bdanced.com
Wild Life Productions,  LLC.
with
Melissa Michaels Ed.D. and Friends
 
Welcome to our site

~ Honoring the synergistic needs of body, heart, soul, and Spirit
in healthy human development ~

We are dedicated to bringing somatic, social, and soul based
tools of transformation and awakening
into educational settings around the globe.

Currently, we are navigating through exciting organizational shifts, preparing for ongoing trainings, apprenticeships, along with a new wave of cross - cultural work with youth. During this time of change, we ask for your patience.

Please take time to get to know a little about us by enjoying our photo gallery, newsletter, film shorts and images of some of our work around the globe thus far. Information if also available about our historical events and what others have said about their experiences in these body-centered transformational programs.

This season, our traditional Movement Mass with Melissa will continue. Please join us.

Surfing The CreativePlease see SomaSource® Programs for information about our Classes, Workshops, and Rites of Passage Adventures.

Surfing the Creative®
2012 Movement Based Rites of Passage Experiences
Click here for more information

Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming programs and how to participate. We look forward to connecting with you in the near future.

~ Blessings on your dancing path ~

Melissa Michaels

 
Melissa Michaels, Ed.D., is the Founder and Director of SomaSource®, Surfing The Creative® International Youth Rites of Passage Programs, & Golden Bridge, our not-for-profit organization. She creates movement based cross-cultural educational opportunities focusing on the potential that is available at major life thresholds. Mapping the journey from trauma to dynamic well-being, her work utilizes somatic & social arts to establish body and heart as resources for authentic expression. Rooted in rhythm and fueled by breath, this work inspires the sacred union between Spirit, flesh, psyche, and deed.

Melissa creates safe and provocative learning environments that support communities in the embodied exploration of how to creatively catalyze awakening and connection. Recognizing the essential need for the body in our conversations about how to serve the next generation, she developed these comprehensive programs for assisting youth, and the adults who serve them, as they access their kinesthetic intelligence and their inherent capacity to move with grace, focus, and freedom.

Melissa mothers two daughters, one college graduate actively serving under privileged youth and one currently in high school. She also mentors youth across the globe as they navigate their way home to themselves and to their unique life gifts.
 


rooted in 5 Rhythms™
 
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