Doreen Tönjes

is a dancer, meditation teacher, founder of the Space for Stillness and Movement in Oldenburg, co-founder of the Soul Motion Institute. Her roots are in competitive sports before she studied sports science at university. Many years of experience in Nia, Modern Dance, Gurdjeff Movements and dance improvisation. On her spiritual path she practiced OSHO meditations for a long time, met Thich Nhat Hanh and currently follows the work of Thomas Hübl. In her encounters with people she brings simplicity, care and a wide unconditional heart.

Edgar Spieker

is an authorized Soul Motion Teacher, co-founder of the Soul Motion Institute, a dance therapist, and a psychotherapist (Heilpraktiker). He has a background as a musician and singer and has been teaching various forms of dance and vocal expression for more than 25 years. His most important core values that guide him in every workshop, in every encounter with participants and clients are sincerity, authenticity and clarity. His passion is to accompany people who want to grow into their full potential.

Sandra Kocher

Co-Teacher in Part 1

is a Soul Motion Embodied Leader, freedance teacher, mental trainer and psychological consultant. She has been leading seminars on holistic health for almost 20 years. Sandra supports people in overcoming fears, stress, crises and insecurities in order to be strengthened and free to develop their skills and potential to the full. To take on the sunny and dark sides, so to speak, in order to fully blossom. She offers space for personal development. Room for diversity. Space for humanity. Her motto in life: "Beauty is everywhere" - discover the wonders in and around us. In dance, in conversation, in nature. For a joyful, lively and meaningful togetherness.

Lili Imboden

Assisting Co-Teacher in Part 2

Lili teaches Esalen Massage and understands this form of bodywork as a dance around the table in which all elements of Soul Motion are integrated. Soul Motion dancing means for her the healing dialogue between inside and outside and the creative exploration of flow and stillness. Singing, dancing, touching and moving are both life source and magic potion for her. She loves to share this with people and to inspire groups with this very own body medicine. Soul Motion helps her to reconnect with herself again and again in order to face everyday life with ease. Lili runs a practice for Craniosacral work and Esalen Massage and teaches at Kientalerhof in Switzerland.

Marcella Panseri

Assisting Co-Teacher in Part 2

I’m a human being in process. Sometimes I walk forward, sometimes I stumble, I fall down, I fail. Sometimes I feel invincible, sometimes fragile as if I had the heart of a butterfly. The body is my home, the movement is my way to explore who I am. Day by day, accepting what’s out there. I’m a certified teacher of Soul Motion and 5Rhythms. 8 years ago, I founded with Nishta Prem ConsciousDanceItaly to unify all the practices and grow in a common field.

Michael Molin-Skelton

Co-Teacher in Part 3

"Here are a few things that I hold sacred:
The love of my life – Anneli
The miracle of that love – jaylan
Integrity, justice, diversity
Friends that cherish and challenge me
Resilience
Hugs (even more now than ever)
Trust, hope
Connection
Choice, permission
Dancing alone, dancing with you
Truth (it’s complicated)
Transparency
Love."

Winky Wheeler

Co-Teacher in Part 3

studied with the founder of Soul Motion, Vincent Martínez-Grieco, since 1996. She founded Momentum Studios in Portland, Oregon and her own dance format, Morning Sojourn. She says: "I see inhabiting the body through dance as a powerful and transformative act on the path of self-discovery, personal change and fully engaged living. I delight in the way it ignites our creativity, draws us deeper into ourselves, influences our daily lives and brings us closer to The Mystery."