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RUBY BURTON

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Dance | Choreography | Wellness
Helping you find freedom of movement
Founder @sens_u_well
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Hello, I’m @ruby_burton 🌻 by @ruby_burton

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8 months ago

May this inspire you to dance wherever you are, in whatever state of mind you find yourself. Allow your body to move, your spirit to stir, and let the practice of dance remind you what it feels like to be fully alive.
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Interested in learning the practice of dance and working with me?
Message or email me at 💌 hellosensuwell@gmail.com
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#sensuwell taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @ruby_burton

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a year ago

If we remembered that love is the fabric of all things, we wouldn’t hold so tightly to fear.
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A carosal of some of my favs ⬆️
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First grab by @simple_portraits_za 📸 by @ruby_burton

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a year ago

Dance is expression. It’s freedom. It’s a way of coming out of our heads and back into our bodies.
To move our hips, to shake, to undulate, to feel alive in the skin we were given. I believe that’s a gift from source. ✨🙏🏼 A woman moving her body is not inherently sexual.

Can dance be sexual? Of course. Anything can carry that intention. But a woman dancing does not automatically mean she is sexualising herself or asking to be seen sexually. Sometimes that interpretation comes from the lens she is being viewed through. 🙏🏼

And I don’t believe our movement needs to be hidden away or reserved only for our partners or husbands either.

There is something beautiful about feeling at home in your own body. About releasing what you’ve been holding and controlling. About laughing, moving, expressing, grounding and simply enjoying being alive instead of being in a constant state of survival or performance mode. That is the most exhausting feeling, and I know because I have been there and still find myself in the old patterns of survival mode.

Whether it’s somatic movement, feminine embodiment, choreography, dancing in your kitchen while doing the washing, in a class, at a disco, or laughing and dancing with your lover, they all hold and reveal different parts of us. 🤍
They can teach us where we’re still holding on to control, perfection and criticism, and invite us instead into play, joy and letting go.

These are tools that can help us uncover the systems and patterns living within us. Not so we can shame them or try to immediately fix them, but so we can bring them into the light and get curious about what they’re showing us.🌀

Dance is a gift and it’s a tool that helps move me through this world, and I’m on a mission to help more women receive the gift of dance ❤️

#sensuwell #movementismedicine #dance #embodiedmovement by @ruby_burton

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5 days ago

1st of October ☀️🌻👀

If dance has been on your mind but somehow keeps ending up last on the list… consider this your sign 💃🏻

Come move, feel, play, learn & get back into your body with us.

Cape Town summer is calling ☀️🌊
See you on the dance floor @sens_u_well

#dancechoreo #sensualembodiedchoreo taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @ruby_burton

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10 days ago

Quotes i’v stoped to receive this week 🌀✨ ➡️ have a read ✨ taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @ruby_burton

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13 days ago

Heels Choreo SAVE for later ✨👠 slow, intentional + simple moves executed with power.
Such a soulful track, have a listen on Spotify. Song name in reel 😘 🎧 @sens_u_well
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Or join us in studio Cape Town 📍Mondays 5:30pm ✨#sensuwell #heelscapetown #sensualembodiment taken in Cape Town, Western Cape by @ruby_burton

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13 days ago

Steal my choreo 🫶 save it, learn it, make it your own.
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#sensuwellchoreo #stealmychoreo #dance #fridaymoves by @ruby_burton

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16 days ago

Improvisation can feel a little scary.

You’re asking your body to explore weird and wonderful shapes without always knowing where your balance needs to be, because you’re not thinking your way through improvisation movement. You’re flowing. Your body is leading.

That’s where wall play comes in.✨🙌🏼🙋🏽‍♀️

At Sensuwell, we use the wall as a prop, something you can lean into, give your weight to and, for a moment, allow yourself to be fully supported by. Instead of holding yourself up through every part of the movement, you get to experience what it feels like to be held within it.

The idea: Lean. Press. Slide. Surrender. Give weight. Take it back. Step away. Try it all again.

As you play, you begin to develop a deeper felt sense of your own centre, how much to give, how much to take away, where your balance lives and how your body responds when it feels supported.

It’s a way of building safety and trust before moving away from the wall and into free play.

And perhaps there’s something deeper in that too:
What becomes possible when you realise you don’t have to hold everything by yourself? ✨🌻🙏🏼❤️

Find a wall. Give it your weight. Let your body lead.

Try it out. @sens_u_well by @ruby_burton

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17 days ago

I’m choreographing daily for the @sens_u_well community 🤩💌💗 & sometimes I’m choreographing in studio and other times I’m at home with the cats in my home studio AKA (the lounge). Today’s choreo is fun, none stop, and definitely gets the heart rate UP 🫀
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Join me in Cape Town or on the Sensuwell APP❤️📲 by @ruby_burton

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18 days ago

A glimpse of our world ✨
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Heels classes every Monday 👠
Level: Advanced Beginner - Intermediate
(advance beginner means you have attended a few (dance) classes before or in your child hood and are not completely new to choreo).
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Pop us a message for more info 💌📲
#sensuwell #heelscapetown by @ruby_burton

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19 days ago

I wish more women knew what learning to dance can actually unlock.
Yes, you learn how to move your body. But somewhere along the way, you’re also teaching yourself that it’s safe to express. Safe to take up space. Safe to play. Safe to be seen. Safe to get out of your head and into your body! 🙌🏼💚

And that freedom doesn’t stay in the dance class.
It starts showing up in your life.

More expression. More play. More joy. More connection to your body. More moments where you’re not analyzing yourself or trying to get everything “right”, you’re just there, fully in it, expressing yourself authentically.
That’s one of the greatest gifts dancing for expression over performance has given me.🙌🏼

Join us in studio or on the @sens_u_well APP 💗
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#sensuwell #sensuwellapp #dance #pilates by @ruby_burton

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19 days ago