ALIRIA SERNA

Aliria Serna’s Biodanza journey began in her home country of Colombia in 2005, where she discovered this system. She decided to follow her passion and moved to San Francisco in 2006 to begin the teacher training at the San Francisco School of Biodanza. She is currently a member of the SFSB staff and a Biodanza facilitator under supervision. Formerly an electrical engineer, Aliria has also cultivated a life-long path of mind-body-spirit integration that includes the love for many types of yoga, meditation, sports and dance, as well as a love for spending time in nature. “Enjoyment is a transformational path and it is the best way to be grateful for life”.

BARBAR TAPIA (Babi)

Barbara discovered Biodanza in 2004 while studying Psychology in University of Barcelona. She started the Teacher Training in the Barcelona School of Biodanza in 2004 with Luis Otavio and Silvia Eick. She finished it in 2010. She has always been fascinated by human movement, dance, studied modern dance, kathak, flamenco and tried many other dance techniques. Barbara is currently in the US on a cultural exchange with the SFSB, teaching in the North of California and completing her monograph on “The Phoenix Bird; the Mhyth of Death and Rebirth in Biodanza”. She has merged the theoretical/practical side of the teacher training with her call to travel the world, observing how Biodanza can be adapted and used in different communities and cultures. "My passion for body and mind awareness has given me the impulse to study a variety of dance systems and  techniques. My aim is to raise the awareness to create a better world, better human interactions with oneself, with others, with the community and with the universe"

BELISA AMARO

Belisa Amaro pioneered Biodanza in the United States, where she has been teaching since 1998.  She is the founder and director of the San Francisco School of Biodanza, the only certified school of Biodanza in the U.S. As a Biodanza facilitator and trainer, she has witnessed the growth and evolution of hundreds of participants in this system that combines music, dance, and chanting with community.   Born in São Paulo, Belisa brings to her work her passionate Brazilian soul and her impulse for genuine connection.

CECILIA REUS

Cecilia Reus is originally from Chile, where Biodanza was created. It was not until she moved to San Francisco that she became a biodancera, and has not stopped for the past 11 years. Biodanza became such an important part of her life, that when the first school opened, it was a natural step for her to join and continue her path toward a certification as a facilitator. Today she combines her passion for working with children as a child psychotherapist and her love for Biodanza by co-facilitating a beginning class with her dear friend Marla. "Biodanza has provided a sense of community and belonging, which as an immigrant has been crucial in my adaptation to a new culture.”

CLARA RUBIN-SMITH

Clara Rubin-Smith (facilitadora bilingue) is a lifelong dancer passionate about making the rich natural resource of dance available to everyone. She brings diverse experiences to teaching including many forms of movement and music-making, group facilitation and community development, and is bilingual in English/Spanish -- asi que si sólo hablas español, eres bienvenido a sus clases! Clara began practicing Biodanza in 2000 while living in Santiago, Chile, and completed the teacher training in 2007 and the specialization for young people and families in Canada in 2010. Currently completing certification, her thesis project focuses on Biodanza with pregnant women and incorporates her training as a birth doula. Other specialized interests include Biodanza for organizations and teams and continuing to expand the accessibility of this beautiful system!

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HILDEGARD FLEMING

Hildegard Fleming, was certified as Biodanza Facilitator in 2010. Born in Brazil and currently living in the East San Francisco Bay Area, CA, Hildegard discovered the wonders of Biodanza in 1993. Always marveled and enchanted by the beauty and richness of the human being she immediately found resonance in Rolando Toro’s ideas and teachings. She became part of the group that founded the first School of Biodanza in Curitiba, in Brazil, and finished her training as a facilitador in 2001. Also a Psychologist and trained Gestalt Therapist, Hildegard focus in the mind-body integrative approaches also found in Biodanza. In 2011 she started to teach in the San Francisco Bay Area currently leading the Sonoma County Biodanza Group.

LAURA CAMNER

Laura Camner first crossed paths with Biodanza in Ecuador in 2006. After just one class Laura knew she wanted to become a facilitator and bring this gift to people of different ages and backgrounds all around the world! She did her Teacher Training with the Bogotá School of Biodanza in Colombia, the School of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, and is completing her supervisions with the San Francisco School of Biodanza. Training in three countries adds a unique depth of knowledge and creativity to her practice. Laura has been passionate about authentic movement and expression her whole life, engaging with groups of contact improv, acro-yoga, meditation, circus tricks, free dance -- anything and everything that integrates her body into life! She brings joy and vitality to each class, encouraging participants to push their creative edge, with a true desire to connect with others in the celebration of life.

MARINA LI

Marina Li, NC, HHC, has been involved with Biodanza since 2004.  She completed the first Biodanza trainer’s cycle in the US in 2007 and presented her Biodanza thesis on Yang and Yin Integration in 2010.  Her training also includes specialization for Biodanza with children and teenagers with practicum at a public middle school in the Bay Area. Marina is grateful for depths of human relationships Biodanza has created in her life. She loves gathering people to dance with diversity, both personal and collective. Her joyful, grounded presence inspires people to "dance with life" with courage, humor and grace. She also inspires vitality and delish through holistic nutrition and health counseling.

MARLA LEECH

Marla Leech is a facilitator in training with the San Francisco School of Biodanza.  She finished her training in the first cycle of the school and is now under supervision.  She facilitates a class in Oakland with Cecilia Reus.  Marla is originally from San Diego, teaches film/video techniques at two colleges, makes documentary and feature films, is a paddle boarder and kayaker, and plays in a Bossa Nova quartet.  She speaks Spanish, and Portunol, and invites you to try new things!!! 

Zora Coeur De Roy

Zora is a certified Biodanza facilitator who loves bringing people together through Biodanza. Her greatest passion and pleasure in life is to witness and facilitate people's personal growth and transformation. In her four and half years of teaching weekly Biodanza classes and weekend workshops, Zora has had the privilege and honor to create a safe space for hundreds of people to open their hearts. She warmly invites participants to get in touch with their authentic emotions, to recognize and embrace their need for tender touch, to find their own inner strength, and to awaken to their sensuality. Zora also gently invites them to discover and express their fullest potentials to recreate themselves and to find deeper meaning in their lives.
She has been trained in San Fransisco, Montreal, Mexico, France and Brazil. She is specialized in the following extensions: "Identity and the Four Elements" and "Biodanza, Voice and Percussion". She wrote her thesis on "Biodanza as a spiritual path"

CARMEN ARANDA

Carmen Aranda has 14 years of experience coordinating and facilitating workshops geared toward personal growth.  Her life experience has granted her with leadership skills and intuitive gifts, leading her to found the Centro de Bienestar y Desarrollo Humano (Center for Human Development and Well Being), in Gardena, California, where she has facilitated women's groups for empowerment since 2005.
Carmen holds a certification in "Heal Your Life", by Louise Hay, and has a background in Ayurvedic healing and massage.  As a Biodanza facilitator in the process of certification, Carmen has had the opportunity to teach in South Africa, and Tijuana, Mexico, at a center of rehabilitation for women. It is through years of work, travel and encounters that Carmen has enriched her story and is defining her present life to share with humanity.