Embodied Movement

Sense: Body

A pop up dance/ movement class

What is it like to move from the inside out?

To receive your own movement as nourishment rather than performance or effort on the road towards achievement?

Where you don’t have to fit into a particular shape, achieve a particular goal or get it “right”?

To touch into your life force, however strong or quiet, and allow it to take you to new places?

Please join me for this emergent offering where we start with the breath, we start from where we are. Gentle invitations of arriving, exploring and moving unhurriedly make way to finding our core and center making way to connecting with our flow, intuition and play.

At its simplest, it might be a fun artful way to stretch, strengthen and tend to your physical body. At its depths, it might be a way to remember your wholeness, to reconnect with your aliveness and creativity and to embody new ways of being that you can take out into the world.

Inspired by dance, somatics and yoga practices.

No experience needed. All bodies welcome.

Mountain View Studio, Woodstock, NY

Wed Oct 14th, 9-10:15 AM

Suggested donation $15-$20. No one turned away for lack of funds.

For more information or to register email me at c.vonhemert@gmail.com

Gentle Yoga for the Nervous System

We share breath with each other and the trees.

The same mysterious animating force is in all of us. Our breath can influence our minds, our minds can influence our bodies and vice versa. We are unique, individual beings in separate physical bodies in living in very different social contexts and we are part of a greater whole. Therefore, my approach is a holistic one.

I honor the deep lineage of yoga which stems from India’s Hindu roots. I aim in my teaching and practice to appreciate the tradition, rather than appropriate it. I also view yoga as a living tradition and practice; one that has always adapted to the times and the people. Therefore I feel congruent to combine yogic movements with somatic movements and other concepts that are helpful for myself and my student’s living in today’s modern world in a practice that I call Gentle Yoga for the Nervous System.

  • Inclusivity

  • Self-study (svadyaya): Exploration, curiosity, inner-listening, self-reflection

  • Present moment awareness

  • Agency, choice and establishing inner-authority

  • Rest, rejuvenation, nourishment

  • Right-sized challenges

TESTIMONIALS

  • Healing

  • Insight

  • Embodied recognition that we are part of something greater

  • Deep love for our very human selves as we are

  • Living our practice in the world

Dance Trainings and Experiences

  • Tamalpa Life/Art Process® Level 1. 2026-2027

  • Sygyzy Outreach Movement Facilitator Training. 2018

  • Qoya Intro and Initiation Teacher Trainings. 2016

  • Taught Guided Dance Journeys, Life at Amed 2015-2016.

  • Hula study with Jonathan Kaleikaukeha Kimo Lopez. 2013-2015

  • Flamenco study with Yaelisa, La Tania and Danica Sena 2010-2013

  • Alvin Ailey/ Fordham University BFA (West African, Graham, Horton, Ballet). 1998-2000

  • Company Member, Festival Ballet of Rhode Island 1993 -1998

Yoga Trainings and Certifications

  • 500-RYT Yoga Teacher

  • Viveka Subtle Body- Online 50-hour module with Annie Carpenter. 2021

  • Radiant Body Yoga 300-Hour Teacher Training Modules with Kia Miller. 2016-2020

  • Panca Bhuta 250-Hour Yoga Training with Richard Rosen and Mary Paffard. 2019

  • Radiant Body Yoga 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training with Kia Miller. 2016

  • Sarah Power’s Insight Yoga 100-Hour Yin/ Insight Yoga Training. 2015

  • Jivani Yoga 300-Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training. 2015

  • Golden Bridge 200-Hour Yoga Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training with Gurmukh. 2015• Gentle Yoga

“One must be connected with their breath to feel their body. A connection to the body allows one to feel their heart. A connection with the heart allows one to become clear about their values so that they may connect with their humanity.”

– Michelle C. Johnson

What People are Saying

  • “Charlotte is truly a gifted healer. Her authentic presence, warm accompaniment, and patience is indeed the only thing that has allowed me to choose to engage with remnants of decades old shards of trauma. The wisdom derived from a combination of her SE and yogic trainings integrated with her own healing journey creates real hope and possibilities for my own healing and re-embodiment. I’m grateful for her walking with me in my path to retake ownership of my own body and the wonder of being in this world fully present and integrated.”

    C.L.

  • “Charlotte came into my life and made some major positive changes that I had been struggling to make for years. I had been on antidepressants for years, and my condition was quite bad. I had tried the best available medical help and psychotherapists around me over the years. I was very hopeless and just flailing in the dark for help. Then, by destiny or coincidence, I met Charlotte, and now every time I see her, I thank life. Just seeing her and hearing her voice makes me feel calm and peaceful. She is not just a great practitioner but also a very compassionate human being. What she has done for me is unbelievable. We live on opposite sides of the globe, but she has still been able to give me the kind of comfort and support that I have never felt before in any of my psychotherapy sessions or anywhere else. She is an amazing person and a very smart and intelligent SE therapist. Highly recommend.”

    S.R.

  • I have had the pleasure of working with Charlotte for the past 6 months and I highly recommend her as a somatic practitioner! She has a gift for creating a nurturing space where I feel safe, heard, and supported. Her compassionate and non-judgmental presence helps me feel more at ease exploring whatever emerges every session. I feel validated in my experience and feel guided to build a stronger connection with my body. What I appreciate the most about Charlotte's approach is that she offers choice and honors the pace at which I feel comfortable going. I never feel pressured to explore or share more than I'm ready to, and I appreciate that she provides options to help me feel in control of my own healing journey, which I feel is so important. The sessions with Charlotte feel gentle and well-paced, never overwhelming. I am deeply appreciative of how she understands my unique needs and ensures that the sessions are tailor-made to what works best for me. It's reassuring to see that a practitioner cares for my overall well-being. I am grateful for the work that Charlotte and I have done together. I cannot recommend her enough as a practitioner!

    Supraja

  • Charlotte continues to hold space for me so beautifully where I'm able to tune in and express (and eventually release) physical AND emotional pieces that cause me discomfort and overwhelm. In our sessions without fail I am blown open (in the best way possible) and blown away by all that I discover that my precious body has been holding. Charlotte calmly guides me and lets me take my time while processing. I get to a place of clarity and lightness that I am so so grateful to her for. She is both calm and incredibly encouraging, what a gift! With complete honesty I can say that our sessions together are truly incredible. I recommend working with Charlotte to anyone that’s ready to explore themselves in a safe, supportive environment!

    M. Rutigliano