Movement for Humans, Not Hashtags
MoFlo + Surf Retreat · El Campo, Baja · Nov 11–15 · 4 spots left
✦ MOvement/FLOorwork
Come to my class that is nothing as you know it!
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
– Chinese Proverb
Is this a dance class as you know it? Nope.
Pilates? Not really.
Free dance? Definitely not.
MoFlo is what happens when a relaxing, grounding & anchoring practice based in AIM (the Amend Integrative Model) and floor-based contemporary movement have a very honest conversation — and then roll around on the floor together. But, don’t let any of that fool you! It’s very much its own thing!
Designed for curious movers, MoFlo invites you to swing, flop, float, and throw your torso. Play with gravity, tension, and relaxation in your bones and breath. Roll, swing, and edge into a hypnotic self-massage without even realizing it. It’s tactile, improvised, and deeply human.
Laugh. Sweat. Play.
Build strength, awareness, and creative range while reconnecting with your body in a deliciously grounding way.
Not just a workout — a lab for embodied transformation.
✦ What People Are Saying About MoFlo
“Your class is changing my life. I love it and love that you’re teaching it.” – Camilla, Cape Town
“Thanks, Kelly. I feel like a million bucks! I feel strong, sweaty, & like my tummy is 10 pounds lighter!”
“After taking pilates for 10 years, this was the first time I actually felt my stomach muscles, after 1 session with you.” – Janneke, Cape Town
“I feel 10 years younger!” – Khin, Cape Town
“Kelly’s MoFlo class is like stepping back into your body. You can expect to move in ways you haven’t since childhood, when life felt playful, and your body felt free and strong. You’ll leave her class wanting to keep moving all day — open, energized and inspired!” – Hayley, Cape Town
“I always feel fantastic after Kelly’s classes! More at home in my body, stronger and more relaxed. I love all the floor work, which has never been my comfort zone and now feels like my happy place. Kelly has a gift for bringing joyful play and movement together.” – Shannon, Cape Town
✦ Ways to Experience MoFlo
The Lab (1 hour)
A playful, often sweaty exploration of floorwork, gravity, release, and reconnecting with your body.
The Workshop (3 hours)
A deeper immersion. We’ll explore the same principles with more time to play, rest, reflect, journal, and integrate. Expect Polaroids, laughter, sweat, insight, and a richer dive into how you move through life.
The Retreat (5 days)
MoFlo + Surf at El Campo, Baja. Surf in the morning, MoFlo in the afternoon, tacos always. [Details here →] https://kellywainwright.com/moflo-retreats/
✦ What to bring:
Loose-fitting clothes, a water bottle, BAGGY pants you can slide in!, & no mats or shoes necessary!
✦ When is the next one?
I’m on the road! The next Lab is TBA. Come play with me at the MoFlo + Surf Retreat in Baja in November!
Where movement meets mischief. Where strength meets softness. Welcome to MoFlo.
“If we could learn how to balance rest against effort, calmness against strain, quiet against turmoil, we would assure ourselves of joy in living and psychological health for life.”
– Josephine Rathbone
✦FAQs
Is this a dance class? And if so, what kind?
Not per se, no — but we do integrate the best of contemporary dance warm-up/conditioning, including a lot of Laban/Bartenieff juicy floorwork, & we work with some light choreography/combinations.
Is this a pilates class?
We integrate AIM pilates — from a more “somatic pilates” approach, if you will. We use anchors on the skeleton & sequences from Joe P. himself, woven into all the rest of it!
Is this “free dance,” similar to 5Rhythms or ecstatic dance?
No. If you enjoy this kind of dance, you also might enjoy MoFlo! And if you enjoy ballet, hip-hop, contemporary, tai chi, capoeira, or yoga, you also might enjoy MoFlo.
Do I need to be fit?
A base level of fitness is beneficial, but not a requirement at the door. Go at your own pace! You are likely to sweat and raise your heart rate, as well as lower your tension levels & reset your nervous system!
✦ About Kelly/Movement Roots:
Kelly’s movement roots run deep — and wide. She earned her degree in Interior Architecture (with a near-minor in dance) from the University of Oregon, where her thesis project was designing a Movement Therapy Center — a blueprint that has quietly shaped her life’s work.
Her early training in modern release technique and African dance continued in the SF Bay Area at ODC and ROCO. At the same time, she was mentored in somatic Pilates by “movement guru” (Kelly’s words) Carole Amend, creator of the Amend Integrative Model (AIM), where she deepened her obsession with gravity, bones, and how we move when we stop trying so hard.
MoFlo — her signature class — is the lovechild of all of this.
Everything Kelly does — most tangibly in MoFlo — is about getting people back in their bodies. It’s about remembering we’re alive, noticing our pulse, and inhabiting our bones, breath, and blood fully, messily, beautifully.
It’s movement that feels like home. Not performance. Not perfection. Not hashtags. Just a lab for moving stress-free, playfully, and with power.
*(This is pie. Cherry pie!), Photo: Paige Green
*First Image of Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company dancers.
