Dance Alchemy Advanced Teacher Training
2027 Edition
Part I & Part II
Prerequisite: Completion of Dance Alchemy Training Parts I, II, and III, or equivalent experience (subject to approval by Maneesha).
The Advanced Teacher Training is designed for those who:
- Have completed the Dance Alchemy Training, are actively practicing inner alchemy and transformative techniques in their daily lives and wish to deepen these skills.
- Are interested in, or already working as, facilitators of Dance Alchemy.
- Are interested in, or already using, inner alchemy approaches in individual sessions or within another modality in which they are trained.
- Wish to expand and deepen their ability to work with people through the alchemy of transformation.
- Want to strengthen their facilitation, group leadership, and therapeutic skills in order to support others more effectively.
Dance Alchemy Advanced Teacher Training is a unique special edition designed for experienced practitioners and may not be offered again in the future.
Both parts of the training will include new teachings, practical skills, and current research in the field, while also deepening participants’ understanding of the material already learned. There will be extensive opportunities to practice, present your work, and receive supportive, constructive feedback and supervision.
Participation can also contribute toward fulfilling supervision requirements for certification.
Each participant’s presentation will offer opportunities for new insights, creative inspiration, and learning—especially through the willingness to experiment and learn from mistakes.
Part II (7Days) July 27 – August 2, 2027
During Part II, we will explore:
- Accessing deeper creativity and learning to enjoy the creative process.
- Foundations of Group Dynamics.
- Working with focused sharings, facilitating healing through expression and vulnerability, and improvising techniques in the moment.
- The Art of Inner Inquiry: asking questions that lead to the essential core of an issue.
- Remaining grounded and self-aware while working with individuals, classes, or groups.
- Reading the energy and needs of a group, improvising effectively, and trusting intuition and instinct.
- Applying hypnosis skills, voice modulation, and permissive language.
- Addressing individual challenges and areas requiring additional support.
- Designing classes, groups, and workshop processes using clear and effective structures.
Participants will rotate in leading guided meditations and small-group sharings each day.
You will receive an individualized homework assignment to support your continued growth and integration following the training and before the follow-up meeting.
The training will also include:
- Practicing individual sessions and group facilitation.
- Receiving feedback, supervision, and practical suggestions.
- Presenting facilitation structures and refining skills through support, troubleshooting, and constructive feedback.
Special areas of focus include:
- Developing the ability to stay connected to yourself while remaining attuned to the individual or group you are facilitating.
- Supporting participants in reaching the core of their experience and helping them integrate their insights.
- Deepening skills in guiding others into the heart, into feeling, and into exploration.
- Strengthening your Transmission and your capacity to act as a vehicle for transformation.
- Deepening understanding of childhood developmental work.
- Understanding the nervous system and working skillfully with overwhelm through interventions inspired by Somatic Experiencing®.
- Refining the use of voice, language, touch, and hypnotic approaches.
- Developing confidence and flexibility in improvisation.
- Learning how to work effectively with group sharings while allowing the process itself to unfold naturally.
Additional topics of interest include:
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- Understanding the nervous system more deeply.
- Somatic Experiencing® interventions
- The effective use of voice in facilitation.
