Dan Leven
Legacy Faculty
Dan Leven, RSMT, MPC, a Kripalu Legacy Faculty member, is the founder and director of LIFE Movement, the Leven Institute for Expressive Movement. He is the creator of the integrative approaches to body-mind healing and wellness Shake Your Soul® and SomaSoul® somatic therapy. As a former professional dancer and program director at Kripalu where he co-founded Kripalu Danskinetics™ (now Kripalu YogaDance®), Dan has led numerous workshops and professional certification trainings. Dan holds a Masters in Pastoral Counseling. He is also a faculty member of the Hartford Family Institute, where he trains therapists and healers in Body-Centered Gestalt Psychotherapy.
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Resources
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Listen to Your Emotional Body
Your body will talk to you when you befriend it with compassion. Your body needs you to listen.
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Creative Expression for the Care of the Soul
Sometimes the creative spirit is like a bear hibernating; at other times, it’s like a blossoming field of sunflowers, says Kripalu presenter Dan Leven.
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Learning to Listen to Your Body
Many of us have heard the phrase “listen to your body” while in a yoga class.
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Kripalu Perspectives: Movement, Dance, and Healing with Daniel Leven
Dan Leven discusses how dance engages the brain, opens the heart, and fosters vitality in people of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of experience.
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The Science of Dance: Seven Ways that Movement Makes Us Happier and Healthier
Research indicates that dancing can boost our mood, self-esteem, and fitness levels; reduce stress; and even help us recover from trauma.
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The Dance of Yoga, the Yoga of Dance
The Kripalu School of Yoga has added dance trainings from three longtime Kripalu faculty members to its 1000-hour offerings.
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