We All Feel It Differently, But We Feel Something with Melani De Guzman

An LA native dedicated to staying in the Lenape Territory for awhile. Melani De Guzman is a Filipinx-American multidisciplinary dance artist, actor, educator, community facilitator, and healer. The heart of her work is rooted in healing, sensual embodiment, and reclaiming ancestral lineages. She has integrated her diverse practices and collaborative partnerships into site-specific solo works, dance films, and movement offerings.Melani reclaims her power and truth studying somatic movement practices, mysticism through astrology, community activism, and forever being a student. Her evolving purpose is to create potent and inspiring medicine- projects, initiatives, works, spaces, movements- to help elevate the way all bodies exist.Melani's offerings include a Bahala Na breathwork and meditation pop up through wuwu, free weekly 30 min somatic meditation exploration at Rose, an in-person sound bath Fridays at Fotografiska NYC, and a collaboration with visual artist Florence Montmare starting Dec 11 onwards. You can connect with Melani on IG @breathemelani and through her website.