdom and Wellness, or Somatic Dance-Yoga, I am a masterful embodied movement facilitator, bringing compassion, playfulness and joy to any experience. My guidance is simple, clear and will allow you to move your body in ways that honor and align with your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual capabilities and values.

My maiden name, Lucero, means “bright star.” I am excited to move, groove and share my light with you.

Movement Offerings

Somos Luceros – We are light, embodied. Somos Luceros is a somatic dance practice designed to illuminate the wisdom of your body and cultivate deep embodiment of archetypal qualities that offer lightness, depth and joy. The dance moves are simple and guided by the language of storytelling, opening new chapters in our bodies where we can see and feel our most luminous potential. Release the stories in your body that weigh you down and reclaim your light. In Spanish, Somos means “we are” and Luceros means “bringers of light” or “bright stars.” This name honors my father, my paternal indigenous ancestors in South America, my heritage, and our collective oldest ancestor, the stars. We are dancing bodies of light.

Embodied Movement Explorations for Body Wisdom and Wellness  – A fusion of somatic movement practices that includes dance (including Shake Your Soul & Nia), yoga, QiGong, archetypal expression (mainly tarot), and other modalities that emphasize mindfulness and that guide self-knowing. In this class we center the experience of living, feeling, sensing and moving in our bodies. We learn practices to know ourselves more deeply, cultivate joy, restore from stress, explore creative self-expression, and ways to nourish the various systems (fluid, muscular, skeletal, organ, nervous, and cellular) of our body. Move your body, develop a deeper appreciation for the intelligence and wisdom of your body, and to learn practices to be well in mind, body, heart and soul.

ArcanaDance™ – The tarot, embodied. If tarot cards could dance, this is what they’d look like!  Created by me, ArcanaDance™ is a fusion of tarot and movement that feels like dance therapy. Arcana is defined as a secret. Dance is defined as movement to music. When fused together, ArcanaDance™ is defined as a secret that is revealed through movement.

Somatic Interludes – A somatic interlude is a pause from your day to tend to yourself. We meet once a week, for one hour via Zoom, to take a break in community. During this hour there is no expectation or pressure to be anything or anyone other than who you are in the moment. This is a no pressure container to get to know yourself, and the voice of your body, more deeply. Together, we explore introductory somatic therapeutic practices designed to offer space for self-reflection, revelations, resourcing, and respite for our mind, heart, body and spirit. Practices include journaling, simple drawing, guided movement, mindfulness practices, and nervous system supporting breath and body sequences.

Coming Home to Ourselves Somatic Dance-Yoga Practice brings together movement as metaphor with the expanse of yoga with the intent to guide us to deeper embodiment beyond the yoga mat. These classes include simple yoga postures in dance form, mindfulness prompts, various meditation practices, the application of mantra (in English and Sanskrit), mudras, and the weaving in of the rich and deep yoga philosophy that guides us into deeper levels of self-knowing.

Stretch and Fly, co-created by me and Liziah Richards (www.liziahtherapies.com) is a unique empowering movement practice that combines simple dance moves and yoga. Experience original choreography that blends flowing movement and dynamic stillness.

Movement Lineage

All of my somatic movement offerings draw from trainings and various experiences, over the course of three decades, in the following modalities: SomaSoul Somatic Therapy (Leven Institute), Shake Your Soul® the Yoga of Dance, Yoga Practices (all 8 limbs), QiGong, Nia (Classic, Moving to Heal, 52 Moves, and Nia 5 Stages), African Dance, Afro-Caribbean dance, Orixa Dance, Life-Art Process (Anna Halprin, Tamalpa Institute), and BrainDance (Anne Green Gilbert, Creative Dance Center).

With deep thanks to my many somatic movement, expressive arts, and experiential healing teachers and trainers over the past thirty years: Dan Leven, Heather Bilotta, Sage Brody, Staci K. Haines, Linda Thai, Debbie Rosas, Carlos Rosas, Britta Von Tagen, Ann Christiansen, Dr. Robert Woodbine, Gary Kraftsow, Bud Stone EdD, Shari Specland, David Darling, Thomas (Tom) Myers, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Jean Houston, Stanley Krippner, Monika Kretschmar, Barbara Sarah, Anna Halprin, Anne Green Gilbert, Dr. Giordana Grossi, Aileen Panke, Steve Rosa, Youssouf Koumbassa, M’Bemba Bangoura, Susanna Barkataki, and many more.

Training & Certifications
Registered Somatic Movement Therapist & Educator (RSMT/RSME), The International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA) – 2023-2024

SomaSoul Somatic Therapy, the Leven Institute,  2020-2022.

Shake Your Soul® the Yoga of Dance, Levels 1 and 2, the Leven Institute – 2022-2023

Healing the Legacy of Historical and Transgenerational Trauma: Addressing the ambiguous losses of adult children of refugees and immigrants with Linda Thai – 2022

Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies Certificate Levels 1-3 with Linda Thai, Collectively Rooted – 2022

BrainDance, The Creative Dance Center – 2022

Four Seasons (Medical) QiGong 12-24 month training, Urban QiFit – 2021-2022

Six Healing Sounds (QiGong), The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), 2022

Somatics, Trauma, and Resilience, the Strozzi Institute | Embodied Leadership – 2021

Yoga & the Autonomic Nervous System with Gary Kraftsow, The American Viniyoga Institute (AVI®) and 8 Limbs Yoga Centers – 2021

300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification, Honor Yogas Roots, Ignite Institute for Yogic Studies and Social Change – 2020-2021.

200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification, Yoga Blue School – 2020

Social Artistry: Discovering the Creative Dimensions of Leadership with Jean Houston, Meridian University – 2019

Nia Technique: White, Blue, Brown, Black and First Degree Black Belts, Nia 5 Stages, Moving to Heal, and 52 Moves. Certifications completed between 2010-2018.

Master of Arts, Experiential Health and Healing with emphasis on somatic awareness, The Graduate Institute – 2003-2005.

Bachelor of Arts, Physiological Psychology, State University of New York (SUNY) New Paltz, 2003 

Class Schedule

Currently all classes are held via Zoom on Wednesdays at 9AM PDT and Sundays at 10AM PDT.
Workshops are held on Saturdays and series offerings are held on Fridays.

See my calendar for these special classes and events.

Upcoming classes – Class registration links are updated every Thursday. 

Join me for classes on Sundays and Fridays (in June) and once a month on Saturdays.

 

 
Somos Luceros – Dance of Opening to Twists and Turns: An Embodied Exploration of Changing Direction (via Zoom)

No classes from May 18 – June 8, 2023. I am traveling for a funeral due to a death in my family and will be spending additional time with my loved ones. Next class is June 11, 2023.

Date: Sunday, June 11, 2023 

Class Time: 10:00AM PDT

Time Zones: 10:00AM PDT | 11:00AM MDT | 12:00PM CDT | 1:00PM EDT

Pay what you can in exchange for the class experience ($5-$25).

Class is one hour.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvfu2uqD4uG9HX3kVbPnEHJXqtr8NsyRMq#/registration

Join us for the Dance of Opening to Twists and Turns: An Embodied Exploration of Changing Direction

_SL Dance of Opening to Twists and Turns June 11You’ve likely been there…something in you opens to a new possibility. You want this something new. You know in your soul that the new direction is necessary for your growth and evolution. And then a voice creeps in that begins to play out all the twists and turns that changing direction may take. Your impending change may now be accompanied by both excitement and anxiety. We can ride the joy of the excitement and respect that anxiety is here as a cautionary presence to protect us. In times like this, it’s so good to slow down and become a dance partner with change.

Our embodied invitation for this dance is to open to the twists and turns. To flow with, between and through changes of direction.

This class is a fusion of Nia and movement repertoires based on the fluids of the body from Shake Your Soul (Leven Institute).

Somos Luceros is a somatic dance practice designed to illuminate the wisdom of your body and cultivate deep embodiment of archetypal qualities that offer lightness, depth and joy. The dance moves are simple and guided by the language of storytelling, opening new chapters in our bodies where we can see and feel our most luminous potential. Release the stories in your body that weigh you down and reclaim your light. In Spanish, Somos means “we are” and Luceros means “bringers of light” or “bright stars.” This name honors my father, my paternal indigenous ancestors in South America, my heritage, and our collective oldest ancestor, the stars. We are dancing bodies of light.

The dance moves are simple and guided by the language of storytelling. You are invited to receive the choreography, bring it into your body and make it your own.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the class/meeting.

Pay what you can in exchange for the class experience:

What to wear and have with you:

  • Have the Zoom link/meeting ID and password provided to you by Zoom (confirmation of your registration).
  • Wear comfortable clothes to move in freely.
  • We dance barefoot but if you need the additional support, feel free to wear flexible (and comfy!) sneakers or shoes.
  • Have water nearby so that you can stay hydrated.
  • Feel free to have a yoga mat, towel or chair for our last song.
  • Optional: Earbuds or wireless headset. You may want to use a wireless headset/headphones – it appears to be a good way to hear the music more clearly. If not, feel free to hook up a speaker to your laptop, tablet or phone OR use the speaker in the device you are using. It’s all good! Make the choice that feels right for you.


Embodied Movement Explorations for Body Wisdom and Wellness: Solar Powered Dance (via Zoom)

No classes from May 18 – June 8, 2023. I am traveling for a funeral due to a death in my family and will be spending additional time with my loved ones. Next class is June 9, 2023.

Date: Friday, June 9, 2023

Class Time: 9:00AM Pacific Time 

Time Zones: 9:00AM PDT, 10:00AM MDT, 11:00AM CDT, 12:00PM EDT

Pay what you can in exchange for the class experience ($5-$25).

Class is one hour.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwode2hqzoiGNNYo5SdEza7JGR2LOPDR7yG#/registration

Join us for Embodied Movement Explorations for Body Wisdom and Wellness: Solar Powered Dance

Note: June classes will be held on Fridays at 9AM PST. We will return to Wednesdays at 9AM PDT in July.

EME June 9Our focus for the month of June is Solar Powered: Dancing with and Celebrating our Inner and Outer Suns

Our guiding tarot card for this class is the Sun. The Summer Solstice arrives on June 21st and we will be celebrating the bright and warm days in the Northern Hemisphere.

The embodied invitation of this class is to honor our outer sun, the planet that shines its light and ignites things to living form, and also honor our inner sun, our powerful solar plexus.

We will be drawing from movement patterns from ArcanaDance, Nia, Shake Your Soul, and QiGong.

Body wisdom is being aware of and attuned to what our body needs to feel well. This somatic intelligence and tending can be accessed and cultivated in many ways.

In this class we center the experience of living, feeling, sensing and moving in our bodies. We learn practices to know ourselves more deeply, cultivate joy, restore from stress, explore creative self-expression, and ways to nourish the various systems (fluid, muscular, skeletal, organ, nervous, and cellular) of our body.

Every week we will explore a variety of somatic movement practices that include somatic dance, yoga, QiGong, archetypal expression (mainly tarot), and other modalities that emphasize mindfulness and that guide self-knowing.

This is not a “fitness” class. This is a wellness class. Come to move your body, develop a deeper appreciation for the intelligence and wisdom of your body, and to learn practices to be well in mind, body, heart and soul.

Wear comfortable clothes to move in. No shoes required. Feel free to have a yoga mat, blanket or towel for floor-based practices.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the class/meeting.

Pay what you can – Here is the info to make a payment of your choice, in exchange for the class experience:

Some helpful tips:

  • If you are not familiar with Zoom, this webpage offers excellent instructions: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting
  • Log in to Zoom a few minutes (5-10) beforehand. If you arrive late, after I start teaching, I won’t be able to grant you access to the room. When you log in, you will virtually ushered into a “waiting room.” As soon as I see that you are there, I will grant you access to enter the Zoom room where we will be dancing together. This extra time also allows us to greet each other, check in and play with the sound together 😉
  • You may want to use a wireless headset – it appears to be a good way to hear the music more clearly. If not, feel free to hook up a speaker to your laptop, tablet or phone OR use the speaker in the device you are using. It’s all good!
  • Find a place where you have some room to move around freely.
  • When entering the Zoom meeting, put yourself on mute.
  • Make Sure Your Sound and Video are ON – there’s a way to test this on your screen.
  • Select “Speaker View” on the top right corner of your screen to have the image of me large and clear.
  • Enjoy the class and each other <3

 


Somatic Interludes: A Space for Reflection, Revelation, Resourcing and Respite via Zoom (live)

Weekly ongoing one-hour sessions

Tuesdays, 9AM – 10AM PDT – Ongoing
Note: Classes will be on break from May 18-June 9. Classes will resume in Summer 2023.

Time Zones: 9AM PDT/10AM MDT/11AM CDT/12PM EDT

Pay what you can in exchange for the class experience: $15-$35

Each class is one hour.

Register: Registration link will be posted here when classes resume after June 2023.

Join us for Somatic Interludes: A Space for Reflection, Revelation, Resourcing and Respite

SI Tuesdays BLANK (1)A somatic interlude is a pause from your day to tend to yourself.

We meet once a week, for one hour via Zoom, to take a break in community.

During this hour there is no expectation or pressure to be anything or anyone other than who you are in the moment. This is a no pressure container to get to know yourself, and the voice of your body, more deeply.

Together, we will explore introductory somatic therapeutic practices designed to offer space for self-reflection, revelations, resourcing, and respite for our mind, heart, body and spirit.

Practices include journaling, simple drawing, guided movement, mindfulness practices, and nervous system supporting breath and body sequences.

This is a space to learn practices and to deepen them.

We explore Somatic Awareness, Safety as an Anchor, the Lungs and Breath, the Heart and Connection, the Guts and Power, and practices that allow the Body to Speak.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the class/meeting.

Payment options:– Here is the info to make a payment of your choice, in exchange for the class experience:

 

ArcanaDance™ – Ignite, Imagine, Intuit & Initiate: Exploring the Four Aces of the Minor Arcana with Tarot & Movement (via Zoom)

Date: Saturday, June 24, 2023

Workshop Time: 12:00PM PDT – 2:00PM PDT (two hours)

Time Zones: 12:00PM PDT | 1:00PM MDT | 2:00PM CDT | 3:00PM EDT

Pay what you can in exchange, recommended: $35-$60

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlcu-ppz0qH9Wim5yjsmjpx8C3YYxRQGM3#/registration

Join us for ArcanaDance™ – Ignite, Imagine, Intuit & Initiate: Exploring the Four Aces of the Minor Arcana with Tarot & Movement

ArcanaDance Four Aces June 2023The workshop is two hours, held live via Zoom and will not be recorded.

During this ArcanaDance™ workshop we will explore, through tarot and movement, the four invitations of the Aces of the minor arcana:
– Ace of Wands/Fire – Ignite
– Ace of Swords/Air – Imagine
– Ace of Cups/Water – Intuit
– Ace of Pentacles/Earth – Initiate

In the tarot, the four Aces are the beginnings of their element/suit. Each one contains the full potential available for the journey ahead. And each one is connected to the thread of the Magician’s (major arcana) vision and potential for manifestation.

We will explore embodied movement patterns with each Ace and using additional tarot cards, we will discover what aspects of our lives we feel ready a fresh start, full of potential and wrapped in magic!

No tarot or dance experience is required.

ArcanaDance™ is a fusion of tarot and movement that feels like dance therapy! Using imagery, music and guided movement prompts, ArcanaDance™ makes personal growth fun, empowering, multidimensional and transformative

What to bring with you:
A journal, pen, and tarot deck.

If you do not have a tarot deck, Jennifer will send you links to some online apps that you can use for the workshop.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the class/meeting.

Pay what you can in exchange for this two-hour workshop (recommended: $35-$60):

*This workshop will not be recorded. ArcanaDance™ experiences are personal. To protect our personal and collective privacy of the group, the workshop will not be recorded.

 

See special classes, workshops and retreat offerings here.

 

Bring a workshop or retreat to you

Invite me to customize an experience for your group, circle, organization, company or institution. I’ve facilitated custom movement experiences for sister circles, women’s groups, wellness groups, the University of Washington (UW), UW Medicine, Seattle Yoni Ki Baat (YKB), Northwest Tarot Symposium, and The Readers Studio, an international tarot conference. I can bring a Tarot, ArcanaDance™, Somos Luceros, or a Somatic Dance-Yoga class, workshop or mini-retreat to you.

Contact me at jennifer@jenniferluceroearle.com to discuss options.