Bio & experience 

Mishah brings 30 years of movement exploration to the here and now. 

Life: Mishah grew up on a sailboat for 8 years. Homeschooled and silly, meditation and martial arts were his anchors. 

Contemporary Dance: Trained in several schools in Europe including Cannes Jeune Ballet, and Ecole de danse Bo'em. Worked as a contemporary dancer freelance for 4-6 years in Canada and projects abroad. Choreographed several small pieces and led improvisation projects and movement scores.   

Bachelors degree in Kinesioloy (Movement and Exercise Science) from UBC: Some of his favorite classes were group sport and movement facilitation, Advanced motor behaviour, Training and exercise prescription, Anatomy and physiology. Not to mention electives in Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology. 

Acting: Completed 2 year equivalent acting program at Toronto Film School in 2013. Worked freelance as an actor for several years. Very interested in Physical Theatre, Viewpoints, Theatre movement training. 

Partner and group Dances: Has dabbled is several partner dances. First discovered Contact Improv in 2004. Brazilian Zouk and Fusion in 2014, and a random assortment of styles, including Kizomba, West coast swing, Tango... etc over the years... Some a mere beginner, some more advanced, some teaching. 

Other trainings: RYT 200H-Hatha from Rishikul Yogshala (Rishikesh, India), 4 levels Thai massage training ITM (Chiang Mai, Thailand), ACE Personal training Certification (Vancouver), Somatic therapy Course (The Embody Lab).  

Martial arts: 10 years of varied Martial Arts. Mishah grew up on a sail boat in 50+ countries, his Martial art experience became a little of "Mishah of many trades Master of none". This, However, helped get a larger idea of overlapping movement patterns and principles through different styles. Having had over 50 different teachers in over 12 different styles (Capoeira, Kung fu, Karate, Judo, Muay thai, Boxing, BJJ, Aikido, Tai chi, Pentjak Silat, qi-gong... Etc.) Also travelling to China at some point to live out his Jackie Chan dreams of learning Kung fu near the Shaolin temple, and also Bagua-zhang in its central place Beijing. 

Somatics... I consider myself to  have been lucky enough to have be introdcued to some of these beautiful processes and bodies of knowlege  around 20 years ago. I began with exploring some of the beautiful practices from Feldenkrais technique, and then Alexander technique, Hannah Somatics, Somatic experiencing...etc. Some of the richest explorations, however, have been of and from my own internal world. 

Having experienced Bad posture, injuries, and a Near-death experience, I have usually turned to my body and the inner wisdom to help me. The learnings sometimes took years of study, the results I wish to share. 

Practice, movement, Life, Process, explore, Being... understand, wisdom, be knowledgable of the internal structures, rise, deepen, ground, fly... Be. 

There's so much. 

Lets go. 

the first step is here.