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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