Taking Jay’s movement class with my wife has been not only a revelation for me but an exciting new way for us to connect as a couple.

As an alumni of the Tisch school, I had taken several dance and movement courses and was usually just trying to keep up with the choreography, while not really getting a feel for what I was doing with my body or why it mattered. I felt lost. So for the last decade I had been left with a sense that I didn’t like dance or movement because I must not be wired correctly and couldn’t connect.

The first thing I appreciated about Jay’s method is that everything was taken incrementally and I found I was able to be present in each of the movements. He frequently checks in and lets me go at a pace where I don’t lose a sense of what the movement is or my connection to it. As someone who is not easily able to get “in my body” this felt like new territory to discover. The work has given me newfound confidence in my ability to move and I am able to remember the movements in a progression much easier because I can actually connect to each one. Speaking of connection, doing this work with my wife has been great for us in terms of being physically playful with one another and it’s a nice way to set aside time for something intimate yet fun. The atmosphere Jay maintains is one not of “right” or “wrong” movements, but of exploring each movement and seeing what feels right, and it’s this freedom to explore that makes each session rewarding for mind, body, and soul.