About the training

This two-day experiential training (10am–5pm each day) is designed for Dance Movement Psychotherapists and dance artists who want to develop confidence, ideas, and practical skills for leading therapeutic movement and wellbeing groups.

Across the training, participants will explore the Breathe Dance Model, using it as a framework to inspire and develop your own therapeutic dance and movement groups. You will learn how to hold safe, trauma-informed, creative, and supportive spaces where participants can connect with their bodies, emotions, creativity, and each other.

This training offers an introduction to facilitation skills, session design, and group-holding principles, providing the confidence and tools to begin your own wellbeing or therapeutic movement groups.

Who is this training for?

• Dance Movement Psychotherapists looking to expand their practice into community wellbeing and creative group facilitation

• Dance artists wanting to develop confidence in holding safe, therapeutic-style movement spaces

• Practitioners wanting to gain practical tools and inspiration to lead creative, embodied sessions

What to expect

• An introduction to the Breathe Dance Model as a creative framework for your own group work

• How to design and structure therapeutic movement sessions that support connection and wellbeing

• Skills to hold safe, trauma-informed, supportive group spaces

• Practice with small group processes and whole-group activities

• Tools to develop facilitation skills for leading movement and dance

• Creative explorations in improvisation, tasks, and movement meditations

• Practical guidance to create your own movement sequences that support nervous system regulation, explore self-expression, expand movement vocabulary, notice what feels good, and deepen participants’ connection to their bodies

• Ways to generate session themes and creative ideas

• Foundational insight into group presence, boundaries, guidelines, and ethical practice

• Explore the intersection of psychotherapy and therapeutic/dance-for-wellbeing movement

• Time to reconnect with your own creativity, curiosity, and passion for movement

Reflective practice group

After completing the training, for those that would like continued support you can choose to join our online Reflective Practice Group (additional cost), meeting once every half term. This provides a supportive space to:

• Reflect on your experiences and practice

• Share ideas, explore challenges, and celebrate successes with fellow facilitators

• Learn a new movement sequence each session to take and use in your own groups

• Stay inspired, supported and connected with the Breathe Dance community

Book your place

Whether you are a practitioner seeking to enrich your facilitation toolkit, or a dance artist stepping into the world of wellbeing and therapeutic work, this training will support you to lead with confidence, care, and creativity.

Training cost

Early-Bird Price: £350 (book by 19th June 2026)

Standard Price: £400 (book after 19th June 2026)

This covers the full 2-day in-person Breathe Dance Training, including materials and certificate of completion. For Dance Movement Psychotherapists, it can contribute 12 hours toward CPD credits.

Optional Online Reflective Practice Group: £25 per half-term session

Training details

• Dates: TBC 2026

• Time: 10am–5pm each day

• Location: Norwich Theatre, Stage Two

Participants will receive a certificate of completion, and for Dance Movement Psychotherapists, the training can contribute 12 hours toward CPD credits.

This is not just a learning experience — it’s a nurturing, restorative space where participants can feel supported, inspired, and replenished (and yes, it includes cake!)