Peony Somatic Dance with Christine Serfozo

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Peony Somatic Dance with Christine Serfozo

Building community, healing, and joy through breath-based movement play.
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Classes online and at Heartfelt Yoga Studio, Columbus, OH (This page and my work is an AI-free zone)

01/12/2026

01/09/2026

I ask myself this question at least once a week and often more lately.

Trust me… I spend a lot of time thinking about the necessity of my work in our current context. I question the need and if it’s trivial or even frivolous. Thankfully I have some good people in my circles who pull me back from that. In particular, Linda Soto (whom many of you know), said somethin...

01/08/2026

Miguel Ángel García-Hernández
Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
Keith Porter
Renee Nicole Good*

01/07/2026

INHERENTLY modified. The processes are friendly to all bodies at all stages of life no matter ability.

After 17 years of teaching, I've created methods based in trauma theory, neuroscience, and healthy biomechanics that are especially helpful for mental health.

(And please note: If cost is prohibitive, message me.)

Go here or click link in bio: https://christineserfozo.com/current-online-classes

01/06/2026

New studies are constantly coming out that show dance is uniquely suited to helping with depression and anxiety. One of the reasons? It's a whole brain activity in ways that other movement is not. (I will start sharing links to studies in blog posts.)

A crucial part of Peony Somatic Dance is playful movement prompts. Here we were working with our brain maps by holding an object as we moved, and yes, Sarah is holding a disco hand. Because 😁

01/05/2026

All humans are dancers. All humans' brain health is connected to moving. That said, for some of us, dance is even more crucial to our mental health. You know who you are. And you know that I know how hard this can be. If you ever need music or accountability, just ask.

01/02/2026

Devotion over resolution: may this new year bring us all more ease and justice and deep community care.

01/01/2026

This is pretty much all we're asking...

12/31/2025

The turning of the calendar doesn't have to be more or less than just that, but we can use it as a gate to look back and then forward at the same time. Take a moment to pause and notice where your devotion lies versus where you want it to lie.

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.

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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.