Julia Franks, psychotherapist and conscious dance leader, invites colleagues to the launch of her book, Dance for Life.
In the book Julia describes how she encountered dance and placed it at the centre of life; she recounts how dance enabled human evolution and civilization, and how we ‘lost’ dance in the Western world.
The book describes how in the last 50 years there has been a re-discovery of dance worldwide, and how dance is a force for good in our fractured and vulnerable world.
Finally the book introduces us to what conscious dance is and its many varieties.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Participants will have a clearer understanding of the role that dance can play as a force of healing.
- Participants will learn about conscious dance , including Julia’s own practice, Flomotion Dance, and the benefits therein.
- Participants will be offered to the opportunity to see how embodied practice such as Flomotion Dance can increase presence and empathy when working with clients.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Anyone, dancer or otherwise, who is interested in healing and the moving body.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Participants may become inspired to explore dance, whether conscious dance or otherwise, and see its benefits in terms of presence and empathy.
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Julia’s career as a UKCP psychotherapist and supervisor spans 3 decades. She has worked in the voluntary, public and private sectors in a therapeutic role.
Julia has been dancing since teenage years. She became a promoter of nightclubs and raves in her 20s. After training in Transpersonal Psychotherapy, she developed a therapeutic workshop, Spirit in the House, looking at the ecstatic rave experience. Julia has been dancing 5Rhythms dance for 15 years, and is a certified teacher of Open Floor movement practice and Ecstatic Awakening Dance.
Julia writes regular blogs about conscious dance and the benefits to physical, mental and spiritual health. Dance for Life is Julia’s first book available on Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dance-Life-Ecstatic-Rhythms-Moving/dp/B0CYXYZFGC)
