Kelly and Kathryn opened the Dancing Lotus Center in May of 2007. The Center hosts teachers in body/mind/spirit/emotions classes to the public in addition to special workshops and events. We offer only the finest of the healing arts. If you would like to teach at Dancing Lotus, please call us.
Yoga Teachers
Kelly Baraby, Kim Erica Schleicher, Barbara Denowh
Tribal-style Bellydance Bobbi Lambertson, Egyptian Bellydance – Arwen C.
Co-owner Kelly Baraby is both a Certified Massage Therapist and Yoga Teacher. She held the position as Primary Educator of Yoga at Big Sky Somatic Institute until their closing in July 2007. She was an Assistant Teacher at the Massage School for 9 years and has continued to create circles for community and individual growth. Kelly has been teaching Yoga since 2000.
Co-owner Kathryn Kelley, LCPC, is the Founder of the Kelley Institute of Integrative Therapy, a Licensed Psychotherapist, and a Licensed Blue Belt Nia Instructor. She has been working with mind/body/spirit/emotion integration and healing for 16 years. Offering proven techniques to relieve unwanted emotions and thoughts, individuals find peace, joy and fulfillment in everyday life. Kathryn also teaches Nia Technique classes and playshops as well as seminars and workshops on mind/body/spirit/emotion integration. Read Kathryn’s story.
Marilyn Alexander: Nia is the first “exercise” I’ve done where a smile comes naturally and laughter flows freely and isn’t competing for air! I was very hesitant to come to my first class, but with a lot of prodding, I took those first steps. The awkwardness and self-consciousness soon left, and I could just relax into learning something entirely new, opening myself up to a whole different experience. I kept coming for the energy and lightness I felt doing Nia. The added bonus was the whole-body conditioning, the improved balance, agility, and flexibility, and the weight loss and muscle toning. We enter the path wherever we are, for whatever purpose, but the ongoing results are wholeness and health.
I never would have imagined that the first dance steps would eventually lead me to the White Belt Intensive Training and certification to teach, let alone to actually leading a class, but I’m glad they did. I am very blessed to be able to offer an avenue for others to enter the Nia Technique. Come join the fun and whatever else you choose to make the Nia experience!
Add the element of creativity into everything you do and witness yourself creating your life as art. — from The Nia Technique, Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas
Lynn Bowman: I was a skinny weakling with a pack-a-day habit and definitely NOT looking for exercise that cold day in February 2006 when I walked into my first Nia class. Kathryn Kelley brought Nia to Helena only recently, and invited me to come and dance to beautiful music. The music was great, the movements were easy and the women in the class were so open and friendly. I got over feeling like the “awkward new kid” right away.
As time went on, the only downside was my lack of air. I would have to curb my enthusiasm to catch my breath. The solution was easy! After 34 years, I stopped smoking. I had lots of help and support from family and friends, but Nia was the carrot that kept this stubborn mule motivated. The next year, I took the White Belt Intensive and started teaching. Now in my fifties, I feel stronger than I did in my thirties. Nia is the gift that keeps on giving and I love sharing the gift with everyone.
Bobbi Lambertson: I fell in love in the summer of 2002 when I took my first beginning tribal-style bellydance class in Helena from Marissa Porte. Since then I’ve become obsessed with learning all that I can and becoming the best dancer that I can. I’ve been performing with an incredible group of women since 2003, called Nataraja Tribal Dance. In 2005 I started teaching mostly
because I love the dance so much I wanted to share it with other women.
Tribal-style bellydance in a modern style originating in San Fransico. It has an ancient look and feel, but the format is new and designed to accommodate many dancers on “stage” at the same time. In this class I’ll teach you the basic steps plus isolations to perfect the moves. At the end of each class we’ll put it together and dance. And best of all, you’ll have fun and find a new appreciation of your body! More info: email Bobbi or call her at 443-3301. Here is a link for more info, http://tribes.tribe.net/tribalraqs
Kim Erica Schleicher is a Registered Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, has been practicing yoga for most of her life, and continues her studies of yoga on and off the mat. Her desire to teach yoga was inspired by the transformative potential of yoga she found as a student and she continues to embrace both the simplicity and mystery of the practice.
Arwen began studying belly dancing in 1996. Professional performance venues include everything from restaurants, performing arts centers, private events, dance showcases, museums, to television. Arwen was a founding member of a local belly dance troupe and was on the board of the first Montana State Belly Dance Festival. Arwen writes all original choreography and lectures throughout the Western United States on Middle Eastern dance and costuming. She continues to study with world renowned dance teachers to elevate the art of Egyptian Belly Dance.
As an instructor, Arwen has certifications in: NETA Personal Trainer, YMCA Personal Trainer, Humana Healthcare Yoga Stretch for Seniors, Group Fitness, YMCA Stretching, Humana Healthcare Cardio Circuit for Seniors, NETA Kinesiology (in progress), NETA Cardio Dance (in progress), YMCA Pilates, YMCA Healthy Lifestyle Principals, CPR and First Aid. Arwen has taught specialty classes for diverse groups such as Seniors, Teens, the developmentally disabled, and belly dance for dancers. http://www.qcorientalacademy.com/—
Barbara Denowh has been a student of yoga for ten years and is an active practitioner of hatha yoga and mediation, as well as a student of yogic philosophy. She is certified through the Shambhava School of Yoga where she did an immersion training in a yogic lifestyle. Barbara’s classes are designed to harmonize mind, body, and breath to address the imbalances caused by our hectic lifestyles. Expect to find a quiet refuge on the mat and let the outside world melt away.
Barbara teaches a hatha flow style of yoga. Hatha Flow emphasizes fluid movement with fewer details given to each pose. The class links breath and movement through a continuous flow of sequential poses building internal heat and improving strength, flexibility and cardiovascular health. This is a vigorous, exhilarating, all over workout designed to tone and stretch the whole body.
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Our Teachers
Kelly and Kathryn opened the Dancing Lotus Center in May of 2007. The Center hosts teachers in body/mind/spirit/emotions classes to the public in addition to special workshops and events. We offer only the finest of the healing arts. If you would like to teach at Dancing Lotus, please call us.
Nia Teachers
Kathryn Kelley, Lynn Bowman, Jamie Anesi, Marilyn Alexander, Karen Jakovac
Yoga Teachers
Kelly Baraby, Kim Erica Schleicher, Barbara Denowh
Tribal-style Bellydance Bobbi Lambertson, Egyptian Bellydance – Arwen C.
Co-owner Kathryn Kelley, LCPC, is the Founder of the Kelley Institute of Integrative Therapy, a Licensed Psychotherapist, and a Licensed Blue Belt Nia Instructor. She has been working with mind/body/spirit/emotion integration and healing for 16 years. Offering proven techniques to relieve unwanted emotions and thoughts, individuals find peace, joy and fulfillment in everyday life. Kathryn also teaches Nia Technique classes and playshops as well as seminars and workshops on mind/body/spirit/emotion integration. Read Kathryn’s story.
I never would have imagined that the first dance steps would eventually lead me to the White Belt Intensive Training and certification to teach, let alone to actually leading a class, but I’m glad they did. I am very blessed to be able to offer an avenue for others to enter the Nia Technique. Come join the fun and whatever else you choose to make the Nia experience!
Add the element of creativity into everything you do and witness yourself creating your life as art. — from The Nia Technique, Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas
As time went on, the only downside was my lack of air. I would have to curb my enthusiasm to catch my breath. The solution was easy! After 34 years, I stopped smoking. I had lots of help and support from family and friends, but Nia was the carrot that kept this stubborn mule motivated. The next year, I took the White Belt Intensive and started teaching. Now in my fifties, I feel stronger than I did in my thirties. Nia is the gift that keeps on giving and I love sharing the gift with everyone.
because I love the dance so much I wanted to share it with other women.
Tribal-style bellydance in a modern style originating in San Fransico. It has an ancient look and feel, but the format is new and designed to accommodate many dancers on “stage” at the same time. In this class I’ll teach you the basic steps plus isolations to perfect the moves. At the end of each class we’ll put it together and dance. And best of all, you’ll have fun and find a new appreciation of your body! More info: email Bobbi or call her at 443-3301. Here is a link for more info, http://tribes.tribe.net/tribalraqs
As an instructor, Arwen has certifications in: NETA Personal Trainer, YMCA Personal Trainer, Humana Healthcare Yoga Stretch for Seniors, Group Fitness, YMCA Stretching, Humana Healthcare Cardio Circuit for Seniors, NETA Kinesiology (in progress), NETA Cardio Dance (in progress), YMCA Pilates, YMCA Healthy Lifestyle Principals, CPR and First Aid. Arwen has taught specialty classes for diverse groups such as Seniors, Teens, the developmentally disabled, and belly dance for dancers. http://www.qcorientalacademy.com/—
Barbara Denowh has been a student of yoga for ten years and is an active practitioner of hatha yoga and mediation, as well as a student of yogic philosophy. She is certified through the Shambhava School of Yoga where she did an immersion training in a yogic lifestyle. Barbara’s classes are designed to harmonize mind, body, and breath to address the imbalances caused by our hectic lifestyles. Expect to find a quiet refuge on the mat and let the outside world m
elt away.
Barbara teaches a hatha flow style of yoga. Hatha Flow emphasizes fluid movement with fewer details given to each pose. The class links breath and movement through a continuous flow of sequential poses building internal heat and improving strength, flexibility and cardiovascular health. This is a vigorous, exhilarating, all over workout designed to tone and stretch the whole body.
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