“The human body is the best picture of the human soul” Ludwig Wittgenstein
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SOUL is an eco-friendly centre situated in Titirangi in the lush rainforest on the west coast of Auckland.
It is created as an environmentally friendly space to pursue a holistic, artistic, integrated organic lifestyle. Enjoy weekly classes, weekend workshops, monthly programs, teacher training opportunities and lifestyle packages that support and integrate dance, art, creativity and spirituality into everyday life.
SOUL’s onsite clinic offers personalized consultations and treatments, in, remedial, relaxation and luxury massage, movement education, cranio-sacral therapy, counseling, and holistic sports training. These treatments can be used to enhance a full body-mind program or on their own for a unique, tranquil experience.
"What can I say except I am growing at the same rate as I am dissolving –
that I am nothing and feel my relationship to all things – hanging over the edge of the
self and learning to fly"
"I felt integrated, like I was reclaiming a part of myself"
"I am not a dancer, but I felt like one today"
- Workshop participants
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Schedules and Information to download
Workshops and Intensives, Summer 2012
January 2012 Weekly Classes
Clinic Menu (coming soon)
SOUL Birth
Teacher and Practitioner Trainings
SOUL Business
BOOKINGS FOR SOUL BUSINESS
- AUCKLAND MUSEUM
Internships and Volunteer Roles
(SOUL is) The leading somatics centre in New Zealand and a hub for global somatics practice -
Sondra Fraleigh in her new book Butoh: Metamorphic Dance and Global Alchemy
The Soul Centre is a wonderful facility and home for many exciting body awareness programs. It's one of the few serious body/movement therapy centres in Australasia and maintains a deep living presence in the teaching space that supports many courses and teachers from all over the world. This is one of my favourite places to teach and I always leave rejuvenated and inspired.
Ged Sumner — Body Intelligence Training
Hi Willa, I feel great after the cranio work we did last evening. My breath comes slow long and easy. Is this really how I am supposed to feel ?!? Thank you for making me feel comfortable and safe in this journey. — Graham
Nothing I’ve tried has done so much to bring me into physical and spiritual harmony with myself and others - Student of SRT
At every level, from the therapy to the staff to the facility, the Soul Centre provides excellence and expertise in somatic practice. It rivals any place I’ve been in the whole planet
Michael J. Shea, PhD. — Cranio Educator
What can I say except I am growing at the same rate as I am dissolving — that I am nothing and feel my relationship to all things — hanging over the edge of the self and learning to fly. - Student of SRT
I very much love SOUL, I love the energy I feel when I’m here – I love cleaning SOUL and doing restorative yoga poses in the quiet on Friday afternoons. I can relax here. Thank you for that.
Love Lou Taylor — Soul workstudy participant
"I felt integrated, like I was reclaiming a part of myself"
John Munro, school teacher — SRT workshop
"I am not a dancer, but I felt like one today"
- Aniela Pojar — SOUL Intern (about SRT workshop)
Soul Centre was a perfect place for my Mandala workshop: beautiful surroundings, modern decor, and plenty of parking. And it was so useful to have Wila greet the participants as they arrived, so that I could concentrate on setting up the space. She is a gracious and beautiful host. - Raewyn Holloway Sacred Mandala
Wilhemeena is one of the top somatic practitioners in New Zealand and someone at the forefront of combining somatics with creative practice. Her work as a choreographer, somatic practitioner, and teacher contributes significantly to the development of dance and has been inspiring students and audiences for over a decade. What sets SOUL apart from other centers for somatic studies is the way in which it nurtures and supports professional creative practice.
- Brenton Surgenor Senior Lecturer-Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Wilhemeena’s work and studio SOUL are offering New Zealander’s a vital center for somatic knowledge and art making that exist nowhere else in New Zealand. Somatics are an essential part of any dance training in addition to offering us tools for health and wellbeing at every level. Wilhemeena’s dedication to spreading this knowledge is the key to her passionate teaching, performing, dance making, bodywork practice and business of running SOUL. - Olive Beiringa — The Body Cartography Project (USA)
I love what SOUL is about, it is a safe place for me, to learn, to explore, to create, and be in relationship with myself and others. I feel I naturally contribute to its existence, with my own heart and Soul; this means its not just the hours I work when I am there, it’s the way I am there, how I talk about SOUL, also on the outside, which becomes part of referring people to SOUL through my own participation...
I guess this is community building, we draw people to what we love, by the way we are in the world...Ingrid Nagl — workstudy participant
Typing and clicking a mouse on my computer all day is the nature of the work I do. I’ve suffered from a sore wrist because of it for ages. However, receiving a weekly massage from you seems to have completely alleviated my RSI symptoms. I now have no pain in my wrist thanks to your weekly treatments! In fact I hadn’t even thought about it for weeks — the pain has vanished! Chris Beckett — Traffic Planning Engineer
Thanks heaps. You’re amazing! My hip and back are feeling really good, my SI joint still feels a little 'loose' and I can feel some muscle tightness still, but otherwise it's better than has been for ages. Clare Tyler
Wilhemeena Monroe is the rarest of all dance artists. She is an exceptional dancer, choreographer, improviser, teacher and administrator. She is a professional in every sense of the word with the extra-added attraction of a warm and caring heart. Her studio that she recently opened in Auckland is destined to become a centre for creative development in New Zealand. It is a reflection of her sense of beauty and care for the human spirit and well being of planet earth. Add her youth to the equation and you have the potential of someone who will be a positive influence for many people in the years to come — AL WUNDER — Director — Theatre of the Ordinary (Australia)
My son and I have been seeing Wilhemeena for Cranio treatment for just over a month and it is fantastic. It has made the difference in both of us being able to continue our training for Taekwondo and has certainly helped in helping us make grading. - Tony Banks Photographer
Thanks for creating SOUL &mdash it has saved mine. &mdash Liz Brookes
Our vision is to create an integrated approach to well-being that aligns the body, mind and spirit. Finding the essential experience of life we all seek and creating an individual, unique and diverse training system for the body, mind and spirit.
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Weekly classes, weekend workshops, full therapeutic clinic, special events,
international facilitators, teacher training, six week summer school, workplace wellness programmes.
Weekly classes include:
Hatha Yoga, Astanga Yoga, Mysore Yoga, Shin Yoga, Pilates, M-body, Chi Kung, Meditation
Clinics include:
Massage, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Psychotherapy, Movement Therapy, Naturopathy, Reflexology, Iridology, Medical Herbalism, Organic HEMA facials, one-on-one Yoga and Pilates (please email for a full menu!)
Workshops include:
Restorative Yoga, Meditation, Contact Improvisation, Butoh, Voice, Movement Therapy, Massage, Thai Massage, Skinner Releasing Technique, BodyMind Centering, Birth into Being, Somatics, Open Jams, Creative Adventures, Halprin Life-Art Process, Shadow Yoga, SOMAKIDS children's programmes, The Body Cartography Project, Theatre of the Ordinary, The School of Love...
Practitioner/teacher trainings in:
Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy, Shin Somatics (movement Therapy training and 200 hr Yoga Alliance yoga teacher training), Open Source Forms, Chi Kung Teacher Training, Raynor Massage Training
PLUS performances, student clinics and specialty events
Facilitators and teachers are professionally trained and are leaders in the modalities they teach.They include:
Karma Russel, Al Wunder, Catherine Albiston, Sondra Fraleigh, Karen Smith, Stephanie Skura, Ged Sumner, Amanda Levey, Elena Tonetti - Vladimirova, Olive Bieringer and Otto Ramstad, Gabrielle New, Lorraine Blackley, Connor Kelly, Aven Darling, Felicity Molloy, Martin Hughes, Raewyn Thorburn, Valerie Smith, Wilhemeena Isabella Monroe, Zjamal Xanitha, Ged Sumner, Christine Cutbush, Ali East, Jaymin Gansell, Karla Brodie, Katherine Tate, Joan Laage, Peter Sanson, Peter Fernando...
SOUL centre of the body and mind
PO Box 60415 Titirangi, Waitakere 0642
E: info@soulcentre.co.nz
For registrations, clinic bookings, or queries, contact Wilhemeena
T: 09.817 3051
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