“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” - Rumi
Daphne fell in love with yoga when a close friend introduced her to Ali MacGraw & Erich Schiffman’s yoga tape, one home practice and she was hooked. While living in Los Angeles she dove into the yoga world for over 9 years (working with Yogaworks and then with Shiva Rea and Yogadventures). She is inspired by her friend and teacher, Shiva, with whom she has studied with & taken teacher trainings with over the years. She completed her foundational training at Sacred Movement in Venice in 2004. Initially specializing in kids yoga, she found joy & light working with little people and began branching out and teaching students of all ages. She also embraces the teachings of Erich Schiffman, Pema Chodron and Ammachi in her daily practice.
While living on the island of Bali in 2008, Daphne reconnected with the inspiring and vibrant, Ellen Watson to co-found SPIRITDANCE SOULSONG (now known as VIBRANCE!) fusing together two of the oldest forms of healing on the planet... SINGING and DANCING.
Ellen brought decades of experience with her teaching movement meditation (from Esalen massage to the 5 Rhythms) and Daphne brought years of singing and working with students to find their true voice. Ellen and Daphne lead annual trainings and retreats in Bali and beyond.
What is VIBRANCE?
Using the ancient practices of singing and dancing, Vibrance encourages you to find joy, healing, self-expression and radiant health by discovering your body as a musical instrument. This moving meditation is accessible to everyone.
Come join the Vibrance team for our retreat and teacher immersions into movement meditation, embodied dance, sounding, singing, toning, asana, healing touch and meditation in magical Bali!
The Chamonix Yoga Festival is a three-day festival dedicated to yoga and well-being in the heart of the Mont-Blanc range.
Internationally renowned yoga teachers will be giving lessons throughout the festival in English and French. A choice of different yoga styles, meditation and dance classes are on offer, as well as a relaxing concert of healing sounds. There will also be workshops on nutrition, Ayurvedic medicine and much more! All ages and levels welcome... An event not to be missed@
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This training is focused on the practice of prānāyāma under the careful eye of a long-lived life-long practitioner master and his senior student in all these practices. There is also the opportunity for those ready to further their practice of kriyas. Various options for āsana practice are offered, both guided and self-practice, with the aim to reveal the link of how āsana leads in to breathwork, prānāyāma and other seated practices. The afternoon lecture sessions will focus on selected teachings from Hatha Yoga texts followed by open discussion and Q&A. Daphne is honored to join her teacher, O.P. Tiwariji and soulfriend, Paul Dallaghan for this 2 week training as a guest musician offering Bhakti and Nada yoga sessions and live music concerts.