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Stevi Kamphaus

Facilitator, Registered Nurse (to be)

My name is Stevi Kamphaus and I am a care worker, non-traditional dancer, somatic coach, and developer of Transformative Somatics. I am descended from German, English and Polish peoples from a big family with an even bigger chosen family.

I’ve spent the last decade working in social services and am currently finishing my Associate RN degree. I’ve always engaged in advocacy in my community in some form, I’m that person who can’t help speaking up and I really want all of us to have the chance to step into our best. The work I do takes many forms, and in my learning and growing and weaving of all of this, I become more and more intimately aware of the ways that so many of the systems of our modern world actively strip communities and individuals of embodied cultural traditions and relationships—relationships that we evolved with and have relied on for transformative healing, connection and safety since we have been on this earth. For me, the work of social transformation and reclaiming embodied relationships are inseparable. Cultivating networks of connection, power and collective care for the purpose of enabling us to better live in the ebb and flow of endless change is the central focus of all of the work that I do. Transformative Somatics is a term that simply refers to the myriad ways we incubate and support symbiosis in all our relationships and interactions as we learn to live-into the radically connected futures that we long for. 

Being a human is…complicated, but the resilience, brilliance and ingenuity to transform and reimagine ourselves and our communities lives in all of us. I invite you to join me as we grow between the cracks and inhabit the liminal spaces where there is room for all that we embody.

Background & Training

I hold a Bachelors of Arts degree from The Evergreen State College where I specialized in Somatic Studies and Cultural Psychology.

I have spent the last 10 years studying various forms of dance, Traditional Chinese Martial Arts, and somatics with different teachers and have received training in Laban-Bartenieff fundamentals, and Theater For Living. As a white person learning from culturally based-practices as an outsider, I recognize the inequitable access and present as well as historical harms that have been caused to so many communities by white supremacy, colonization, and appropriation. I do not claim expertise in these practices, and while what I learn informs my approach to somatics, I do not teach specific techniques or traditions that I have not been given permission to share.

I believe deeply that to show up well in community we need mentorship, and intentional ways to learn from one another. I would not be here without the guidance, love and care of so many wise and wild people. I want to especially give thanks to my mentors Kai Cheng Thom, Lisa (a.k.a) Tiny Gray-Garcia, and Chico Herbison, among many other dear friends and loved ones who love me into accountability and show me how to live in my truth fiercely.