About the Team
Kate Spacek
Founder/Co-Director
Kate Spacek is an Artist; her medium is People. She designs and facilitates co-creative experiences that foster belonging, agency, and collective ownership. Leveraging two decades in business operations, group facilitation, and event production, Kate amplifies the unique value of human creativity in unexpectedly innovative ways. The ideal project joins humans across cultures, sectors, and disciplines - and includes elements of play and expression - to spark ideas, instigate relevant dialogue, stretch what is possible, and lead to real, sustainable results.
Movement of Belonging encapsulates a wide array of embodiment projects that are designed to transform individual physical movement and creative agency into connective social movements and world-shaping actions. Private sessions for individuals, couples, and young people are the anchor of MOB. “Our sense of belonging to others is limited by our sense of belonging to self.”
Move Your Mission, a MOB signature program, guides progressive organizations and business owners to clarify and develop strategies from aligned inner wisdom and experimental movement practices. A recurring public event (Social Movement), a pilot podcast, and customized interactive event installations round out MOB’s menu of offerings. Kate’s work combines her movement education (Mettler’s Creative Dance, Gaga, Alexander Technique, NIA, yoga, etc.) and meditation practices with extensive business consulting experience, studies in the powers of Play, and a welcoming co-creative facilitation style.
Kate has co-produced or facilitated interactive art-centric events for Red Bull, General Electric, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Google.org, Autodesk, City of Oakland, US State Department, local art galleries, schools, and others - in at least 15 countries. Her work has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and various television, radio, and print media outlets outside the U.S.
Ignatius Nguyen ASW
Co-Director
Ignatius is a creative visionary who joined Movement of Belonging in 2022. With his ever-growing foundation of knowledge and personal experience in mental health, mindfulness, and the creative arts, Ignatius is committed to innovating fresh approaches that support individuals on their journey back home to themselves.
He has been and continues to actively destigmatize mental health in BIPOC communities. His efforts include producing unique events, hosting open mics, facilitating transformative group experiences (retreats and workshops), launching two Men’s Groups (one in San Diego and one in the Bay Area), providing psychoeducation, and developing compelling curricula on emotional wellness. Ignatius emphasizes the integration of the arts as a medium for expression and views mindfulness as a foundational practice for healing and growth.
In his free time, Ignatius enjoys drinking oolong tea with tiny cups, taking mindful walks, sitting in meditation, dancing like a robot, DJing funk music (the 80's is where it's at!), capturing photos, and freestyle rapping.
