The movement behind the movement

We started Soulful Movements with a feeling, a deep knowing that our community deserved more. Every event, every partnership, and every person who has shown up on a mat with us has shaped who we are and reminded us why we started.

There was a point in my life where I looked around my community and felt a heaviness I could not shake. People were hurting, and it was happening quietly, behind closed doors, without enough spaces to just be seen and supported.

I did not have all the answers. But yoga had given me something during my own hard season, a sense of calm, of presence, of feeling like myself again. And I thought, what if more people had access to that feeling?

I brought that idea to my best friend, and without hesitation, she was in. Together we stopped waiting for someone else to answer that question and built something ourselves. Soulful Movements started as a small idea between two friends and grew into something we are endlessly proud of, a real community of people who show up for each other, on and off the mat.

-Emi