let’s move and dance together somewhere
Imaginative somatic, dance-movement experientials, enriched, layered and integrated with expressive modalities, including: visual art making; music, sound, vocalisation and rhythm, drama and role-play; writing, poetry and narrative; and nature exploration.
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A special event for your community or travelling guests. Retreat offerings are in partnership with studios and retreat centres globally, including Europe and Australasia.
Somatic Dance-Movement for groups can be a stand alone event (workshop series) without any extra inclusions, or expanded to include cultural activities and excursions, accommodation, meals and transport in collaboration with co-hosts.
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RETREAT LEADER
Helen is a Somatics & Dance-Movement Therapist, multi-disciplinary Movement Coach, and life-long mover. Her credentials and experience include Dance-Movement Therapy amongst a spectrum of exciting movement disciplines. Helen brings artistry, playfulness and diverse perspectives into the therapeutic movement space that she holds for others.
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Programs can be adapted to longer or shorter retreat events in collaboration with co-hosts.
Retreats can be scheduled for 1 day minimum or multiple days.
Sample Schedule for a 4 day retreat :
12 hours total of movement exploration, split over 8 progressive workshops, 2 x 90 min experiential workshops daily.
Daily workshop timetable:
10:30am - 12:00pm - movement experiential session 90 minutes
12:00 - 1:30pm - lunch break, rest, recovery and reflection
1:30 - 3:00pm - movement experiential session 90 minutes
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All adult movers welcome, including absolute beginners, from 16 years. No movement experience necessary, just a curiosity to explore and move.
Sessions offer and may hold therapeutic value, and are also intended as artistic practice to promote holistic wellbeing.
PRIVATE SESSIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS ON RETREAT
Immersive psychotherapeutic treatment for individual guests who are staying for 3-5 days, with 2 x 75 min sessions each day. Clients benefit from a significant amount of therapy (equivalent to 6-10 weeks), in a relaxing environment, which supports safety, feeling at ease, focus, reflection, and therapeutic processing and integration.
All treatment plans also include a further series of 5 x weekly 75 minute virtual sessions, scheduled over 5 consecutive weeks. These sessions continue from the in-person sessions, focussing on supporting the client after their retreat stay.
retreat Workshop series for groups
An opportunity towards embodiment, playfulness, effort, awareness, acceptance and joy. These events invite movers to explore more deeply within the therapeutic movement space. No movement experience is required, just a curiosity to move and explore. Suitable for rehab programs, artist residencies, educational events, corporate teams and holiday makers.
AN INVITATION TO MOVE
Participate in Somatics & Dance-Movement Therapy over multiple days.
Express, explore and expand your story through movement, with morning and afternoon guided and self-directed creative dance-movement experientials.
Seize the opportunity to gently stretch your body and mind in a safe, uplifting and held space.
Harmonise with self, others and the environment through movement, and grow real connections that stretch across the planet.
OPPORTUNITIES IN MOVEMENT
Embodied self enquiry and alongside other movers.
Igniting, shifting, and revitalising your movement journey.
Expanding your movement vocabulary, range and interests.
Realising potential pathways for continuing your artistic, athletic and expressive movement development.
EXPLORING AND GENERATING MOVEMENT
Practising human developmental movement patterns, starting with the shrinking and growing of breath.
Initiating movement to discover the interplay within and how the body is connected and moves in space.
Forming and changing body shape, bridging the body and space.
Bringing attention to effort, with a sense of flow, self, the environment and time.
Following innate movement impulses and dancing.
Sequencing movement.
PRACTICE AND SELF REGULATION
Movement practice will draw upon a mix of methodologies, techniques and skills with a sustainable balance between structured learning and guided and self directed improvised movement. Self regulation for participation at your own pace and level, will be emphasised and integral, especially as you will be invited to move at the edges of your comfort zone.
PROGRAMMING
All workshops use Somatics and Dance-Movement Therapy, and support a deep immersive experience. Dance-Movement Therapy is an arts psychotherapy providing a pathway to connect body, mind and well-being using a somatic, conceptual and creative approach to movement. Dance-Movement Therapy principles facilitate giving physical shape and form to human thoughts, emotions and life experience.