Soul Motion Leadership / Teacher
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​Apprentice Program

Online & In Person 

​Join when you are ready
​(Spaces available)

for the Australasia & Pacific region
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The apprentice path to becoming a Soul Motion teaching is full of connection, community, practice and support and this program offers the best of all worlds: in-person and online. It allows for people to meet and learn with a wide range of leaders and teachers that might otherwise be out of reach along with crafting a journey that is unique for you.  

Enriching, deep, practical and individually supportive, this program is a living process crafted to meet and accompany you on the journey of naming and claiming all of who you are. On this apprentice journey we will behold the following touchstones together, allowing you to be held and nourished by:

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At the heart of this Soul Motion Leadership and Teacher Apprentice journey is a space where your unique essence, presence and gifts can be held, further fostered and supported to grow with confidence and clarity. This somatic based leadership program is for anyone who is inspired by the teachings of the Soul Motion practice and wishes to become more embodied with the teachings, whether that be personally or professionally.
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Touchstones of the Journey 
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I am one
(Dance Intimate)
To begin, we develop and co create a personalised map that identifies the ground you are already standing on, as well as where you might wish to go with the work.  During the first 3 months of our time together we learn how this somatic based practice can support you and shape what you are already or newly wanting to gift into the world.  As you bring and discover your existing life mastery you learn how this practice can hold and grow you, whether that be a Soul Motion dance teacher and /or find your unique way to embed this practice in an existing professional or personal mastery. 

​You discover your "I am" by:
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  • Committing to an initial 3 month start up process with personal 1:1 time to plan, develop and assess wants, hopes and dreams of how you wish to be held and supported along this journey. This also includes the first 6 online practice sessions - which are to be taken consecutively. 
  • Personal mentoring and support as much as needed outside of the practice sessions.
  • Establishing a Pearl Project – a deeper enquiry for embodiment and ability to work with your inner muse. Learning how you are a source of inspiration from your everyday living and sharing your discoveries
  • Support to find and organise mentors for your journey ahead​
I am one with
(Dance Communion)​​​
Throughout the journey you learn specific ways to meet the rise and fall of your grounded embodiment and presence and hold an abiding focus on exploring and nurturing an intimate relationship with how you move through daily experiences. Being deeply connected and self-resourced is the essential wellspring and foundation for your particular way of everyday being or leading and defines your distinctive way of being a teaching of this practice.
​Attending regular online practise sessions, allows you to practice, deepen and be supported by a community of fellow apprentices.  This space offers both skill and knowledge development and lots of opportunity to practice leading and teaching. 

You dialogue and commune with others by:

  • Ongoing support and mentoring with kate-marie and other Soul Motion leaders
  • Monthly practice sessions (online) – 3 hours each (No sessions in December or beginning of January)     
&  (other sessional times may be offered – maximum attendance of 2 sessions per month only) . Limited up to 10 people per practice session 
Current sessional times are;
  • Second Saturday of the month 10am – 1pm (ACST)
  • Fourth Thursday of the month 5 – 8pm (ACST)
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  • Visiting Soul Motion teachers to assist and behold in the practice sessions​
  • Opportunity for Peer to Peer support between sessions
I am one with all
(Dance Community)
Throughout this program apprentices will be introduced and supported by a diverse range of both Soul Motion teachers, as well as other leaders from further afield. During the twice yearly in person immersions apprentices have the opportunity to deepen their skills, practice and be immersed with invited guests and Soul Motion teachers.
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Each immersion will be crafted specifically to the needs and skill developments of the current cohort of apprentices at any given time. Also, during this journey apprentices are encouraged and supported to learn from other teachings that align specifically with their growth, curiosity and leadership path.  

A Soul Motion community gathering is also intended to be offered every few years to celebrate and support the ever-evolving elements of the practice. The first one is expected to be in 2027
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You develop your connection with community through:​
  • 7 day in person Apprentice Immersions
​​These immersions will be residential and non-residential with various locations chosen in consultation with apprentices. Invited International teachers will attend mainly online and will be set up as hybrid sessions. This is to reduce cost and environmental impact.
  • May 3 - 9 (2026) – Aldinga Eco Village (Adelaide, SA) (non-residential)​
  • October 17 - 23 (2026) - Origins Centre (Balingup, WA) (Residential) ​​

  • May (2027) – Dates & location TBA
  • October / November (2027) – Dates & Location TBA

  • Soul Motion Community Gathering 2027
In addition, Apprentices will be invited to be part of a Soul motion community dance gathering. This community event is an opportunity for all who attend to experience the work in all its evolutions, forms and echoed inspiration from a rich field of various leaders and teachers of the practice. 

I am one with all and one
(Dance Infinite)
As you step over the threshold and join this living and breathing circle of leaders and learners of the work, you are welcomed to begin using the work of Soul Motion as it inspires you. Whilst this program offers you certification to name yourself as a Soul in Motion teaching, there is also a knowing that life holds the real certification and that this apprentice journey beholds both the mastery you bring with you and the mystery you continue to live into. 

As an ongoing teacher and leader of this work you are continually welcomed into the practice space as you support and lead others along their journey in the Australasian and Pacific region.  You are also given access to various ways of connecting and communicating with other Soul Motion teachers and leaders around the world, enabling you to continue to be inspired and resourced in your ever growing practice. 
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You are able to self-reflect and assess your readiness to be certified once you have completed a number of online practice sessions, immersions, practiced offering the work in your community, completed a pearl project, received mentoring from other soul motion leaders and actively participated with other teachings that inspire you.
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For apprentices that feel they need more support past this point, they can continue to participate in all offerings at a reduced price.

You continue to grow and build the work as your own by:​
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  • Self-assessing and reflecting after completing the minimum requirements and consider whether you are ready for completion and certification.
  • Continually attending any part of the program and continue to be part of the ever growing community of Soul Motion leaders in the Australasia & Pacific region.
  • Be part of an ever growing and evolving alumni of international Soul Motion leaders & teachers
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Share about yourself, ask questions and receive more information about the committed journey and costs associated.

The committed path - a rough guide

Previous experience highly recommended prior to applying:
  • Participation in Soul Motion classes or workshops
  • Exploration of other somatic based practices whether that be dance or any body-based modality

Participants new to the work need to complete the following before self-reflecting and assessing their readiness for certification:
  • The completion of an initial registration, a commitment letter and agreement of payment is required.  
  • Complete an initial 3 month start up period (includes 6 continuous practice sessions and 1:1 with kate-marie to plan and create the pearl project)
  • A minimum total of 20 online practice sessions
  • Be committed to a minimum of 1 practice session per month to be considered part of the apprentice program. This is only after the first 3 month start up commitment and after 6 consecutive sessions.
  • Completed a pearl presentation / project of your embodiment of the work.
  • Attended a minimum of 2 in person immersions 
  • Have regular contact with mentors along the way
  • Practise offering the work within your community (online or in person)
  • Continue to attend any online or in person Soul Motion classes or workshops
  • Actively participate and learn from other teachings that align specifically with your growth, curiosity and leadership path.  ​
Participants who have already completed any Soul Motion training (partial or full) are encouraged to enquire about how this program can further support your existing journey.  Different fees and requirements will be assessed on a case-by-case bases. 

The practice that holds us

The basic building blocks of the Soul Motion practice (founded by Vincent Martinez), offers the leader and teacher three robust somatic platforms to work with and include within an already practiced life:
  • Pause Presence – an essential practice to cultivate inner & outer listening
  • Orbit Orientation – having a 360° view of the world is vital for moving with ease in our everyday
  • Echo Inspiration – each of us is a source of inspiration worthy of being reflected and received in our communities.

This practice is shaped from a relational map, a spiral odyssey for the soul to explore these living platforms with ourselves (dance intimate), in partnerships (dance communion), our families and communities (dance community) and with our mystery and mastery (dance infinite). Whilst this map and practice platforms are unique to the journey of becoming a soul motion teaching, they are inherently universal relationships, principles and practices that allow each person to develop a unique way of becoming embodied from our everyday living. 
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The core outcomes you will embody


As you discover and practice within these living platforms and weave through the touchstones and structure of the apprentice program, you will develop / further develop: 
  • Personally
  • Relationally
  • Technically
  • Leadership
  • Develop reflective skills both for self and others.
  • Identify, rediscover and continue to grow with the mastery you already bring with you.
  • Continue to understand how you stay grounded and connected with your own embodied presence on and off the dance floor.
  • Cultivate a quality of listening that enables you to respond and adapt to what is needed for a group and the nourishment of yourself.
  • Meet and learn with other soul motion leaders / teachers in the global field of conscious movement.  
  • Learn the dynamics of power, safety and ethics in the context of becoming a leader / teacher of this practice or any other professional space you might be involved in.
  • Discover how your presence can affect and make impact in a group.
  • How to work with boundaries and group dynamics as they arise.
  • The art of listening with, rather than listening to something and how this can inform what is needed next.
  • An understanding of the different ways that music makes magic for a body in motion, this includes creatively and technically.
  • DJ skills that allow you to create soundscapes that resonate with your offerings, including how to improvise with picking music whilst leading a group.
  • How to use the potency of poetry and storytelling.
  • Turning your own story into service for others, and letting vulnerability be a quality of inspiration for your offerings.
  • Design of soul motion dance classes and be able to use the map and language of the soul motion practice in other type group settings if desired. 
  • Observation and translation of your everyday living into somatic language and apply to teaching / leading groups.
  • Understanding of the power and application of inclusive language when working with groups.
  • Creatively promoting and sharing your offerings.
  • Explore your own and others natural leadership & teaching style, giving a deeper appreciation of what makes each of us unique and gifted in our ways of serving.
  • Continue to ​become an embodied presence and learn ways to feel at ease and confident whilst facilitating space with a group.
  • Be able to see and be with a group of people and work with spontaneous inspiration, turn mistakes into magical moments and stay with what is happening for the group.
  • Learn and remember ways to prepare your body in the everyday, to allow for ease and relaxation when leading.  ​
​ Have a chat with kate-marie to share about yourself, ask questions and find out more information. Learn of the registration process and costs associated.

Beginning steps to take
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  1. ​Read the program outline on the website (can request current information via pdf)
  2. Meet with kate-marie share about ourselves, ask questions about the program, requirements, process, finances etc. A co-reflective catch up on “is this a good fit”?
  3. Kate-marie will then email cost sheet, links for registration form, commitment agreement, any further details requested.
  4. Email kate-marie with any ongoing questions if needed until ready to step into the program.
  5. Submit the registration and commitment letter as the official step of beginning the program.
  6. Kate-marie will confirm your registration, complete deposit and create a financial agreement. To be completed before commencing. (All personal variations to be outlined or asked within the registration form and payment agreement).
  7. Agree on a starting date (This will likely be an online practice session) and when the initial 3-month start-up period will begin. All communication admin to be set up and given access to resource page etc
  8. Organise first mentoring session (this can occur prior to the online practice session)
  9. Begin the journey, meet the other apprentices and dance the steps towards becoming a teaching of the Soul Motion Practice.
Together we listen and learn from the breadth of our diversity, while resting in the notion that all points of view expand the richness of this work we love. We give attention and lean towards our strengths, whilst noticing our growing edges.