Strengthen and stretch total body love hour (and 15 minutes) led by Hana van der Kolk

A strengthening, stretching, alignment, breathing, and self-love practice in a chronic illness, aging, trauma, and disability-informed and queer-centering environment with carefully selected and inspiring sounds. Wear comfortable layers (we will both work/sweat and rest/be still) and bring a mat, towel, or other padding for the floor. Please be in touch if you have questions about the adaptability of the class for you. 

Pricing/packages

Drop-in rate : $20 

Series of 4: $32-100 sliding scale 

rdk and total body love both series in Troy (8 classes): $64-200 sliding scale

desire lab: $75-160 sliding scale (no drop ins)

all 3 series in Troy (12 classes): $130-360 sliding scale

package payments are due before the start of the first class of the series 

payment options: Venmo (@hana-vanderkolk), PayPal (hjvanderkolk@gmail.com), check, or cash. 

For more information visit: https://www.hanavanderkolk.com/current

Hana van der Kolk

I am an artist, dancer, educator, Internal Family Systems and sex and gender expansion counselor, and an organizer of community events and spaces. I have been based on the unceded homelands of the Mohican people (now known as the Stockbridge Munsee community) in what is called Troy, NY for nearly eight years. A life-long dancer/performer, I have taught my community dance class “radial diamond kinetics” and other dance/movement/performance practices internationally for over 10 years to a wide range of populations. I also facilitate others in learning to teach rdk and other body-based tools for personal and group transformation. 

I taught yoga from 2002-2012 (primarily in Los Angeles and NYC), having studied with many renowned teachers/schools, and have practiced meditation in the Burmese and Thai Forest traditions for twenty years. I have also studied numerous dance forms, Body Mind Centering, Alexander Technique, Gyrokinesis, fitness, Contact Improvisation, ritual facilitation, Dream Lab method, astrology, Bondassage (certified in 2015), Urban Tantra (certified in 2021), and the Internal Family Systems method (level 1-trained in 2016). My approach to facilitating groups and counseling/coaching individuals is informed by these above methods, years of practice and study, and many phenomenal teachers, and is first and foremost fueled by my delight in learning, love of people and community, and deep curiosity about pleasure and what it means to live in a body and be human.

I worked with Troy Bike Rescue for 5 years building community coalition and helping to facilitate the shop’s youth program, threw Troy’s underground dance party Polly with many others, am part of the FlagSSS Day collective, recently initiated the new Club SPA spa, hold an MFA in dance, and just completed my practice-based PhD in art. My dissertation, which will come out in book version in 2023, focuses on queer friendship and body-based approaches to re-enchantment/the interruption of capitalism, individualism, human-centrism, and the gender binary.