“Speaking about Micaela or the experience of going through moments with her is intimidating, because I feel unable to put into words something that has its own language—hers. Micaela has a synesthetic language that she embodies in dance and elevates in every sense. She appeared in my life quietly, presented as a challenge to help me move through a shadowy moment. She drew me in with the poetry of her words, the music she chose, the carefully curated imagery, and the fluid way all of this becomes the composition of a spoken poem. I followed my heart and went. I did my first Flow, and from then on, I did every one I could. I realized that she herself is the poem. She is the conductor who orchestrates our movements and naturally gives birth to fluidity, lightness, intention, and freedom. Micaela reminded me (I don’t say taught me, because she has the humility to guide without judgment) how to dance with both my light and my shadow in full harmony. With her, I dance with all my senses, with my eyes closed, and with dance as my prayer or my release. At one point I told her she was a kind of mentor, but now I understand she would likely decline that title—because what she truly wants is to awaken that role within each of us. She invites us to stop seeking power outside ourselves when it already lives within. She is dance, art, therapy, and woman—holding all the simple complexity that entails. To me, she is nourishment in life, in movement, within and beyond, in every plane. Thank you, my sunflower, for pointing me back toward the direction of light.”