Meet Your Guide
Michelle Lynn Cohen is a healer, spiritual guide, embodied life coach, master somatic movement therapist and educator, and professional dancer.
Her belief and passion in the healing powers of being seen, heard, and held in a safe and compassionate way without judgement and her ability to hold this sacred space to activate deep purpose, inner wisdom, and personal empowerment is the hallmark of her work.
The journey of embodied transformation through movement led Michelle to the movement of thoughts, feelings, and energy and the transformative powers of healing with movement, inner work coaching, and the healing of all parts of ourselves through shamanic practices.
Michelle has been called the body shaman due to her ability to tune into bodies and empathically feel energy and speak to bodies.
Michelle is an advanced maternal mama having birthed her son at 48 and deeply understands the journey of fertility, motherhood and menopause as they unfolded simultaneously.
She also understands the beginner's mind as she first discovered dance at 20 and, although it may not have made sense to those looking from the outside, by listening to her inner voice and connecting to her truth what unfolded was both an integral way of life and a way of helping others as she followed her personal healing journey.
As a result of this learning, she is committed to helping others connect to their voice, truth, and personal power.
“Michelle inspires the trust needed when experiencing the bewilderment that often precedes revelation and change.”
Maria F, scholar
“Michelle has been such a constant support for my body and heart over the years – it is an incredible gift to have someone able to really see you. She reminds me of parts of myself I have forgotten in a beautiful, gentle, and nourishing way.”
Cynthia K, dancer and healer
“Unequivocally, Michelle has given me an experience of body awareness and balance and calm that is exquisite.”
Michael S, psychologist
“Michelle is a beautiful soul inside and out. She helps me to embody and make movement my own. I teach Pilates and Michelle has helped me be a better teacher.”
Susan S, Pilates teacher
“I really love our communication and how we flow together. What a relief to share exactly what is going on and you just get it.”
Marina Z, artist
More about Michelle
Michelle is a registered master somatic movement therapist and educator (MSMT/E) with the International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association (ISMETA). She has a Master of Arts degree in Dance & Somatic Well-being from the University of Central Lancashire in England, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and a dance minor from the American University in Washington, D.C., and a Certificate of Dance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating these programs with the highest honors of distinction.
She has many diverse trainings and certifications. She is a certified Dynamic Embodiment™ Practitioner (DEP) and a BodyMind Dancing™ teacher (BMD), somatic practices developed by Dr. Martha Eddy (https://dynamicembodiment.org) and is also on her faculty. She is a certified Body-Mind Centering® Embodied Anatomy and Yoga teacher. Michelle is a Sacred Depths Coach, a specialized form of life coaching developed by Joanna Lindenbaum. She has certifications in yoga, Gyrotonic®, Reiki and is a Master Teacher Trainer of Pilates and has trained teachers around the world. She has training in Continuum Movement, Craniosacral Therapy, Psych-K, and Body Talk. Her studies with Diana Muenz Chen in energy healing and meditation since 2011 is an integral part of her work along with her continued shamanic training with Tami Joy Hindin (https://www.medicineofmystics.com). Since 2000, she has performed with NYC based dance companies, Catherine Gallant Dance and Dances by Isadora (https://www.catherinegallantdance.com).
Michelle supports clients of all ages throughout the world working primarily through remote sessions and through special in person healing sessions in both PA and in NYC at her healing sanctuary studio called, The Movement Forest, that she opened in 2008.
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