Our Mission:
To provide a safe, supportive and sacred space for women to move and connect to their minds, bodies and souls. Our specialty is not only what we offer and facilitate, it’s how we offer, teach and hold space for women. This is the philosophy behind the Felinity movement method. The movement itself offers women permission to listen, restore and relish in the authentic wisdom that is held in their bodies & deep within, through natural movement. As the facilitators, we also practice what we hold space for – Self Care, Loving Self-awareness and connecting to our own bodies & wisdom.
About Us:
Updates: The Flagship studio location in Toronto is in transformation. We are no longer servicing out of this studio space anymore. Please stay tuned for what is to come. In the meantime enjoy the Pause. We know we are ~ restoration time! Stay connected to learn how the Felinity Method is transforming and resurrecting and how it will be offered in the near future.
Alyson Joy
After retiring as a Professional Contemporary Modern Dancer, Alyson Joy continued to teach & guide movement, specifically focusing on the Mind/Body connection with her clients. Her interest and approach to movement, the body, and body awareness, lead her to become the founder/creator of the Felinity Method series. While facilitating she also continued her education, becoming a Vibrational Sound Therapist, Metaphysical Practitioner, and a Reverend (International Metaphysical Ministry).
In more detail:
Alyson is best known for her ability to inspire women of all ages, either through her captivating performances and speaking engagements, or when she guides group/private movement classes. She has been dancing since she was a young child and facilitating dance and group fitness classes for 20+ years. Classically trained in ballet, jazz, tap and acrobatics, she later forayed into modern and contemporary dance. She furthered her training at the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre in New York City and the School of Toronto Dance Theatre (STDT) where she learned to appreciate the artistic sophistication of the style and hone her talent.
After graduating from the STDT program, Alyson began performing with a local modern dance company, Newton Moraes Dance Theatre. While dancing professionally was her full-time career, she also began free style dancing and performing at nightclub venues, corporate events & special events throughout Toronto, Mexico, Greece and Spain.
Along with her modern dance career, it was also through freestyle dancing and performing that Alyson began to understand the relationship between her mind, body and spirit; exploring all the different ways her body could move, and most importantly, explore her artistry as a real woman. Only accustomed to performing choreographed routines, Alyson found new freedom in the art of freestyling. As she became more comfortable with her own movement, she continued to gain this new sense of freedom because she started to let go of the idea of seeking validation from others. She realized that this style of dance was aiding her as a woman and wanted to share those realizations with other women. She saw creating the Felinity Movement Method as an opportunity to do this.
Since opening a studio space that facilitates the Felinity Movement Method, the Felinity Teacher Certification Program and various other forms of fitness and mindful movement, Alyson also began and completed the creation of the internationally known DVD series: Felinity, Core Sensuality Series. After launching the DVD series. Alyson has had the opportunity to tour Canada as a public speaker and workshop leader dealing with topics such as women connecting to their sensuality, self-esteem, body image and boasting the benefits of bodywork for women. She has also started working with holistic practitioners and counsellors by providing their clients with the Felinity Method as a way for clients to ground their new found knowledge, awareness and thought patterns. Recently Alyson graduated from the University of Metaphysics, receiving her Bachelor of Metaphysical Science degree as well as her Metaphysical Practitioner Diploma and Ordination as an Ordained Metaphysical Minister under the International Metaphysical Ministry. For more information about Alyson and her specialized wellness services / modalities outside of the Felinity Method, please click on the link below. Although Felinity is offered to women only, Alyson’s other services are offered to everyone.
Alyson’s main focus behind her own self care, performances, the Felinity Movement Method, and facilitation is to help women (including herself and also gentlemen) to fall in love and continue to keep falling in love with the way their bodies move… and relish in it!… grounding in truth, self love and support in All Ways.