About
Shauna
“It is my great honour and pure joy to offer spaces for people to move and express themselves. I deeply trust in the power and potency between body and beat, there is transformative potential inherent in movement and rhythm.
Our bodies in motion create magic and medicine.
It is my mission to make Conscious Dance available to all parts of society. The universality of this practice has the capacity to empower individuals from diverse backgrounds and circumstances. I aim to create environments of acceptance, courage and authenticity, where individuals can explore and honour their true selves through movement.”
Praise
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"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. "
-Anne Marie Hogya
Occupation Therapist & 5Rhythms Teacher -
"She is such a blessing to all of us and I cannot recommend her enough.
Shauna has been gracious enough to host a 5Rhythms class for women who have suffered sexual violence, and I have to say that although it is heartbreaking to see so many women in the same room with such heartache and grief... She has found a way to make all of our hearts sing and to lift us up in dance and connection."
-Margaret -
"With Shauna's guidance and selection of great music, I explored the untamed and wild woman within me and she was happy!
I noticed during Untamed Body and Mind I was still often in my head. During the Untamed Soul day, my soul finally danced freely. The sharing circles were fulfilling, reflection time much appreciated. Thank you for everything Shauna!
-Saskia de Q
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, movement and circle to create spaces where all can experience the many benefits of Conscious Dance: indoors, online and in the wilds of the natural world.
At 16 her passion for guiding others through physical experiences was sparked, she become a ski instructor and aimed to inspire joy and fascination in her students. This early teaching experience set the stage for her future work. Her connection to nature, a decade of exploring Latin dance in the Dominican Republic and 25 years of motherhood have all shaped her holistic approach to life and the dance floor.
Stepping into her first 5Rhythms class, she felt an undeniable sense of belonging, authenticity and dove deeply into Conscious Dance as both a personal practice and a community, finding profound fulfillment in the freedom of expression, connection and healing that it offered.
With gratitude, she acknowledges her tutelage under many teachers, including:
Banafsheh Sayyad (Dance of Oneness), Kathy Altman (Open Floor), and Gabrielle Roth (5Rhythms)
Shauna has been offering dance events since 2006, began teaching the 5Rhythms in 2011, and has been a resident Ecstatic Dance DJ at Dance Temple since 2013.
In 2019, she founded Dance Your Ability Therapeutic Movement Foundation, a non-profit organization with a vision of a world where everyone has access to experience joy and freedom in their bodies with their own unique dance, while being a part of the group: unique & unified, providing outreach movement & dance programs for all abilities & ages.
And in, 2020, she began taking dancers out into the wild embrace of nature, where the sky, earth, and body become one – dancing with the full moon and creating curated campouts where people gather for the truly beautiful and wondrous experience of eating, sleeping and dancing outdoors.
Based in British Columbia, Canada, Shauna lives in the Gulf Islands with her partner and a blended family of 5 kids & 3 cats.
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS:
• Certification of Embodiment Coaching with Embodiment Unlimited (2023)
• The Way of Council with Circles of Resilience (Level I 2023 - Practicing since 2006)
• Elements of Truth: BEFORE RECONCILIATION kinSHIFT (2021)
• Care Through Music Level I Music Care (2020)
• Trauma Informed Practice Kim Barthel (2019)
• Yoga Outreach CoreTraining™ (2014)
• 5Rhythms® Accredited Teacher with Gabrielle Roth & Faculty (2010/11)
• Zumba Instructor (2008)
• Dance of Oneness with Banafsheh Sayyad ongoing study (2006)
• BA in Latin American Studies & Spanish (1996)
-with a Direct Studies on the Merengue Dance
• Level I & II Ski Instructor CSIA (1988 & 1991)