About

Riviera Ruiz is a movement facilitator, dancer, and bodyworker from the Mexican Caribbean, guided by a lifelong devotion to dance and the transformative power of movement as a healing tool.

Her journey as a dancer has been one of deep listening—learning how the body holds stories, and how movement can unravel, reveal, and reconnect.
 

Riviera’s work draws from a diverse spectrum of practices. She integrates osteopathic methods such as Wúo Taï, Fascia Soma (aquatic bodywork) & Bowspring with a focused inquiry into fascia—its relationship to stored tension, memory, and emotion—bridging anatomical knowledge with embodied, somatic experience.
 

A key thread in her practice is Butoh and dance improvisation,   a form rooted in raw, honest expression.  Butoh is both an art and a ritual—a way to move beyond form and into feeling, into the subconscious terrain where emotion, memory, and instinct reside.

Riviera weaves these modalities into integrative practices that invite both physical and emotional release, supporting a return to presence and authenticity.

Her work explores the deep link between body and psyche—how movement shapes our inner and outer realities, and how it can open powerful pathways to healing, creativity, and expression.