Move, Feel, Heal

All of our classes at Life-force emphasize safety, comfort, and learning to move the way the body is designed to move. You learn body awareness and acceptance. This body awareness translates into more care and fascination with your body and its potential. Treat your body well and your mind and emotions will catch up.

Dance Yourself Free

  • FREEDOM! From what society says about your body, who you are and who you should be. Dance and music are the most primal and instinctual ways to express and build community. Our Dance conditions your whole body and being with pleasure, comfort, and joy. We move the way the body is designed to move and learn to personalize movement that feels good for us. Moving with the sensations of comfort and pleasure and from the idea that we deserve to care for ourselves teaches us to treat our bodies well. We no longer fight or force. We LIBERATE our bodies and beings from social messaging.

  • Our Movement Experience combines conscious breathing, intention, movement, meditation, journaling and sharing. Slow gentle movement brings us to more dynamic and explosive movements followed by deep stretching and movement on the Earth to integrate and become more supple. We honor the cycles of nature and life in our movement, reclaiming a sense of being truly alive—on our own terms!

  • What is the definition of a safe place that creates joy in your heart, fluidity in your body, and gratitude in your soul? Life Force Sanctuary and Elaine Wolf is the answer! A year ago I fell and broke my hip in 4 places and my femur. I was told that 90% of the people that have this type of severe injury must use a cane for the rest of their lives. I vowed that I would be in the 10 % and Elaine helped me to realize my goal. After months of hospitalization, rehabilitation centers, and PT , I couldn’t really move all that well. My spirit, however, wanted to dance! I called Elaine and she said , “Come”. My first Nia class after the injury resulted in halted movement and big, heaving sobs. Elaine helped me to realize that the dance was helping me to release the trauma of the fall. She and the incredibly powerful LFS community transformed me from a fear ridden, broken bag of bones and metal to a blithe, peaceful, smiling “ dancer” who leaves her fears in the parking lot . Elaine Wolf, LFS, is a healing spiritual magician.

    - Sharon Storrier -

  • One of the beautiful things about Nia is that it addresses not only our physical being, but also our spiritual and emotional selves. I have done Nia with a number of different instructors, but none has included all aspects of the practice as expertly as Elaine. She is a radiant being, who lovingly creates a community that embraces not only the students in the studio, but those of us on Zoom as well. A precious gift and not to be missed.

    - Les Soper -

Online Classes

Classes are hybrid, so you can join the class from anywhere. Check out our class schedule and the Zoom link.

Pricing & Benefits

  • Annual - $300 (on average $8 per class)

    Monthly - $30/month

    All membership includes unlimited access to classes and recordings plus reduced pricing to events.

  • $10/class

  • Cash

    Paypal (send to: lifeforcesanctuary@gmail.com)

    Check (payable to Elaine Wolf) Mail to The Ballet & Dance Center

    PO Box 375

    Dewitt, NY 13214