What we’re about
Embodied Groove® hosts gatherings in the Bay Area and beyond where everyone can feel free to express themselves authentically through movement for greater aliveness, presence, joy, and flow. Events range from dance parties that kick off concerts to intentionally created events and women’s workshops.
Embodied Groove® was created by Dr. Leah Taylor to help people feel safe and at ease in their body, heal accumulated stress & trauma, and expand a person’s nervous system through somatic reprogramming and energy medicine combined with play, connection and embodied mindfulness.
It can be practiced with an intentional playlist to get people out of their heads and into their body or improvised live music by professional musicians. Embodied Groove is appropriate for people of all ages and movement abilities. The instruction is loosely guided so all movers can find their own groove with the clear instructions by Dr. Leah Taylor.
Embodied Groove® was born out of Leah’s love and extensive experience of connecting with live music through movement and her graduate level training in somatic psychology and mind-body medicine. Leah has a unique ability to deepen movers' connection with their bodies, the environment, and the music to create an experience you will not want to miss!
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Women's Free Your Voice & Embodied Groove Half-Day WorkshopLove Story Yoga - Larkspur, Larkspur, CA$125.00
Women's Free your Voice & Embodied Groove Workshop: Awaken an inner template for freedom of expression through movement, song, & community
This is a paid event. You must purchase a ticket in advance. Limited space. Please message Leah to make sure there is still room.
Who it’s for:
Women feeling the pressure of life and desiring to relieve stress & become more liberated in their body, voice, or both!🔥 When you fully activate your body and voice, you are unstoppable! 🔥
What you’ll learn and experience:
🎶 Vocal tools to free your voice so that you can express yourself fully and potently
💃 A greater level of presence and authenticity to take back to your relationships, family, and career
💃 Simple embodiment techniques for Simple embodiment techniques for greater ease, joy, flexibility, and aliveness
🎶 To feel lighter, connected, and inspired
💃 A balance of provocative work, expertise, & fun!
🎶 An intimate environment, we are capping the group at 12.
The flow of the day:
1pm – 1:45pm Sharing intentions and setting the stage: How our minds & past experiences inhibit us & how working with the voice and body can create massive impact towards freedom & liberation
1:45pm – 2pm Break/transition
2pm – 3pm Embodied Groove® movement experience
3pm – 3:15pm Break/transition
3:15pm – 4:15pm Free Your Voice warmups and practice
4:15pm – 5pm Closing circle and takeawaysYour hosts:
Maggie Forti maggieforti.com
Maggie Forti is a performer, singer-songwriter, recording artist, studio session vocalist, sound healer, teacher & consultant. She teaches privately and publicly both virtually and in person across the country. She’s consulted for Berkeley, CA. Repertory Theatre, has been a panelist for Stage Fright Sessions, and is a voice instructor at Berkeley's School of Rock. She’s created a mind, body, spirit integrated teaching modality called “Free Your Voice”© which she’s cultivated through 25 years of practice, with a process that helps transform student’s fears, self-doubt, vocal strain and a multitude of challenges that can inhibit learning. Maggie’s studied privately with vocal coach, opera singer, Pearl Layton, studied Vocal Jazz Improvisation in workshops with Joey Blake (of Bobby McFerron's Voicestra,) Attended a Hands-on Sound Healing Retreat with Briony Greenhill, and holds a Professional Music B.A. from Berklee College of Music.Dr. Leah Taylor drleahtaylor.com
Dr. Leah Taylor is an Integrative Mental Health Coach & Consultant who's helped hundreds of clients naturally heal chronic stress and create new emotional baselines of joy, peace, and ease. Based on 13+ years as a movement instructor with a Master’s in Somatic Psychology and a PhD in Mind-Body Medicine, she has created a signature mind-body-spirit. integrative modality called Embodied Groove® that she teaches to individuals and groups virtually and in-person across the country. She is based in the Bay Area, CA.
