Testimonials

Dancing with Ireni is always pure magic! Her one-of-a-kind guidance inspires me to experience and realize new aspects of myself in delightfully creative ways. I love participating in all sorts of conscious and ecstatic dance practices - they are all wonderful - but Ireni's dance offerings always stand apart from other people's offerings because her essence inspires a playful and multidimensional space of collective conscious creativity. We don't just move together; we become living art when we dance together. Thank you so much, Ireni! I always love dancing, discovering, and co-creating with you!

Joanna Perkins

Peterborough, Ontario

Irèni is a gift. Her Somatic Restorative Yoga has been  transformational

for me. She holds a healing powerful space that guides people to listen and connect their body, mind, and spirit.

Christie Nash 

Peterborough, Ontario

Danser ave Irèni pour arrêter le temps

 car la joie se cache dans le movement 

du corps et le silence de l'ame.

Danser - Santé,  joie et liberté!

Merci Irèni 

H. Thibert

Peterborough, Ontario

Thank you Irèni for another amazing series of classes. Every week you delight us all with your lovely teachings that engage us.

Deborah Routly

Peterborough, Ontario

I have just completed my second season of work with Irèni. She holds a safe, welcoming space for us to be in our bodies,  To feel and explore our somatic landscape.

 Highly restorative, the type of work and rest women need to thrive in our current pace of life in this world. Her guidance through movement and the stillness have brought great peace and healing to my body and soul. 

 Thank you for the blessing of seeing a new way. 

Jen Naus

Peterborough, Ontario 

Ireni Stamou’s movement classes are a safe haven and sacred space. She thoughtfully guides students through genius blends of somatics, dance, yoga and movement medicine.

She facilitates a non-judgemental, intuitive and respectful space for folks to gather and move their bodies in ways that serve their physical, emotional and spiritual health. 

I owe Ireni so much gratitude for helping me move through difficult emotional periods, and for creating a space where I feel absolutely safe to be in my body. After enrolling in her programs for a couple of months, my body is feeling so much more at ease, my chronic pain has significantly decreased and my spiritual health has greatly improved. 

Thank you, Ireni! 

Ava Brown-Mantha

Peterborough, Ontario

I enrolled in the Somatic Body and Movement sessions with Ireni from November until December 2023, which was one of my year's high points. The way the course evolved and the use of therapeutic and yoga/meditation practices was creative and energetic. The outcomes after each session were evident because of the use of dance as medicine, and the process of each session for relaxation, cardio and then dance and decompression was excellent. Ireni is compassionate and informative and cares for individual and group development gracefully. I will continue to work with Ireni as this is one of the best hybrid embodied experiences and instructor that I have had.

Lynn Engelbert

Peterborough, Ontario

I could never find the words to express how healing and how nurturing I found your Restorative classes you so kindly invited me to attend. Gentle, clear, sensitive and laughter! 

What a combo!

Charlotte Kennedy

Peterborough, Ontario

Thank you for the most beautiful experience of yoga. I found ways to anchor and to bring energies from the inside to outside. The eternal feminine manifested throughout your classes. 

Claudette Clauthier

Peterborough, Ontario

If anyone is looking for a really great movement practice ( gentle yoga, somatic movement, dance movement, etc.)  Irèni has been an amazing teacher that I have been practicing with for the last few months. She has a great ability to modify classes for us students and make us feel seen and heard even though we're the online zoom format.  The consistency of three classes per week ++ at home has been so beneficial to me. 

Samantha Shaw

Peterborough, Nogojiwanong, Ontario

It is the first time I could sustain a regular weekly yoga practice for such an extended period of time, 1:1 online.  Irèni is a gifted teacher, healer and listener whose knowledge, wisdom, gentle compassion, and deep intuition are just the right little bit of magic I needed in my healing journey. Irèni has the gift to recognize what one needs in a given moment and offer a customized practice that caters to those needs.

Evridiki Spiliadis 

Montreal, Québec

I can't sing the praises enough about Irèni Movement Arts.  Irèni Stamou is a talented instructor, supportive of helping one adjust to their own body (and injuries!) and fun to boot!  I have attended two of her outdoor retreats at the Indian River location and plan to do more. 

Hannah Routly

Peterborough, Nogojiwanong, Ontario

I would highly recommend the teacher Irèni Movement Arts; she had such a gentle way about her and showered us with scents and sounds that transported us to a place of pure bliss. 

Lori Richey 

Peterborough, Nogojiwanong, Ontario 

I started seeing Irèni when I struggled with COPD and depression. Her Therapeutic yoga and Soma Thai Yoga Bodywork have transformed me physically, emotionally and spiritually. It has given me the tools to incorporate into my daily life and return to my centre.

Her kind and supportive methods allow anyone to benefit from this type of one-on-one therapy no yoga experience necessary!" 

Kim, age 65

Peterborough, Nogojiwanong, Ontario

Ireni"s best quality is the ability to care, without bias, for all the humans I have seen her come in contact with. The compassion she shows the older adults speak to her remarkable character.

Andra Hughes, Wellness Coordinator: AON Senior Retirement Residencies. 

Peterborough, Nogojiwanong, Ontario

Irèni has integrated an extensive body of knowledge with the movement of the elements and as part of the spiritual alchemy that pours into her teaching and healing work. The Healing Centre, Nosara, Costa Rica 

It was a privilege to work with Irèni Stamou during my stay in Costa Rica. Her classes were amazing, and the bodywork she does is truly transformative. She is incredibly perceptive and intuitive, and in our first session, she completely changed my lower back. I wish she lived in New York so I could see her more often. 

The Healing Centre, Nosara, Costa Rica 

Julianne Moore – Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actress.

I have had the good fortune of spending focused healing time with Irèni. Our sessions have been both one-on-one and in a group setting. Together we have explored and stretched my capacity to let go and be truly present in the moment.  Her experience, wisdom, and ability to guide vocally continuously led me to a safe, deeply relaxed and reflective state.  I find her work transformational.

The Healing Centre, Nosara Costa Rica

Evan Markman, New York 

Irèni is kind, present, and compassionate. She beautifully integrates the physical with the spiritual, truly embodying what people talk about about the mind-body connection. She's so much more than a bodyworker or yoga instructor.
She's a healer.

The Healing Centre, Nosara, Costa Rica

Katie, Washington, DC

The guidance you did today was so beautiful; I really loved how you set that up; when we went into silence, still dancing, I was unexpectedly overcome with emotion; you have a very intuitive way of working. You always seem to know exactly what to say, as if you are picking up on the energy even through the online ether. Thank You.  

Online

Jacqueline Lopez, 

Maynooth Ontario 

I have been blessed to attend private and group sessions with  Ms. Irèni Stamou.  Irèni’s kind and gentle nature made it easy for me to surrender to somatic flow movements safely. Irèni's integrity and dedication to educating and empowering her students is truly the next level. Her dance sessions exude harmonious movements and a developed sense of rhythm. Musically, her DJ abilities Rock! 

Sylvana Spatz, Peterborough 

Nogojiwanong, Ontario 

My bamboo yoga class on the beach with Irèni Stamou created ripples of bliss within, and an astonishing sense of peace and strength washed over me like cool, clear waves leaving me feeling energized, restored, and rejuvenated”.  I can’t wait to take Irèni's retreat in Costa Rica. 

Scott McPherson

Port Hope, Ontario 

Thank you, Ireni Stamou!  That was the best bamboo yoga practice for me! Being on the beach created such a harmonious & beautifully flowing practice. We are blessed! Om the Water 

Shantdeep

Port Hope, Ontario 

I've had the opportunity to try Ireni's  online Dance Movement Medicine and Chair/Barre Yoga - both are so much fun! I also really love that Ireni offers opportunities to self-reflect and truly practice mindfully during her classes. Additionally, her presence is calm. Overall, she provides a wonderful experience for the body, mind and spirit: alignment, stretching and strengthening are all interwoven seamlessly with yogic wisdom and knowledge in her classes. I love her teaching style.

Annie Lukacsovics

 Ontario, Canada  

Restorative Aerial Yoga with Irèni was one of the most relaxing experiences I've ever had in my life. I can't recommend this experience enough.  

Ally Boothroyd, Sarovara Yoga  

Bobcaygeon, Ontario  

Thank you so much for the introduction to Restorative aerial yoga. Irèni is a superb instructor. I challenged myself and let go and was able to fly. Beautiful

Barb Busche

Bobcaygeon, Ontario 

Irèni offered a truly unique Eco Yoga experience where a handful of us meditated next to the waterfalls and practiced yoga postures supported by thick tree vines! Thank you for the opportunity to deepen my practice in a wonderful part of the earth. 

Ylang Ylang Yoga, Costa Rica 

Judy Gould, Psychotherapist

Toronto, Ontario    

"Irèni, you are truly a creative force and our last dance "bones" I don't think I will ever forget...there was such a high level of exploration, such courage, such adventure...the work, so strong."
Nancy Topf,  Topf Technique , New York, New York

"you were already such a highly attuned, gifted healer and teacher; you came in as a master".
Angela Boltz, Rasa Yoga, Montezuma, Costa Rica