Welcome to SafeSkills®

SafeSkills® Movement Arts is located in Durham, NC, and serves Durham, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, RTP, and nearby communities. SafeSkills® is the most widely recognized personal safety training and consulting company in North Carolina.

Featuring a beautiful and spacious training center, SafeSkills® brings over 30 years of excellence in group and private instruction in martial arts, self-defense, defusing violence, yoga and other movement modalities.

Workshops & Events

Visit our Workshops & Events page for a complete listing of our upcoming special events.

Self Defense for Women & Teen Girls
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 1:00-5:00pm
SafeSkills® self defense workshops introduce you to the concepts of handling threatening or violent situations with simple, easy to learn strategies and techniques.

Pause with Yoga
Wednesdays, January 4 - February 22 - 3:30-4:45pm - Eight week class - Drop-ins welcome
This afternoon class is a great place for the average person to explore yoga's many benefits in a friendly atmosphere. The class focuses on movement and flexibility. Optimal alignment is emphasized in all the postures. Join us for a mid-week Pause with Yoga!

Yoga Flow
Saturdays, January 7 - March 3 - 9:00-10:15am - Eight week class - Drop-ins welcome
Breathe, Stretch, Relax. Safely learn techniques for breathing, alignment, and increasing flexibility. Restorative as well as strength-building postures will be explored. No class Feb 4.
 
Summer Camps at SafeSkills
June and July 2012
Each week-long camp holds a fantastic experience of movement and creativity for your child. Nurture a creative and healthy body though art, martial arts, yoga and movement!

Learn To Live Pain Free - Free Talk
Friday, February 3 - 9:30-10:30am
Esther Gokhale’s got your back. For 20 years, Esther has helped thousands of people free themselves of back pain at the Gokhale Method Institute. Join her for this free talk.

Learn To Live Pain Free - Classes
February 3 - 5, 2012
Study with Esther Gokhale who has guided thousands away from back pain, neck pain and other musculoskeletal ailments. Six 90 minute sessions will provide you with life-long tools healthy, pain-free posture and movement.
 SafeSkills® classes changed my life. They helped me build inner and outer strength and cultivate focus - skills which spill over into the rest of my life on a daily basis. I appreciate the step by step approach to teaching which gives students time to learn skills at their own
pace.

Karen O


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 FamilyCare’s experience with the SafeSkills® team far surpassed our expectations. Through two interactive sessions for both 15 managers and 130 staff members, the training was individualized to meet our facilities’ needs by knowledgeable trainers who taught by interaction, role playing, humor and exercises. We commend SafeSkills® for creating a training that will result in a safer workplace for staff and community.
Janice Amburgey
FamilyCare WV



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 People who take this program say, `This is the best program I've taken period'. This is one of the highest rated Training and Development programs offered here. I've even had people call me up and tell me how good it is. They do a super job. Their program is top quality.
Ken Manwaring
Former Head, Training and Development Department, UNC-CH



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 I was attacked and successfully defended myself against a would-be rapist. I attribute my success to the simple and effective techniques that SafeSkills® teaches. We are extremely fortunate to have these instructors available.
Claire Kremen
Ph. D Duke University



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