Conversations for the Moving Self
Hello, I am Megan, a lifelong movement artist and facilitator. Each week I invite you inside of the honest conversations I have been having with incredibly inspiring movement and wellbeing practitioners, as we unpack the beautiful rollercoaster it is pursuing a lifestyle that…
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Episode 33 - "Through Care, We Push Each Other to Fly" — Kristina and Sadé Alleyne (opens the original)
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This week Megan sits down with sister duo Sadé and Kristina Alleyne, founders of Alleyne Dance, to talk about building a decade-long creative partnership as twins, mothers, and artists. From their roots in athletics to founding their own company in 2014, they open up about navigating long-distance collaboration (Kristina in Antwerp, Sadé in London), leading projects solo through pregnancy and new motherhood, and the balance of rigor and care that defines their teaching style. They also dig into
Episode 32 - Building the Garden: Movement, Teaching & the Island Life with Arran Green and Kurty Genevieve (opens the original)
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Recorded live in front of an audience at the Octopus Print Gallery — our first-ever in-person recording — host Megan sits down with two dance educators whose careers span two very different worlds: Mauritius and London. Kurty Linsley Genevieve is a Mauritian dancer, choreographer, and creative educator with 20+ years across ballet, Kathak, jazz, and contemporary, and a gold medal at the Jeux de la Francophonie with Les Frères Joseph. Since 2012 he's been a leading teacher and choreographer at Le
Episode 31 - More Than a Side Hustle: How Massage Therapy and Musical Theater Shaped Bethany Wynn (opens the original)
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In this episode, Megan sits down with Bethany Wynn, a Level 5 advanced clinical massage therapist based in London with a background in musical theatre. Bethany shares her journey from performing on cruise ships and UK tours to building a thriving massage practice rooted in compassion rather than the "no pain, no gain" mentality she grew up with in performing arts. They dig into what it really means to take care of your body as a mover or performer, from the loneliness of being sidelined by an in
Episode 30 - Laurent Roure on Somatic Practice and Yoga, Encouraging Invitations, and Liberation (opens the original)
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This episode features Laurent, a yoga and somatic teacher whose approach blends Scaravelli Yoga with Feldenkrais-based somatic work. Laurent has been practicing yoga for over three decades, starting in the disciplined world of Ashtanga in the 90s before discovering a more receptive, listening-based approach through Scaravelli and years of one-to-one study with teachers including osteopath John Stirk and a direct lineage holder of Vanda Scaravelli's teaching. Recorded during Mental Health Awarene
Episode 29 - "No Other Choice" - Olia Poliakova on building a dance career when there was no roadmap (opens the original)
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In this episode, host Megan sits down with Olia Polyakova — Ukrainian-born, London-based movement artist — recorded live in Mauritius, where the two former London Contemporary Dance School classmates have been spending time together. The conversation is warm, candid, and deeply personal, touching on what it really means to build a life around dance. Olia opens up about why she chose to spend holiday time in the studio, and how dancing without stakes or agenda feels less like work and more like t
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