BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL WITH JORDANA!
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ABOUT
I am Jordana and I am a Somatic Movement Coach & Core Energetics Practitioner who has travelled the globe as a performer, choreographer and teacher to develop a game-changing, new modality for accelerated transformation called Embodied Release.
Because of all the challenges I encountered as a professional Dancer & Choreographer, and the devastation I faced after experiencing multiple pregnancy losses, I researched ways to elevate performance while calming the nervous system, drawing on many cultures and often secret, sacred traditions to define the mystical, scientific and spiritual elements that can help transform you from the inside out.
The synthesized wisdom of these collective traditions now enable you to overcome the false beliefs that sabotage and hold you back. To build a body that can hold success AND failure! To become so magnetic and radiant that you implicitly trust yourself and your brilliant body to design and align with the life of your dreams.
I have worked as a stage director/choreographer and movement coach across the broadest applications of movement, from theatre, musicals, indie film, & music videos and nothing is more satisfying than helping clients align with their desires!
A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU…
1) Have you experienced traumatic events like pregnancy loss or abortion, and still feel as if you have not fully grieved? (*Stillbirth, debilitating period pain, C-Section trauma, birth trauma, Rape, sexual molestation are all womb traumas)
2) Do you suffer from low libido, or inability to relax and orgasm during sex? Do you feel disconnected from your sex or your body’s pleasure altogether? Is sex painful or do you avoid sex because you feel like it’s ‘too much?’
3) Is your relationship communication suffering?
4) Do you have digestion or gut health issues like colitis, constipation, IBS Or heartburn?
ANY ONE of the above can be debilitating and sabotaging in your life
THE PERSONAL COST
Is that you are probably missing out on….
The starting or growth of your family
Loving hot dynamic sexual relationships
Buisiness Growth
Deep restful rejuvenating sleep
But are you ready to reclaim your body confidence and slay?
Are you ready to move
OR
Do you want to be held?
MOVE
BE HELD
CURRENT OFFERS
LIVE MOVEMENT CLASS
Recurrent/Ongoing
This is a 45 minute dance movement class on Zoom where we access the 7 segments of body armor and move through them, melting them as we go!
1:1 MOVEMENT COACHING
Schedule a discovery call now!
UNDEFENDED : THE 5 PERSONALITY PATTERNS
For Coaches Teachers Healers Leaders Therapists & Caregivers
In this 10 week LIVE online course we will explore how to recalibrate the nervous system through the lens of the 5 personality patterns (Core Energetics, Bioenergetics & Pathwork) Sign up now!
HANDS-ON-HEALING (REIKI)
The table work method as taught at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing mixed with Reiki (Level II) & my own interpretation of how our energy fields / auras connect when we are in close proximity. I follow the 7 armor segments of the body, from feet to crown, “energetically supporting the client into alignment toward healing, as well as clearing, balancing, and renewing the energy field that supports physical and emotional health. It touches every aspect of a person’s life to improve the quality of life.” Barbara Brennan’s background in healing is the same as my own, via Core Energetics and Pathwork. This is where all bodywork and the 5 personality pattern work coalesce. Make an appointment to see if H-on-H is right for you!
ALL MY PROGRAMS INCLUDE
A combination of the following :
Inner Child Work
The 5 personality patterns defense structures
Trauma therapy (Tension Trauma Release work)
Bioenergetic Postures
Pathwork Foundation Concepts
Kundalini Yoga & Meditation
Pilates
Functional Range Conditioning
Breath-work
Core Energetics Therapy
Non linear movement method (NLMM)
30 years knowledge as a Professional dancer & choreographer
Hands on healing table work (for deep relax Barbara Brennan style)
Ice bath dips \ Wim Hof breathing
Esoteric wisdom (Obv)
Ways of Council Circle Facilitation
It will depend on how you re showing up and what’s necessary in the moment.
RESUME
From very early on in my movement career, I was a trained dancer, mentored by modern dance legend Bella Lewtizky in the Horton technique which was heavily influenced by Native American rhythms shapes designs and culture. My deep soul love of ritual, sacred tribal movement and song, folk dance and theatre traditions, comes from Bella and her mentor Lester Horton.
A certified and much accomplished instructor, dancer and choreographer, I have a BFA in dance from the NYU Tisch School Of The Arts, where I also studied with Pilates Protégé and Master Teacher Kathleen Stanford Grant. She was intense, eccentric and true a visionary who single handedly gave me the tools for listening, seeing and teaching body work but specifically Pilates as invented and taught to her by Joseph Pilates. After graduating from NYU, I toured the world as a member of the renowned Mark Morris Dance Group, Pam Tanowitz Dance and Art band Fischerspooner as well as being a scholarship dancer at Merce Cunningham and performing with many other cutting edge choreographers and companies. Soon after, I began to combine this first hand knowledge of the body as a working dancer/choreographer with my extensive training in multiple modalities into a uniquely powerful approach to movement freedom & overall wellness which I am now offering in my hometown of Los Angeles. Interested in ERMT?
Certified twice through the Physical Mind Institute in Santa Fe, I have studied Every type of Yoga over the years, receiving certification from the Kundalini Yoga Research Instuitute (KRI) in 1999 & 2001. I have taught for so many Pilates Studios in and around Nyc I can’t remember them all, but the short list includes Fran Lehan @ Groundfloor Studio in Manhattan, Lesa Salvani @ In Balance Pilates Studio in Sag Harbor, & Clay Nyc. I was a continuous visiting teacher from 1992 - 2010 at The Peninsula Spa, Equinox, Crunch, David Barton Gym, Reebok Sports Club NY, Laughing Lotus Yoga Center and Kundalini Yoga East and in more recent years, I taught exclusively in peoples homes who owned their own equipment, but from 2010-2015 I saw clients @ Nimble Fitness, & @ Bliss Spa as well.
I have taught movement specifically designed for actors / performers at UCLA graduate acting program, USC Graduate Acting Program, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Mark Morris Dance Group School & NYU in their classical department lead by Louis Scheeder and Daniel Spector.
After graduating from The IM school of healing arts in NYC, & becoming a licensed Minister through the Church of Gaiabriel in NJ in 2006 (certified to lay hands on and give council) it only made sense that I would become a facilitator of Council Circle, which is a highly effective communication process we use in my group coaching programs.
I became an expert at working with pregnancy loss moms as well as high level creatives and have taught some recognizable names (in case that matters) Everyone from Bjork to Sofia Coppola, from Sean Lennon to Marisa Tomei and Mia Maestro, from photographer Mick Rock to Jazz musician Dave Douglas. From publishing magnate Veronica Hearst, to Vogue fashion writer Plum Sykes.
I have brought my unique brand of movement consulting to influential directors like Michel Gondry, Leslie Dektor and Wayne Wang, photographers Terry Richardson, Juergen Teller and Todd Eberle, bands like Fischerspooner & pop stars like CeeLo Green.
I look forward to bringing you THE MOST EXCELLENT Somatic Movement Medicine to recalibrate your Nervous System, and Spiritual guidance that brings magic & cohesion to you and or your life, career and ultimately your performance of YOU. Fortify your soul! See you Soon!
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Education
B.F.A.
NYU / TSOA
1990
Master Teacher Pilates Certification
Physical Mind Institute SF NM
1992 & 1999
Kundalini Yoga Instructor
Kundalini Research Institute 3HO
1999 & 2001
Ordained Minster
IM School of healing Arts
2006
LEVEL 1 Council Circle Facilitator
Ways of Council
2019
Skills & Languages
Steady
Patient
Communicative
Empathetic
Collaborative
English
Spanish (not fluent)
French (not fluent)
Body (definitely fluent)
References
Susy Markoe Schieffelin
Sound Healer
Preston Smiles
Freedom Coach
Tom Draper
Acting Coach
TheActingProject.com
David Warshofsky
Director of Graduate Acting Program USC
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Andrew Robinson
Director of Graduate Acting Program USC
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Lesa Salvani
In Balance Studio Sag Harbor, NY
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Andrea Brown
Ways of Council Trainer LA, CA
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Kellie Rogers
Event Designer, Producer
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Daniel Lucas
Gym owner
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Photo by Holly Pendergast
MY STORY
I came to healing my nervous system by way of self destruction.
I was a successful dancer/choreographer, touring the world with Mark Morris Dance Group and then as movement director of Art world darlings Fischerspooner but I could not feel my success.
I had performed in indie films & off Broadway plays, I had directed musicals and choreographed music videos for major recording artists, I ‘had it all’ but my achievements felt like check marks and I was living on the adrenaline of ambition & rage. Totally unsatisfied with myself, with my dancing body, with everything, I pushed myself to keep going until I combusted, lost my job and was physically forced to stop everything.
My boyfriend brought me to see Healer Levent Bouloukbasi at his IM school of healing arts where I began to learn how to move through the world differently. Once I understood that in every moment we have a choice of where to focus our energy that has real world measurable results, I began to experience everything in a new way. I walked out of our first meeting FEELING more energy in my body then I had in months. It was a small shift that changed how I took responsibility & subsequently shifted my presence in my body & in the room.
From that day forward, I have been focused on the work of researching & developing, continually learning and adding the newest scientifically proven ways (and some spiritual ones) to broaden and evolve myself as a practitioner so that I could share these gems with others.
When my integrity was tested and I hit rock bottom again during my TTC years during which I endured multiples pregnancy losses, I gained even more valuable information on how to process grief, trauma and use our pain to find our true power.
Whether I am working with you one-on-one or in a group class, I hold space for everyone wherever they are at to become the electro magnetic force of nature they were born to be. Fall in love with your life again!
This work will take you there.
TESTIMONIALS
“Working with Jordana helped me uncover some issues that were at the core of my blocks. Her techniques were vital to me understanding where I was having difficulty in my body and in my life moving forward and balancing. Her explanations helped guide me towards a more intimate discovery of how to stay with myself. I recommend her practice to anyone interested in gaining more body confidence and pleasure”
“First day on set since I was 14 and DAMN it feels good to have a tool bag 😍🙏🏼 thank you, Jordana! Mostly full of a lot of gratitude and excitement seeing these little mental doors open. Working with Jordana has brought me so much stability as a performer and as a person”
“Working with Jordana has helped me to overcome my panic attacks and the lack of confidence that came as a result of them. I am forever grateful to her for helping me get to know my nervous system!”
“I used to have fairly frequent panic attacks and if I became upset or overwhelmed, it was difficult to calm down, leaving me all shook up even after they stopped. Enter Jordana: With all the tools she gave me, most of which I have since put into a regular personal practice, I no longer have panic attacks! I’m able to stay present and aware in the face of stressful situations that used to make me crumble, and can often consciously mark when I’m starting to slip into a fight or flight response. I feel like I’m getting to know myself better as I finally have room to notice both the obvious and subtle ways these responses manifest for me. This lady will help you keep your cool without having to reject the part of you that’s hurting. Thank you Jordana!”
“The work I did with Jordana has opened a door for me that I use in both my personal and professional life: a conscious relationship between my body and my emotions/habits/needs. This work is challenging but essential if you have a lot of layers to uncover. I trust my body now which makes it feel very safe to be me!”
“Since working with jordana I can say what I feel without editing myself or feeling shameful about my passions.”
“Working with Jordana helped me break through hidden judgements and emotional limitations. Her classes magnified outdated programming that was not allowing me to feel freedom of expression in my life.”
“Before working with Jordana, I felt like I lost touch with my sex drive and struggled with confidence in my decisions, unsure of what I wanted or why. She challenged me both physically and emotionally, helping me to melt some of my main blocks. There’s always work to be done but after working with Jordana, I feel more present and connected to myself and others. ”
“I did an exclusive coaches workshop with Jordana and was so impressed. Not surprised but impressed. She brings so much to the table as you can see through her Instagram content. Together with a group of coaches, we felt safe enough to shed all the layers and welcome something more powerful and transformative. She explained eloquently how body armoring keeps us patterned and stuck. I felt more connected, emotionally sound and inspired after working w her. I would recommend her to anyone needing attention around trauma work and personal development.”
“Jordana is exactly who I need to work with. She has great eyes, great ears, a great ability to improvise what the body needs to do at each session. She loves a challenge and I provide that! She brings a sense of humor along with her extensive knowledge and experience with many modalities and is not devoted to any one way of approaching the complexities of improving and adapting to the realities of the body over time. My wholehearted admiration and recommendation!”
“Jordana is a fantastic instructor and I love working with her on Performance Elevation! She invests specific and personal attention in her students, which along with her extensive knowledge of body structure and proper positioning creates a superior experience and outcome. Plus, she makes me laugh.”
“Jordana is great at helping you get to know your core channel. Her class has been a game changer for my alignment and over health. Plus, she is funny too. I wish I had known about Performance Elevation when I was acting!”
“Jordana is an excellent teacher. She just gets it. Gets the body, gets what you are trying to achieve and how you want to go about achieving it. On top of it all she’s very entertaining so the session goes by quick and you get some laughs while getting your ass kicked.”
On Tablework:
“Jordana is AMAZING! As soon as she approached my body, I felt a deep shift. She has a strong presence and her work is profoundly powerful. I highly recommend her”
MY PROMISE
This movement modality (Embodied Release Movement Technique) will completely transform your Nervous System allowing you to be as big as you Want to be. For actors, it will improve how you respond moment-to-moment, on camera, on stage or off stage in your personal life. For coaches teachers healers leaders, It will transform the way you hold space for others, the way you work out and hold tone, the way you walk into a room and radiate, the way you move on stage giving your ted talk…but most importantly, the way you feel in your body, own yourself and find containment in high stress/high stakes situations. It can help you move through grief in deep life altering ways and positively impact and elevate your sex life!
I look forward to our work together.
Jordana Che Toback
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Live Movement Classes
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These are not your average movement classes!
…more of a place to come presence yourself through nervous system alert & experience your own genius through the practice of deep feeling and celebration.
All classes are 60 minutes (on Zoom) where we access and trigger the 7 segments of body armor through movement and breath work, melting them as we go.
Embodied Release Movement Classes take place on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and there are two times to choose from @8am and @9:15am PST.
All classes are intended to connect you to the pleasure of being radically alive, to increase your electric charge & to raise your frequency, to RECALIBRATE THE NERVOUS SYSTEM and to clear your channel for all that you are calling in….accompanied by really good music.
Inspired by elements of :
Kundalini Yoga - Classical Contemporary Dance - Bioenergetics - Kinstretch - Pilates - Reichian Armor - Shadow Work - Jungian Archetypes, Animal Work / Primal Movements - Trager Massage Technique - Non Linear Movement Method - Breath work - T.R.E
When you join a monthly subscription for either class, you are signing up for a minimum of 3 months of classes (on a recurring monthly payment). This specific requirement helps to ensure you are able to access nervous system RECALIBRATION. Consistency is crucial to make sure a change can happen on the level of the energetic patterns.
Use the button below to book a free call and get your questions answered!
OTHER CLASSES WITH JORDANA
Magdalen Movement is offered every Sunday, 12noon PST
1:1 MOVEMENT COACHING
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1:1 Somatic Movement Coaching … builds & elevates any performance via a dynamic new body training technique practiced along side a therapeutic coaching component. Movement coaching can be done 1:1 or in my group zoom classes.
In this work, we train in levels of discomfort, melting energetic blocks that are connected to emotional ones in the fight or flight muscle patterning and armor that exists throughout our bodies.
The armor starts in childhood when we experience something that seems like too much, too fast or too soon. The emotion hit us (our body goes into fight flight freeze or fawn) and bc the the child’s mind could not process the perceived pain, he / she suppresses the pain to avoid it altogether.
This repressed emotion remains in the body as a block but gets burried in the unconscious mind to protect us, or defend us from feeling the depth of it.
Bc this avoidance of feeling happens so young, it becomes part of our personality without our awareness. As we grow, the armor becomes an integrated part our personality, holding us hostage inside the false beliefs caused by the initial trauma and coordinating suppressed emotions.
So our personality holds that which is stopping us. We need to excavate the personality patterns & coordinating body blocks in order to rebirth our true self from the armor in order to be fully alive. .
HOW IT WORKS
We fatigue the fight-or-flight muscle patterning systems of the body in order to release any fear-based blocks that have taken hold in your mind, body and personality.
We recharge your human battery by building the resource energy to electrify, penetrate and magnetize in every situation. Multi dimensional Breath work, bioenergetic postures, Ice baths, full expression during extreme states of emotion, toning and chanting, all combine to consolidate your electro magnetic field.
The practice of surrender to your own feeling body & the acceptance of pain as a part of yourself, provides a road map for you to understand physically and cognitively that you are whole, limitless and completely in charge of everything in your life. Bc You’re creating a body that can energetically receive more and feel more.
By embracing and integrating the parts you may have repressed, ignored or left behind, THIS is how you become the undeniably charismatic performer, the fiercely confident and irreplaceable you. The relief is palpable every session and it can only happen in the body first.
THE STEPS
In both one-on-one sessions or group calls, we begin the process by
1 - Identifying and working with the life force energy at the core of our being.
2 - We fatigue fight or flight systems of the body through a combination of techniques and processes.
3 - We process what comes up.
4 - We do not avoid anything. The hardest subjects are the ones we mine for gold.
5 - Being witnessed in a group container or during the One-on-One coaching, is key in taking steps towards feeling the confidence you long for.
The work requires consistency and commitment for the shifts to become permanent, new patterns that can alter the trajectory of your career and your life.
TEACHER TRAINING
COMING SOON!
Intro to your Nervous System through the lens of The 5 Personality Patterns, Core Energetics, Pathwork.
For Coaches, Teachers, Healers, Leaders, Therapists & Caregivers
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REIKI
WHAT IS REIKI?
Reiki / Hands on Healing
Rei Spiritual wisdom
Ki Life force energy
Jordana is Level I& II Certified in Reiki in addition to the table work Barbara Brennan method. She blends the session with her own interpretation of how our energy fields / auras connect when we are in close proximity.
“I follow the 7 armor segments of the body, from feet to crown, energetically supporting the client into alignment toward healing, as well as clearing, balancing, and renewing the energy field that supports physical and emotional health.”
- JT
Hands On Healing (HOH) touches every aspect of a person’s life to improve the quality of life. Barbara Brennan’s technique is rooted in Core Energetics and Pathwork. This is where all bodywork, the 5 personality pattern work and Reiki coalesce. Make an appointment to see if HOH is right for you!
WHAT IS SOUND HEALING?
Sound healing is the use of specific instruments (Crystal singing bowls, chimes, frame drums) music, tones, and other sonic vibrations to balance and unify & heal the body, mind, and spirit. It involves using specialized sound frequencies to create a therapeutic atmosphere to promote deep rest, emotional tension & trauma release, & nervous system rebalancing.
Sound healing works by activating the parasympathetic nervous system – the opposite of the stress responses of Disassociation, Fight, Flight, Freeze & Fawn . It slows down your breath rate, your heart rate and even your brainwaves, putting you into an almost trance-like state through the phenomina of Entrainment : The vibrational frequency of two objects in contact will frequently fall into sync. When the frequencies are the same, its called 'resonance'. But when a vibrational body of a stronger resonance influences another in its field, leading the beat so to speak, it's called entrainment.
“As the Lead Mentor & Energy Minister for TSHA (The Sound Healers Academy 23-24) I had the honor of working directly with Susy Markoe Schieffelin (The Copper Vessel). Her impeccable leadership and the program she developed inspired my profound respect for POWER of sound and vibrational healing as a key component in Nervous System Recalibration and overall thriving wellness.”
-JT
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Highly recommend
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