A group of dancers in a colorful room are performing a group dance made of multiple duets.

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Experience the grounding and embodiment that comes from mindful somatic activities. These are sensory and movement practices that use the body to access the mind, heart, and spirit.

Saturdays @ 3:30pm – 4:45pm
Open Door Studios
Charlotte, NC

The Somatic Oracle Society

Charlotte's Embodied Movement Community

I started teaching dance in 1998, and went to UCLA for advanced studies in choreography, production, and multimedia. Upon finishing in 2002, I became a certified personal trainer in New York City. I was a high school teacher and college professor for dance from 2002-2009, and I founded Viscera Dance Theatre in Charlotte in 2006 as one of the Co-Artistic Directors. I created INTEGRE8T Wellness in 2016, and completed the ISSA certifcations for Elite Trainer in 2020 and Master Trainer in 2022. I developed 49Haiku over the course of +25 years, published “The 49 Professions of Joy” in 2020, and launched 49Haiku in 2023.

“Movement is my life. It’s a bridge between the physical and spiritual, the mental and emotional, the secular and sacred. Some people say they feel the divine when they pray or meditate. I feel God when I move, dance, and exercise.”

Jack Kirven

Owner, 49Haiku

TESTIMONIALS FROM STUDENTS & EXPERTS:

In this video, you will see glimpses of the various modalities that might appear during class. The Somatic Oracle Society produces sessions that are composed on the spot by way of rolling dice. In this way, everyone (including me) has to embrace a contained improvisation structure. There are over 100 different combinations of modules that can appear, and within those, there are millions of possible intersections that will guide us gently toward navigating life with a bit more grace.

The Book:
THE 49 PROFESSIONS OF JOY

Frequently when I offer the group workshops,
there are people who say something like,

“The haiku flew by in the soundtrack!
I wish I could have more time to ponder them.”

Et voilà ! Now they can.

Click to order The 49 Professions of Joy

Ahem, Jack? I have a question: