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Ruth Naomi Levin
Founder, Embodied in Motion
Ruth Naomi Levin has been learning and teaching movement-based modalities and transformation through movement for over two decades. As a professionally trained contemporary dancer and body-based leadership coach she has devoted thousands and thousands of hours to the study of the body (& mind) in motion.
She holds an MFA in Dance from York University and is a graduate of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre's Professional Dance Training Program, is an experienced professional performer who has performed for audiences of hundreds and toured internationally, is a former elite level athlete and Certified Yoga Instructor.
Her greatest passion and interest however lie in the development of an understanding of how a person’s embodied experience affects and informs the quality and state of their mind and emotions.
Her curiosity and research over the years have focused on leveraging the body’s innate wisdom towards fulfilling our incredible potential as human beings.
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This searching has led her to nearly fifteen years of work on a spiritual path, studying meditation and Buddhism and working continuously and closely with exceptional spiritual mentors (Doug Duncan & Catherine Pawasarat of Planet Dharma) and their community of students over that time. The discipline of this practice has included dozens of silent retreats (ranging from a few days to month-long), thousands of hours of meditation practice and years of wrestling with the application of this work within working and living communities.
Ruth’s central mentor in the world of movement is dance artist Margie Gillis. Ms. Gillis is a world-renowned performer, humanitarian, Officer of the Order of Canada and Chevalier of l’Ordre du Quebec. Ruth has had the honour and pleasure to study, perform and assist Ms. Gillis’ since 2014. Ms. Gillis’ work continues to be a hugely influential and nourishing source for what Ruth, in turn, brings to her clients.
It is Ruth's personal mission to bring the principles she has uncovered through her studies to clients and students through a powerful, innovative, body-based approach. This approach weaves together somatic practices, fundamentals of meditative practice, spiritual understanding, and contemporary research into leadership & team performance to support her clients to step with their whole (body, mind, spirit) selves into new levels of success.
