MEET NIK | Body Curiosity

Niksen "Nik" Kurtz offering massage and movement based practices
in Berekeley and Oakland CA  ~  CMT #50844
BodyCuriosity@gmail.com | 831-236-0161
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About:
Nik, uses they | them | theirs pronouns, is white, queer and has been a healing practitioner since 2012 in both massage and movement based practices.  They have been practicing Esalen deep tissue mixed with craniosacral for the past 6 years in a studio in south Berkeley.

Nik studied conscious dance, Gestalt Awareness Practice and Esalen® Massage during a residency at the Esalen Institute from 2012-2014.  Since relocating to Berkeley / Oakland in 2014, Nik has continued on the path of (un)learning with a deeper connection to self-growth, social justice and community building. 

"Movement is where I understand the notion
of reaching an untouchable sense of Self." 

They | Them | Theirs  Pronouns

"I'm a work in progress, mosaic of a human being, seeking my greatest potential.
I hope you will join me!"
Trainings:
2014/15 ~ Soul Motion Teacher Training, 2015 ~ Interplay: Art and Social Change for Millennials, 2015 ~ White Awake: 5 month series, 2014 ~ Sacred Alchemy for Leaders, 2016 ~ Queer Grief Ritual, 2016/18 ~ Women Identified, Trans, Gender non-conforming - Meditation with Arinna Wiseman, 2017 ~ Process Work: Looking deeper at White Privilege, 20017 ~ Practicing Justice, 2017/18 Queer Yes! Jam, 2018 ~ Seeing the Racial Waters, 2018 ~ Axis Dance Company Summer Intensive (improv/choreo/teacher training), 2019 ~ Trans/GNC/NB/2S/I + Healers retreat, 2019 ~ DanceAbility Month long summer Intensive, 2019 ~ Seeing the Racial Waters, 2018 - Present ~ Participant of Re-Evaluation Counseling, 2019 DanceAbility Teacher Training Summer Intensive, 2017-Present ~ Turtle Tank an Incubator for Radical Love and Freedom.