Classes • Workshops • Retreats • Events
Book Dorothy for your group or event.
Bring Dorothy Olsen to your retreat, school, church group, women’s event, music program, or wellness gathering for a practical, grounded experience in movement, music, self-defense, mindfulness, or embodied strength.
A teacher with many tools
Dorothy brings warmth, precision, humor, and lived experience to every group.
Dorothy is a teacher. She has directed choir, taught cello sectionals, led music workshops, adjudicated, practiced martial arts, taught women’s self-defense, studied anatomy and physiology, and explored yoga, qigong, meditation, nutrition, cooking, and healing practices.
Her teaching is accessible for beginners, adaptable for mixed groups, and grounded in the belief that breath, alignment, awareness, and flow can help people feel more calm, capable, and connected.
Bookable Workshop Options
Clear options for organizations, retreats, and groups.
Women’s Self-Defense
Best for: women’s groups, youth groups, retreats, church groups, and private events.
Typical length: 60–120 minutes.
Outcome: participants leave with practical awareness, confidence, options, and calm strength.
Yoga, Qigong & Meditation
Best for: wellness gatherings, women’s events, church groups, and retreats.
Typical length: 60–90 minutes.
Outcome: participants reset through breath, grounding movement, meditation, self-love, and gentle body-based calm.
Music Workshops
Best for: orchestras, cello sections, choirs, music students, and music programs.
Typical length: custom.
Outcome: students grow in technique, practice habits, musicality, body awareness, confidence, and motivation.
Retreat Sessions
Best for: women’s retreats, wellness weekends, leadership gatherings, and spiritual events.
Typical length: one session, half day, or custom retreat block.
Outcome: participants experience restoration, confidence-building, reflection, mindful strength, and optional candlelight cello.
Health, Nutrition & Cooking
Best for: wellness events, women’s groups, family-focused gatherings, and creative classes.
Typical length: 60–90 minutes or custom.
Outcome: participants learn practical, joyful ways to support energy, recovery, nourishment, and healthier food choices.
Custom Classes
Best for: groups with a specific theme, mixed audience, unusual schedule, or special event goal.
Typical length: custom.
Outcome: Dorothy can combine music, movement, mindfulness, self-defense, self-love, healing, nutrition, or spiritual connection into a focused experience for your group.
Good fits
Dorothy can teach for many kinds of groups.
- Women’s groups and church groups
- Youth groups and private events
- Retreats and wellness gatherings
- Choirs, orchestras, and music students
- Groups interested in calm, confidence, creativity, healing, and embodied strength
What Participants Experience
Warm, adaptable teaching that helps people feel grounded.
These personal reflections come from students who have experienced Dorothy’s yoga, meditation, qigong, and healing-centered movement classes.
“Dorothy can teach the beginner as well as the expert at the same time.”
Yoga student
“Everything you said today was very helpful and healing.”
Yoga student
“Dorothy makes you feel welcome and at ease no matter how much experience you have.”
Yoga student
Tell Dorothy about your group.
Share the type of event, group size, location, date, and what you hope participants will experience.