Joynasium™

Get on the Dance Floor

Joy is transformational. 

Joy is a weapon of mass creation.

We know this, but we don't trust that feeling that much these days.

Feeling free, actually feeling anything other than tired, annoyed, and downright fake is super difficult in a time of mass deception, truthiness, and murder.

At the Joynasium™ we create a space, an experience that allows you to invite your emotions fully into your awareness, fully into your body, then you let that $h*t go when the beat drops.

You weren't meant to be a luggage rack...and you're defintely not a trash panda. Our sessions might feel like you're getting dragged, but YOU are the one who will stop dragging all the things and foraging in your past for justification doughnuts.

Come get free with us. 

We'll learn breathwork, special dance moves, stretch put some meditation breaks in there and shake loose the stories that we tell ourselves to stay small enough not to get hurt again.

We gonna human from our soles to our souls.

Hi there, I'm your Chief Joy Marauder

A dance artist and movement scholar, Dr. Anna B. Scott helps scholars, doers and artists light up the world through her system the Betterfly Chart™; Somatic Activated Healing™; Quantum Storytelling; and spiritual arts. She has spent over 30 years studying, performing and using African Diaspora dance as divine medicine. In a constant state of healing from Multiple Sclerosis, she's a testimony to the power of our soles in motion.

She holds an A.B. in Anthropology/Social Sciences from Stanford University and a MA/Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University.

She certified in Somatic Activated Healing™ in 2022 as 1 of 100 healers in the first cohort. Since then she has served as an inaugural instructor in the Method in Sah diSimone's membership portal, Awakening, and also as a guest instructor to cohort 2.

Upcoming Classes

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What We Do

The Joynasium™ is currently a joy-marauding event-based experience delivering Somatic Activated Healing™ live in the Greater Memphis area and virtually via Luma.

Eventually you may also request Idea Scrums, Imagination Jym Time, and Futurecasting experiences lead by founder Dr. Anna B. Scott.

But for now, let's answer some of your questions about SAH Method™ our interval training for your spirit, soul & body.

What is Somatic Activated Healing™?

Created by Sah DiSimone, the SAH Method™ is a movement experience designed to alleviate the stress and trauma of living in an extractive economy and culture. It is a radical, spiritual body technique that is practiced like interval training using movement, breathwork, meditation, affirmations, and ecstatic dance to create a circuit. A session can include as few as one circuit or as many as 5. 

This radical wellness practice — championed by Deepak Chopra, and heralded in Forbes, Vogue, the Daily Mail, and more combines science-based healing modalities to clear emotional blocks, build resilience, and reconnect with your innate and powerful essence.

Our students consistently rave that the SAH Method™ offers profound psychological, physical, and spiritual benefits including:

• Reduced depression and anxiety

• Reduced physical pain and lethargy

• Increased sense of resilience

• Increased joy and inspiration

• Improved physical health and energy

• Improved mental health and clarity
  Deepened connection to authenticity and self-expression

What is involved?

Each session addresses a particular state of mind that prevents true acceptance of yourself as you are right now. At the start of each session, a brief introduction of the title and intention for the class will be given as you are invited to direct your attention inwards as we set our intention for the class. You will be guided through the combinations each session by a certified Somatic Activated Healing™ Coach. You are free to move at your own pace, take the class from a seated or prone position, and hydrate when necessary. We ask that you arrive at least 3 minutes before the session and wait to be admitted from the waiting room. Late arrivals can be distracting to others and detrimental to your health.

What will happen?

That’s entirely up to you and your body. In SAH Method™ we ask that people arrive with no expectations for an outcome, but that you drop the story and stay with the feeling. Typically, people experience muscular and emotional releases during a session. You can expect to sweat A LOT. A session is like interval training for your mindbodyspirit. There will be loud music and encouraging shouting and laughing from the instructor. Your muscles will get a workout. You will learn and use specific breathing techniques. You will be guided through ways to meditate that flow with your life. You will dance like no one is looking. You will change. We cannot control the change that occurs, only accept it.

Is there a dress code?

The invitation is to take the class in bare feet, but if you have foot issues you can wear athletic footwear that allows you to dance. This is key as many shoes prevent the foot from sliding and spinning, to prevent accidental slipping. Your body will be in charge of the moves you make, so dress accordingly. Be sure to take your clothing, hair, and jewelry out of the equation: if you are constantly having to pull up your pants or adjust your top, hair or jewelry, you will be too distracted to fully engage the sequences. You can serve a lewk (we love to see it), but make sure it is not in your way!