PRE-RECORDED TRAINING MODULES (takes at your own pace) ✤ Module 01 • EMBODIMENT → Explore the science of dance/movement and its intersection with the body-mind connection → Learn why dance and music are so effective at creating meaningful community experiences and how to harness this potential → Uncover your unique leadership skill-set and create a plan to incorporate somatic methods and embodiment techniques. ✤ Module 02 • CONTAINMENT → Explore the role of facilitator; from the moment they walk into a venue until they walk back out again → Move from the theoretical into the practical; discussing what is necessary to contain the spiritual, physical, emotional, and intellectual dance space in real, tangible ways → No-nonsense methods to deal with the everyday joys and struggles which are common in conscious dances (e.g. how to encourage people to remain non-verbal) ✤ Module 03 • HOMEBASE → Explore the foundational role of facilitation, which is to hold a reverent opening and closing, while steering the collective experience during the dance journey. → Tangible skills to stay grounded and present even when things don’t go as planned. → Practical ways to prepare your facilitation ideas and create timelines 7-DAY IN-PERSON TRAINING (in Portugal, April 15-21) ✤ Module 04 • BODY EXPLORATION → Introduction to DTM's 5 Pathways → Diving into Body Exploration, the most straightforward of the pathways → Ways to explicitly draw attention to body parts, movements, sensations, and impulses. AKA "getting dancers into the body". ✤ Module 05 • PSYCHO-SOMATIC EXPLORATION → Explore the second pathway, integrating body and mind by embodying emotions and key themes through dance. → Using shared human experiences to encourage connection, coherence, and community → Linking emotions to sensations, postures and movements—the foundation of embodiment ✤ Module 06 • VISUALISATION → Tapping into the realm of imagination to move beyond time, space, and abilities → Visualization techniques that encourage dancers to translate their visions into expressive physical movement → Facilitation that ignites imagination, while leaving space for dancers to fill in the blanks ✤ Module 07 • SOCIAL ACTIVATION → Explore social activation, its vital role in collective action and the universal need for human connection → The comfortable and uncomfortable aspects of social activation, acknowledging the need for both in a healthy community. → Facilitators as community leaders to encourage non-political community action ✤ Module 08 • RITUALISATION → Demystifying the base meaning of the word "ritual" and applying it to the act of facilitation → Using gestures, words, actions, and/or objects within sequences to create meaningful experiences and connection between community members → Getting real, and learning to ritualize without religious, dogma or cultural appropriation ✤ Module 09 • INTEGRATION 01 → Integrate learnings from the six days in Portugal → Review in-person experience, extract foundational principles, and receive post-training assignment → Graduation ceremony POST-TRAINING SESSIONS (Online via Zoom) ✤ Module 10 • INTEGRATION 02 • Tue, April 28 2026 → A check in on how your integration process is going → Ask any follow-up questions since the end of your training → Get a clear overview of what Level 02 involves & decide if it's the next step for you