Gene Keys Guide

Wren is an embodiment guide intent on living in right-relationship as a 21st century human. Wren shares body-based practices synthesized from social partner dance, mindfulness, Taoism, the Gene Keys, watersheds, neuroscience and psychology that support interpersonal connection and positive change. After initiating his own partner dance facilitation practice in 2011, Nomad Dance, Wren began the cultivation of partner dance as a vehicle for exploring mindful, consent based relational practice with Antje Schäfer, and Cocréa was born in fall of 2013.

Drawing from 2 decades in the theater being driven by the exploration of conflict, Wren wonders at all human problems being relational problems. Based on feedback from students and clients over the years, he hypothesizes that, if approached with honesty, vulnerability and courage, a dance encounter with another human can have as much healing capacity as talk therapy within a fraction of the time. The healing potential of the encounter seems dependent chiefly on the possession of three qualities in the practitioners: intention, integrity and presence. Thus informed, Wren creates brave spaces for humans struggling with disconnection and longing for a deeper sense of belonging to come home to themselves through the body.

In addition to the theater, Wren’s own many years of seeking led him through filmmaking, circus, nomadism, psychedelic-informed music and festival culture, yoga and indigenous wisdom teachings, consent culture, decolonization work, permaculture, addiction recovery counseling and breathwork practice. Along his path, nature, community, relationship, humor, movement and a sense of belonging to something far larger and more unknowable than this seemingly separate self are the consistent threads with which Wren braids meaning and purpose into life.

Wren is a TEDx speaker, Gene Keys Guide, featured author in “ReInhabiting the Village”, certified Attunement Therapy practitioner and HeartMath certified trauma sensitive somatic educator.

He holds a BA in Drama and Dance and began dancing in 1998 at the height of the swing dance revival, immediately starting to fuse dance styles, particularly swing, hip hop and contemporary movement in a compositional capacity. He began performing on stage when he was 6 years old.

He lives on stolen land in the traditional homelands of the Nisenan people, in the Sierra Nevada Foothills of the watershed known in the native tongue as Uba’Seo.

Wren is currently receiving inquiries for 1:1 and 1:2 client work. Couples and individuals are welcome to book single sessions or work with Wren for 3-6 month coaching containers.