Embodied Arts & Wellness
Come home to your body
An oasis of true nourishment
Embodied Arts & Wellness offers an oasis of true nourishment -- not the quick fix kind -- the slow down, move, breathe, feel and connect with what is real inside of you kind. In a face paced, tech forward world, we offer an invitation to return home to yourself -- to the inherent wisdom within your body, and to Source -- through movement, presence and creativity.
Our offerings are infused with Spirit, inviting a return to ritual space, weaving the sacred and the creative into embodied practices that support the full range of expression -- from deep, restorative stillness to inspired, dynamic movement -- a reminder that coming back to center can be simple, that movement is healing, and that embodied play is a necessary and healthy tool for self-regulation and growth; for adults, children and families.
Step into your Creative Flow
Lucia Rich, founder/director of Embodied Arts & Wellness is a SomaSource Practitioner, RYT Yoga Instructor, Movement, Expressive and Performing Arts Educator, Collaborative Theater Artist and Mother devoted to embodiment through her personal practice, performing and teaching for over 20 years. Lucia has been grounded in somatic and mindfulness practices from a young age, learning to meditate when she was 10, and beginning her practice of yoga at 13. She received a BFA in theater with a minor in writing in 20002 and her lifelong love of dance, theater led her to complete an MFA in Lecoq-based Actor Created Physical Theater from London International School of Performing art in 2004. She then went on to complete her pedagogical training in Lecoq based physical theater with international clown, mask and theater pedagogue, Giovanni Fusetti. in 2009. In the meantime, Lucia studied/mentored for 7 years with Melissa Michaels, founder of SomaSource and Golden Bridge and completed her lifecycles practitioner training in 2023. She has worked as a choreographer, movement director and teacher of yoga, dance, creative movement, somatic movement, theater, puppetry, clown and mask for all ages. She has performed across the US and internationally in London, Edinburgh, France, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Turkey.
As a student of yoga for over 25 years, I have been exposed to many different teaching styles and approaches. Lucia stands out as a teacher who nourishes and strengthens your body, spirit and mind in an integrated and intentional way. In each of her classes, I experience a transformation and come out cleansed and grounded. It has become a form of soul therapy I count on . I am so grateful to have found Lucia and her yoga community. It represents a form of coming home to myself, my body, and true grounding.
Sarah, Bussey, Therapist, Mother
Embodied Flow Student
"Lucia has inspired our communities for decades. Her creativity is an endless stream of surprises. Her capacity to bring her community to tears is like none other. She causes us all to laugh and delight in the human reality that we all find ourselves moving through. Lucia is filled with light because she is not afraid to be with the darkness. She is a teaching and teacher of paradox and wholeness!"
Melissa Michaels,
Founder of SomaSource and Golden Bridge
