Our Team
Shauna Devlin
Founder, Facilitator, and Lead Trainer
Shauna is a Group Facilitator, 5Rhythms Teacher, Ecstatic Dance DJ, Embodiment Coach, and the Founder of Dance Your Ability Therapeutic Foundation. With 20 years of inviting folks to dance, Shauna provides opportunities for a large variety of people to feel welcome to do their own unique dance while having an experience that is healing, positive, life-affirming and community-building.
She is a warm & inclusive spirit, providing spaces for connection and joy. She uses her love of music and movement to create spaces where all can experience the many benefits of Conscious Dance. shaunadevlin.net
Alex Holloway
Facilitator & Lead Trainer
Alexander has over a decade of experience in both international and UK-based educational and well-being settings, holding a degree in Psychosocial Sciences. With a diverse skill set, he serves as a life coach, Yoga teacher, Tai Chi Qigong instructor, ecstatic dance facilitator and Dance Your Ability facilitator & lead trainer based in Wales UK.
He is the former Director of the Aeron Valley Wellbeing Hub, where he led the development of a grassroots community space supporting mental and physical health. Passionate about holistic well-being, individual self-expression, play, and psychology, Alex's teaching and facilitation center on fostering joy in the present moment, nurturing connections across communities, and harnessing the power of person-centered interventions. Alex has developed and delivered impactful well-being programmes for diverse groups, both online and in person. joyfullguidecom
Hassti Hamidi
Administration Assistant & Facilitator
Hassti is a community builder, peace and joy advocate, and a passionate creator of spaces where people can reconnect with themselves and one another through movement, music, and presence. She is the founder and curator of Ride the Rhythm, a conscious dance practice in Vancouver that invites participants into authentic expression, embodiment, and collective connection. With over 20 years of experience in healthcare, retail, and entrepreneurship, she currently works at HealthLinkBC, supporting a team of senior leaders through the intersection of healthcare administration, strategic planning, and organizational coordination. Previously, she ran a senior care company for eight years, providing care to private clients and through contracts with health authorities and Indigenous communities. She brings a steady presence, warm spirit, and deep commitment. At Dance Your Ability, Hassti offers behind-the-scenes administration while serving as a connector, helping trainees feel supported and welcomed. Learn more about Hassti’s work and events: https://linktr.ee/hasstihamidi
Pablo Andrés Ochoa
Support Trainer & Facilitator
Sheila McIntosh
Support Trainer & Facilitator
Sheila brings her decades of experience as a teacher of students with deafblindness to the training for a very special session.
Sheila has worked with children in a number of capacities for 35 years and with children with deafblindness for over 20 years. She admires and adores her students for their tenacity, strength and resiliency.
Deafblindness is a low-incidence disability but they recognized that some of the people that DYA may dance with – particularly seniors - may have vision and hearing issues and not identify as deafblind. Or may have other sensory integration or trauma issues that impede how they see and hear.
