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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09/05/2025

Hard truth that annoys me too: Again with freaking consistency. After MONTHS of moving more, including weights + lots of tennis, I am finally noticing more strength + a lightness to the way my body moves. BUT MY GOD the patience this takes. Keep GOING.

09/04/2025

All flourishing is mutual. (Robin Wall Kimmerer)

More lessons arising from the tennis court:And it hit me suddenly a few days ago: rushing is one of my most deeply embed...
09/03/2025

More lessons arising from the tennis court:

And it hit me suddenly a few days ago: rushing is one of my most deeply embedded trauma responses. I am always making sure to do what’s been asked of me as fast as possible so there is no anger.

But there are layers

Of course, there are.

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When I was in graduate school completing my MA in English (and half of another in History before depression settled in and ruined all the things), I worked at the university I was attending and one of my professors would walk past my desk and say, “FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER!” He thought he was funn...

The more I focus on movement in my day to day -- getting to the gym, dancing, playing tennis -- the more it feels even m...
09/02/2025

The more I focus on movement in my day to day -- getting to the gym, dancing, playing tennis -- the more it feels even more urgently necessary that I focus on getting MORE movement. You can get to a point in being rather sedentary where you no longer notice the lack... the disconnect is so strong that it feels normal. Then when you finally get going again, it's a FLOOD of need... (My thoughts on this are just forming...)

09/01/2025

May your day include some joyful play. Happy September!

08/29/2025

When was the last time you were in a flow state in your body, not "thinking" about anything outside of what you were doing? Spend more time doing those things that take you there.

Moving together is community care. Anthropologically, many believe dancing started because humans would move together to...
08/28/2025

Moving together is community care. Anthropologically, many believe dancing started because humans would move together to look bigger, to scare off a threat. I love that. It explains why we still, to this day, get a thrill from watching large groups move in unison.

Moving together is ritual whether we're conscious of it or not. It doesn't have to be shared steps; shared space + energy + experience is enough to bond us. Healthy, safe spaces to be together on this primal level is needed more than ever.

(Elder Dancers: Jane, Flo, and Rosemary)

08/27/2025

I have been called a bleeding heart since I was quite young. It was used as an insult, but all I could think about was what it said about the person flinging it at me like that. Our bleeding hearts are our gift, especially on these days that bring such grief.

For me, it's dance and tennis and some kundalini yoga, pilates, walking, biking, rolling around on the floor... What's y...
08/26/2025

For me, it's dance and tennis and some kundalini yoga, pilates, walking, biking, rolling around on the floor... What's your movement play menu consist of?

08/25/2025

Hard truth that annoys me too: to increase mobility, to lighten your mind, to feel at ease in your body... these things will take a LOT MORE EFFORT than you want them to. Get comfortable with that idea and devote yourself to CONSTANCY.

Just the start of some thoughts on this:We often talk about “those people” and don’t recognize what living in this s**t ...
08/22/2025

Just the start of some thoughts on this:

We often talk about “those people” and don’t recognize what living in this s**t stew has done to the rest of us, because it has done something and I’m noticing it more and more during this god awful second administration from hell...

We could blame it on COVID, but I think it goes back before that to a certain person coming down a golden escalator. Cruelty suddenly became the norm in public discourse in a way we’d never experienced before. Our highest political leader who is supposed to, at the very least, exhibit high levels ...

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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.