Shauna is a warm & inclusive spirit. As a Group & Movement Facilitator, DJ, Activist and Catalyst for connection and joy, she uses her love of the natural world, music and movement to create spaces where all can experience the many benefits of Conscious Dance.
She began facilitating bodies in motion, as a ski instructor, when she was 17 years old. On the ski hill, she aimed for her students to experience delight & fascination in their bodies as they careened down the mountain. At the age of 18 she discovered Latin dance, and spent the next 10 years deeply exploring Latin partner dance: Merengue, Salsa & Bachata, while living part time in the Dominican Republic. The combination of falling in love with partner dance, a life time of playing in the mountains, becoming a parent, tuning into the universal rhythms of nature and a deep call to be in service all inform her ability to hold space: lovingly inviting people to discover their own unique dance with a sense of courage, adventure and curiosity. She discovered Conscious Dance in 2005 and has not looked back. "Shauna creates & holds spaces that foster connection & joy." |
The founder & Executive Director of Dance Your Ability Therapeutic Foundation, a 5Rhythms Facilitator, Dance Temple DJ and an Embodiment Coach Shauna provides opportunities for a large variety of people to feel welcome to do their own unique dance while having an experience that is healing, positive, life affirming and community building.
Based in British Columbia, Canada, Shauna lives in the Gulf Islands
with her partner and a blended family of 5 kids & 3 cats.
She offers public classes, workshops & retreats (indoors, in nature & online)
as well as Outreach Classes & Facilitator Trainings with Dance Your Ability.
"It is my deep honour and complete joy to offer spaces for people to move and express themselves.
I deeply trust in the power and potency between body and beat.
Our bodies in motion create magic and medicine.
My dream is that everyone can know their own magic and medicine through moving their body their way.
It is my mission to make conscious dance available to all parts of society.
May all beings be safe to express and be fully embodied."
with her partner and a blended family of 5 kids & 3 cats.
She offers public classes, workshops & retreats (indoors, in nature & online)
as well as Outreach Classes & Facilitator Trainings with Dance Your Ability.
"It is my deep honour and complete joy to offer spaces for people to move and express themselves.
I deeply trust in the power and potency between body and beat.
Our bodies in motion create magic and medicine.
My dream is that everyone can know their own magic and medicine through moving their body their way.
It is my mission to make conscious dance available to all parts of society.
May all beings be safe to express and be fully embodied."
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS INCLUDE: • Certification of Embodiment Coaching with Embodiment Unlimited (2023)
• The Way of Council with Circles of Resilience (in process) • kinSHIFT Elements of Truth: BEFORE RECONCILIATION (2021) • Music Care: Care Through Music Level I (2020) • Kim Barthel: Trauma Informed Practice (2019) • Yoga Outreach CoreTraining™ (2014) • 5Rhythms® Certified Teacher with Gabrielle Roth & Faculty (2010/11) • Zumba Instructor (2008) • Dance of Oneness with Banafsheh Sayyad ongoing study (2006) • Level I & II Ski Instructor CSIA (1988 & 1991) • BA in Latin American Studies & Spanish (1996) -with a Direct Studies on the Merengue Dance |
What people have to say about Shauna...
I love dancing on the earth with Shauna. |
Shauna has a true gift: in her work she is part shaman, coach, space holder, movement therapist, activist, and guide. For a special part of a therapeutic retreat, I asked Shauna to lead a group of 30 women in an evening of 5Rhythms. Her attention to the group energy, her ability to hold the space while also skillfully leading was masterful. Working with her was a highlight of the retreat for all who attended. Shauna is a bright and sparkling dance facilitator and DJ. She brings soul and beat to a space in a graceful and engaging way. Her sharp mind, loving heart and creative humour support a wide range of experiences on the dance floors where she hosts. I highly recommend dancing with Shauna. Shauna Devlin is a great gift to both the conscious dance community and to this world. She is generous, passionate and kind as well as being fun and very sassy. She has one of the biggest hearts I know, she cares deeply for others and is committed to making a difference. Her grounded and gentle presence encourages and inspires healing, growth readiness for change in those around her. Shauna has a rare talent to spark the joy of movement in everyone she encounters on the dance floor. With her huge heart, she can ignite a life long passion for freedom in motion. She encourages people of all abilities to stretch and grow into the authentic dancers they truly are. |
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Shauna has a way of guiding the dance floor with a mix of humour, authenticity, care, and focus that my body and mind can trust and sink into. Her experience in life and on the dance floor comes through in her facilitation, and she has the ability to take people, and a group as a whole, really deep into their dance. I whole-heartedly recommend dancing with Shauna!
-Cedar Soulfeather
Counsellor, Somatic Experiencing & DJ