Meet Cindy

Cindy Kohlmiller is a certified Soul Motion® Teacher who was born in Los Angeles, California (unceded Tongva land). She spent the majority of her life (so far) living in the Los Angeles area South Bay & working in aerospace. She graduated from the Soul Motion School in 2014 and has been an active part of the school and community since that time mentoring students, coordinating the Teacher Gratitude Gathering / Alumni Reunion, editing Soul Motion Moves (the quarterly Soul Motion community newsletter), and facilitating Soul Motion peer-to-peer teacher trainings.

When facilitating a Soul Motion class, Cindy uses simple inquiries such as focusing on the inhale & exhale, shifting weight, opening & closing, or moving from our feet as invitations for movers to become dancers and tune into their internal (body) and external (others, the space) teachers. Cindy holds space for all to practice connecting to their body & heart, to cultivate mindful awareness, and to be present with “what is” without judgement. She facilitates classes using a variety of music to accompany movers in their practice. Cindy takes inspiration for her classes from the everyday and the world around us, echoing what is presently alive, as well as taking cues from what is happening in the room.

Cindy is also certified to teach Soul Motion® Foundations, a 5-day intensive introducing students who want to go deeper to Soul Motion fundamentals. Foundations is a pre-requisite for Soul Motion Embodied Leadership & Teacher Certification trainings.

In 2018 Cindy retired after over 30 years as a Mission & Systems Engineer in Aerospace. After a few years attempting to split her time between Ashland, OR and San Diego, CA, she has returned to the Westside of Los Angeles. Cindy enjoys art, writing, reading, traveling, and dancing with international communities..