Staff
FOUNDER
Yuji Oka
I graduated from the school of dance at Ohio State University, with a background in physics. With my former partner Stephanie Gottlob, we developed the Motion! curriculum at the Positive Education Program in Cleveland.
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I have been studying somatics and movement for over 30 years, and the Spiral Movement Center and its curricula are a product of those years of study and research.
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INSTRUCTOR
Andrew Hlavats, RSMT
I have studied under Yuji Oka at the Spiral Movement Center for the last 5 years, and in 2018 received my Spiral Praxis Teacher Certification, as well as the ISMETA Registered Somatic Movement Therapist (RSMT) designation. I have been teaching children with special needs for the last two years in private sessions, group classes, and intensives.
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I'm passionate about teaching and discovering creative and fun ways of presenting our movement and yoga curricula. I am deeply committed to helping everyone I work with, young or old, find their own creativity and potential.
INSTRUCTOR
Kimberly Floeser, RSMT
INSTRUCTOR
Originally from Rochester, New York, I have a strong passion for working with children with special needs and disabilities. My other interests include yoga, acrobatics and dance. Coming from a history of chronic physical pain, I have come to appreciate the power of somatics to help heal and maintain the body.
Pamela Andrews, RSME
I have always loved children and have worked with kids most of my adult life. Later in life, I was blessed with 2 children of my own. My son, Aidan (now 16) was born with HIE and later diagnosed with cerebral palsy. After his birth, I immersed myself in studying anything that might help him.
In 2012, I took the Adapted Yoga training at the Spiral Movement Centre and it changed the course of my life. In 2016, I started the SPASP training. I am now a certified Somatic Movement Educator. I am passionate about helping others connect to their own inner awareness through simple somatic techniques.
