Julia is a registered Psychotherapist (Quallifying) and holds a B.A., B.Ed and a Masters of Environmental Studies. She is a certified Mitzvah Practitioner, Level One Energy healer, Pilates teacher, Ontario Hike Leader, and eco-art therapy practitioner.
Always curious about the confluence of concentric circles, Julia’s interdisciplinary work is at the intersection of art, ecology and psychotherapy. Julia draws on decades of lived experience in professional creative practice, to offer participatory experiences of art-making, embodiment and connection. Climate aware and trauma informed, Julia’s work reaches towards co-imagining worlds of mutual thriving for all beings.
She is a a multidisciplinary artist with 40 years of professional artistic practice and 25 years of professional healing practice. She is particularly interested in embodied practices of relational healing with humans and others. She is also an outdoor educator, a canoe tripper, and an embodiment facilitator.
Foundationaly a dancer, Julia draws on a variety of tools and techniques in her teaching and healing work gathered from her careers in performance, teaching, environmental studies and embodiment. Julia works with a wide range of people from elite performers to beginners. She founded and works with Wild Soma, a collective for Embodied Research, Double Pendulum, a collective for interdisciplinary performance and the Grove Collective for collaborative artistic research with trees. She has created work with organizations such as Canadian Opera Company, Urbanvessel, Moonhorse Dance Theatre and Dancemakers.
Julia Aplin has created art for theatres, rivers, boxing rings, wading pools, cyberspace, neuroscience labs and forests. She danced full time for 15 seasons with Dancemakers, originating roles and performing around the world. She is an award winning choreographer and has taught movement through University courses, professional academies, private studios and public schools. She continues to explore art and healing through her artistic collaborations, teaching and healing work.