Soulpower Dance™
Intensive and Level One Instructor Training
Thursday, September 17- Sunday, September 20, 2026
The Soulpower Dance Intensive and Level One* Instructor training has returned! Join me for a transformative, four day dive into your most authentic self through the creative art, healing and empowerment of expressive dance. This is an intensive combining the wisdom & sacred practice of embodied spirituality, with the knowledge of strong, foundational skills training for dance fitness instruction.
This training is for all those seeking:
a more conscious and connected relationship to their body, heart, and spirit
a more intuitive and authentic connection to their dance
more confidence, creativity, self empowerment and voice in their dance expression
a deeper wisdom and knowledge of the healing power of movement/dance
personal and spiritual growth through the healing power of dance
to learn how to choreograph to music
to lead others in emotive dance and dance choreography
to become a trauma-informed dance fitness or Soulpower instructor
a firm foundation in the power of presence in holding safe and sacred containers
an intimate and deeply connective group experience with like-minded dancers
CURRICULUM:
Soulpower Dance is based on a foundation of 8 Core Principles. We will cover these 8 principles and more while honoring, holding and witnessing the personal and interpersonal growth aspects of body, mind, heart and spirit.
1) History, Her Story, Your Story
2) Dance as Medicine (Trauma-informed training)
3) Archetypes & Elements as Energy
4) To Be Embodied: Physically, Spiritually, Emotionally & Mentally
5) Music as your Muse, Manifesting Passion
6) Foundations in Choreography
7) Building Community (Common-Unity)
8) Leading, Cueing and Instructing 101
Each participant will have the opportunity to choreograph a song (with support) by the end of the Intensive and teach the song in a finale group class on Sunday. This will be a free, one hour class format to the public. Family and friends are enthusiastically invited.
This is called the: Soulpower Intensive Dance Showcase.
Upon completion of the 4 days, each participant will receive a Certificate of Completion for 26 hours of Intensive and Training as a Level One Certified Instructor.
Please note: Participating in this intensive does not require you to become an instructor. The experience alone offers the benefits stated above. However, this certification is good for two years if you decide to continue on the path to becoming a Soulpower Dance™ instructor.
*A Level One certification offers the basic foundational skills needed to create and hold your own dance fitness class. To become a Soulpower Dance™ Instructor, Level Two certification and training will be required and those details will be shared in the Level One training.
SCHEDULE:
Thursday, September 17th: 9am-5pm @Haw Creek Commons
Friday, September 18th: 12:30pm-5:30pm @Haw Creek Commons
Saturday, September 19th: 9am-6pm @Stillpoint Wellness
Sunday, September 20th: 9am-1pm @Haw Creek Commons
Lunch, snack and rest breaks are built into the schedule.
Soulpower Intensive Dance Showcase:
Sunday, September 20th at 10am @Haw Creek Commons
TUITION:
$888
Early Bird Discount $100 off tuition for registrations by July 1st, 2026.
$200 deposit at Registration holds your space. Deposit is non-refundable.
With Early Bird discount, tuition total is $788. The remaining $588 balance will by due by August 15th, 2026.
Registrations after July 1st, $200 deposit to reserve your space and remaining $688 due by August 15th, 2026
Cancellation policy:
Cancellations before August 15th, 2026 can receive refund (less deposit). No refunds for cancellations after this date.
Info for attendees from outside of Asheville
Airport: Asheville Regional Airport (20 min from East Asheville)
Training locations:
Haw Creek Commons: 315 Old Haw Creek Rd., Asheville, 28805
Stillpoint Wellness: 946 Tunnel Rd., Asheville, 28805
Nearby hotels: Best Western, Glo Hotel.
Downtown Asheville is 7-8 min away for hotels there.
For questions: email misa@soulpowerliving.com
Testimonials for the March 2025 Intensive & Instructor Training
“Invaluable, heart opening, life changing experience. I intend to take the energy and transformation out into the world in so many ways. This class is about so much more than dance. And what a phenomenal way to bring this journey through the dance.”
~ Becca F.
“I’m hoping to join Level 2! You provided us with such a beautiful container to learn, grow, and soar! Thank you for sharing your passion with us. I will forever be grateful for these four amazing days.”
~ Jocelyn B.
“Overall, wow, just wow! You bring it, Misa. You show up, model what a dancer can look like when she follows her heart and shares her bliss freely. What you present in class looks effortless,. Now, I know how it works, and I love you for all the effort! Thank you!”
~Myra Grace B.
From February 2020 Intensive and Training
“My experience in Misa’s Soulpower dance Intensive was beyond anything I could have begun to imagine! I decided to take it to understand the foundation and depth behind the dance that had come to mean so much to me. Little did I know at the time that it would open portals to personal transformation that are still, five years later, deepening and simmering. This opportunity - if you have even a small glimmer of interest- is one to dive towards… it will shift your dance perhaps… but even more, it will open your soul to magical possibilities! “
~ Kristy Johnson
“This was such an opportunity to take intentions that were already gaining momentum in my life and explore them in a supportive, empowered circle and through dance. It was everything that the little voice inside that said an immediate “yes” could have imagined. Thank you for your thorough preparation—it showed and was a gift to us.”
~ Lisa N.
“ I feel so uplifted and excited to move forward with Soulpower and my personal growth. I wasn’t prepared for how deep this would dig into my soul! (But glad for it). Definitely one of the most powerful and transformational experiences in my life thus far.”
~ Miranda M.