Episode 11 Summary — Season One Reflection

In this solo reflection episode, Megan takes a moment to pause and look back on the conversations, themes, and questions that shaped Season One of CMS.

She reflects on what emerged across the ten episodes — love as a creative practice, the value of presence and listening, and the courage it takes to stay connected to why we create.

Megan shares how hosting these conversations has influenced her own relationship to movement, collaboration, and artistic integrity.

The episode serves as a gentle closing to Season One and an invitation to carry these reflections forward into future practice.

In Episode 10, Megan speaks with Jiwon Oh, a Korean dance and multidisciplinary artist based in London, about how love, care, and human connection shape her creative practice, from self-filming in the studio to collaborating tenderly with her grandmother.

They explore how Gaga opened a new sense of freedom for both of them, shifting their relationship with movement from discipline and expectation toward curiosity, joy, and self-permission.

Jiwon shares about her choreographic and creation process, touching on how working across Korean and English helps her create atmospheres rooted in feeling, and how prioritizing people over product has become central to her choreography.

Together, they trace her journey into dance and the ways love — for movement, for collaborators, and for the process itself — continues to guide her artistic path.

In this episode of Conversations for the Moving Self, Megan is joined by Laura, a dance artist, teacher, and Pilates instructor whose movement journey has stretched across dance, gymnastics, football, netball, running, and more.
Together they trace how those early, wide-ranging experiences have shaped the way Laura moves and teaches today — a practice now rooted in dance, Pilates, and cross-training, guided by curiosity and sustainability. She shares her transition from performer to teacher, and how her work with both children and adults with disabilities continues to shape her inclusive approach to movement spaces.
Megan and Laura explore the balance between structure and creativity in teaching, the evolution of language in dance education, and how returning to familiar practices can reconnect us to joy. Laura also introduces her current “jeffing” running practice — a rhythm of running and resting that invites a kinder, more embodied relationship with endurance.
Throughout, they reflect on how teaching movement can be both creative and healing — a space to meet the body, and each other, with care.

In this episode of Conversations for the Moving Self, Megan and Summer Jupp - yoga teacher, yoga teacher trainer, cycle-conscious coach, and co-founder of Arkspace Wellbeing - explore the tenderness and honesty of practicing through injury, and how slowing down can deepen self-compassion.

Together, they reflect on the quiet pressure to “perform wellness,” and the relief that comes when movement becomes about care instead of perfection. They also speak about the emotional steadiness movement can offer in difficult seasons and the many valid entry points into practice, no matter someone’s age, history, or ability.

Through Summer’s story, the episode touches on healing old narratives around body image and learning to inhabit the body with warmth instead of judgment. This conversation is a gentle reminder that softness, adaptation, and kindness toward ourselves are forms of strength worth honoring.

In this episode, Megan is joined by Anna, whose movement journey has carried her from ballet and hip-hop to choreography, yoga, and long-distance walking. Now based in Montreal, she weaves together life as a dancer, studio owner, and single mother of three, grounding her creative practice in daily rituals of yoga, meditation, and care.
Together they trace how travel, performance, and a powerful solidarity walk across Europe reshaped her understanding of movement as both community and purpose. Their conversation drifts through the meeting place between discipline and tenderness, the conversation between yoga and dance, and the ways the body remembers what words cannot hold.
The episode closes with a look into Anna’s current choreographic project — a work rooted in resistance, continuity, and the quiet courage of moving through the world with presence.

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In this episode, Megan speaks with Tina Afiyan Breiova, an Armenian and Czech movement director, performer, and educator, about evolving her practice toward sustainability and balance. Tina shares how her “Axis of Action” approach emerged from a need to maintain physical and mental well-being during the demands of immersive performance work. She describes shifting from large, structured practices to smaller, consistent routines grounded in mindfulness and efficiency.
They explore the art of teaching and facilitation—how integrity, trust, and care form the foundation of Tina’s spaces, and how challenge can coexist with compassion. The conversation also touches on the realities of sustaining a movement practice while traveling, the importance of in-person connection, and Tina’s upcoming transition from China to London, where new creative chapters await.

In this episode, Megan and Mak reflect on the challenges of maintaining a consistent movement and well-being practice while moving frequently between locations. They discuss the balance between routine and spontaneity, and how adapting to new living and working environments can shape creative practice.
The conversation expands into the dance industry—balancing technical skill with personal expression, navigating comparison, and embracing both the motivation and the pitfalls it can bring. Mak shares his teaching philosophy of blending technique with passion and emphasizes the importance of valuing simplified or modified movements as equally rich.
Together, they explore how embarrassment can become a tool for growth, and how embracing both “yes” and “no” can open pathways to personal and artistic development

Ella joins Megan to share her well-being practices, from recapitulation and journaling to the power of returning to a beginner’s mindset. They trace Ella’s movement journey—from discovering salsa at 14 to dancing professionally across salsa, samba, contemporary, circus, breakdance, and yoga—and her current studies in rolfing, exploring the connection between movement and emotional release.

Together, they reflect on creating spaces for growth and creativity, balancing technique with expression, and the importance of listening to the body. The conversation closes on finding harmony between structured training and personal well-being.