Jessica Philips
Dance, Yoga, Sound Healing, Various Ceremonies, & more
A community collective space.
Our Teachers
Every teacher at Sun Moon Studio of Sedona is certified at the professional level. Each teacher brings their own unique style and experience. Our teachers offer a wide range of classes
in a safe and peaceful setting Indoor, Outdoor or Online.
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Jessica Philips
Owner of Sun Moon Studio of Sedona
Director of Sedona Dance Academy
Jessica Phillips is the founder and owner of Sun & Moon Studio of Sedona, a community-centered movement space dedicated to connection, creativity, and holistic well-being. With a background as a professional ballet dancer and educator, she brings depth, intention, and care to everything she offers.
After retiring from the stage, Jessica was inspired to create a space that welcomed people of all ages and experience levels. In 2020, she founded Sun & Moon Studio as a place where movement could be explored as both a personal and shared practice—supporting the body, mind, and spirit.
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At the heart of Sun & Moon is the belief that movement is most powerful when it is shared. Jessica is passionate about fostering an environment where people feel safe to explore what they love, express themselves authentically, and connect through embodied experience. Her work is guided by presence, compassion, and a deep commitment to community.
Sensei Rick Koehler has been a student and teacher of traditional karate for over 16 years. Sensei Rick first studied Shorin Ryu karate, where he worked to the rank of 3rd Dan and was presented with the teaching title of Sensei. Currently Sensei Rick studies and teaches Isshin Ryu karate, where he is currently a 1st Degree Dan. Sensei Rick has over 10 years experience teaching both youth and adult classes.
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Amalia Camateros, author of Spirit of the Stones, is a Transformational Teacher, Shamanic Priestess, EarthSpirit Wisdom Guide, and Breath Work facilitator who inspires us to get embodied & centered and to reconnect with the Earth and our body as a sacred temple of Living Spirit.
She has also garnered a notable reputation as a ceremonial dancer over the years inaugurating conferences and incorporating dance workshops both Nationally and Internationally for Alberto Villoldo, Jose Arguelles, David Hawkins, Michael Beckwith, Robert Mirabal, David Wolfe, Neale Donald Walsch, and Deepak Chopra.
Amalia is the founder of EarthSpiritDance™ inspiring and guiding dancers into shamanic wisdom dance journeys and co-founder of Ecstatic Dance Sedona along with Gwen Payne. She has inspired dance in Sedona Arizona, since 2006 starting with her Awake The Snake Chakra dance classes, Trancendance free-motion dance series, Shake Your Shakti Ecstatic dance, and currently facilitating Ecstatic Dance in Sedona.
A service of her mastery is to inspire us to let go and be one with Earth and Spirit as a way to embody our spiritual aliveness and abounding joy.
Offerings:
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Gwen was born in Italy, grew up in Tunisia, and attended boarding schools in Europe throughout high school before moving to the United States to attend Stanford University. She credits her diversity in cultural experiences as the most formative education of her life - one that provides her a unique breadth of vision and perspective upon which she draws on in her work today.
It was through her lifelong love of Yoga and Dance that she was able to understand the powerful and transformative effect that breath can provide. This, in turn, inspired her to become a Breathworker and Hypnotherapist in 2000 at the BodyMind Academy in Bellevue, Washington. She is an avid learner and has continued to hone her skills over the last 20 years with many certifications in a variety of disciplines.
As the founder of, “Breath is Prayer” and “Inspired Sedona”, she intuitively employs a combination of Breathwork, The Passion Test, Family Constellations, Hypnotherapy, Coaching, Yoga, and Dance to guide and support people in coming home to their true nature and remaining consciously connected to their essential truth. In her work with clients, she invites her clients to explore their inner landscapes, to step into their most authentic, empowered self and to choose a path that honors themselves
and their purpose.
Offerings:
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Danielle Johnson started her training in New York, receiving scholarships to study at the Alvin Ailey School of Dance (Modern, Ballet, Jazz, and Dunham Technique) and Nanette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theater (African Dance and Jazz). While in New York, Danielle had the honor to train under Jazz dance master Luigi. Danielle received a scholarship to study dance at ASU and received her BA in dance. She also holds a masters in education and loves working with children as well as adults. Danielle has danced professionally for over 20 years and enjoys creating works with her dance company DMJ dance Collective.
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Rachel Amar — Dance & Movement Instructor
Originally from New York, Rachel is a creative and teacher known for her vibrant, fun energy. She has always had a passion for dance as a form of healing and self-expression. With a background in meditation, qigong, and somatic movement, Rachel’s teaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that dance is not only an art form but also a path to healing, self-discovery, and joy. Her Heels Dance Class is all about helping women tap into their confidence, sensuality, and magnetic presence — blending choreography, energy awareness, and spiritual growth into one powerful experience.
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Kristal Roach has been practicing sound healing since 2016. In recent years she has turned her attention towards children and teens, fueled by the desire to bring hope and healing into their world. Her specialty is combining spoken word to create a space where participants can deeply relax, restore, and uplift their self esteem with the intention of bringing a renewed sense of wellness that carries into their daily lives.
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Brandon C. Parks-Decker is a musician, artist, entrepreneur, teacher and facilitator. From a background releasing critically acclaimed, genre-defining “psychedelic desert rock” albums under the moniker decker., while touring the country extensively, he was ultimately shaped -and called - by life experiences of grief, loss and surrender into an ongoing path of embodiment, presence and service.
A community builder at heart, Brandon’s work is rooted in the pursuit of clarity, integrity and lived inspiration. His intention as a teacher is not only to guide practice, but to cultivate spaces
where awareness, healing and connection can unfold while supporting others on their own journeys toward peace, freedom, joy and health.