
- Nervous System Care
- Movement as Medicine
- Group Programmes
- …
- Nervous System Care
- Movement as Medicine
- Group Programmes


- Nervous System Care
- Movement as Medicine
- Group Programmes
- …
- Nervous System Care
- Movement as Medicine
- Group Programmes
- Nervous System Care
- Movement as Medicine
- Group Programmes
- …
- Nervous System Care
- Movement as Medicine
- Group Programmes


- Nervous System Care
- Movement as Medicine
- Group Programmes
- …
- Nervous System Care
- Movement as Medicine
- Group Programmes

Movement as Medicine
We dance to remember who we are
We dance to reclaim our embodied aliveness, our creativity and our power
We dance to tap into the wisdom of our bodies, hearts and minds
We dance to resource and reconnect with ourselves, each other and the web of life
Movement is the medicine
Movement MedicineTM is a dynamic, embodied practice that invites you to listen deeply to your body, express what’s alive in you, and reconnect to your innate capacity for resilience, presence, and aliveness. At its heart, this is not about performance or choreography—it’s about reclaiming the intelligence of your moving body as a vital resource for healing, regulation, and change.
In a world that often pulls us into disconnection, and overwhelm, dance becomes more than expression—it becomes medicine. When we move with awareness, we support our nervous system to release held tension, restore balance, and return to a state of greater safety and flow. Movement Medicine integrates principles of nervous system science, trauma-informed care, and conscious dance to create spaces where your whole self is welcome—body, heart, mind, and soul.
This practice helps you gently explore your inner landscape and respond to life’s challenges with more flexibility and capacity. Through rhythm, breath, and embodied presence, we cultivate regulation—not by overriding or pushing through, but by attuning to what is here and moving with it. Over time, this builds pathways of trust within your system: a sense of "I can move through this, I am not stuck, I am not alone."
Whether you feel full of emotion, disconnected from your body, or simply longing to move and feel more alive, Movement Medicine offers a grounded, nourishing space to come home to yourself and to the world—again and again.
"Movement has the capacity to take us to the home of the soul, the world within for which we have no name.
Movement reaches our deepest nature,
and dance creatively expresses it.
Through dance, we gain new insights
into the mystery of our lives.
When brought forth from the inside andforged by the desire to create personal change,
dance has the profound power to heal
the body, psyche and soul."
Anna Halprin
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Rhythm and movement are essential for nervous system wellbeing and regulation
because they directly engage and influence the autonomic nervous system. They offer bottom-up ways to help the body shift out of states of stress (fight, flight, freeze) and return to a state of regulation, connection, and safety.
They Support Nervous System Regulation Through Predictability
The nervous system finds safety in predictability. Rhythmic movement—like dancing but also
walking, rocking, drumming, or swaying—creates a consistent sensory experience. This predictable input calms the system and can signal that the environment is safe, engaging the ventral vagal state (social connection and rest).
They Offer a Direct Pathway to Shift State
Movement activates the sympathetic branch of the nervous system, which can help mobilize energy in a healthy way (e.g., shaking off stress, releasing tension). For those stuck in a dorsal vagal state (shutdown, numbness), gentle rhythmic movement can help to slowly bring in enough energy to move into a regulated, connected state.
Rhythm Reflects Our Internal States
Our bodies and brains are naturally rhythmic: heartbeats, breath, circadian rhythms, and brain waves all follow rhythmic patterns. And of course, we also find rhythm in nature- seasons, day and night, moon phases, etc Disruption to inner and outer rhythms (due to trauma, chronic stress, or disconnection) can throw off our sense of internal regulation. Reconnecting with rhythm externally (eg through movement) helps entrain and restore internal regulation.
They Foster Embodiment and Presence
Movement brings awareness back into the body- something that is useful for all of us living in a head-heavy culture, but also especially helpful for those who dissociate or become disconnected due to trauma or stress. Our movement practice can build a sense of embodied safety, supporting both self-regulation and resilience.
They Engage Co-Regulation and Social Connection
Rhythmic group activities (e.g., dancing, group drumming, walking in sync) promote co-regulation—the process of becoming regulated through safe social connection. The vagus nerve is tuned to cues of connection, including vocal tone, eye contact, and movement in rhythm with others, all of which support nervous system health.
"Petra holds a beautiful safe space which is woven together with clarity, a wide allowing of whatever arises, and an encouraging soft feminine quality. She creates a deeply nurturing, wide ground of love and compassion for each participant and their process. Her spaces are firmly held, yet never too tight, leaving all the freedom for personal process and what that may need."
Hanna R., South Africa
Movement Medicine
A movement practice for our times
Movement Medicine is an intentional movement practice that helps you to engage authentically with your inner and outer landscapes. It weaves together the wisdom of many different traditions, healing modalities and therapeutic approaches including dance, neuroscience, shamanism, family constellations, gestalt therapy and more.
Accessing the deep wisdom of the body
The practices of Movement Medicine connect us with the aliveness and wisdom of our bodies, hearts and minds, with each other and with the world. Through engaging body, heart and mind together in movement, we are able to access a different kind of intelligence from the one we generally use- a more holistic and connected understanding of the world and ourselves. In the dance, we re-member ourselves as creative, choiceful and interconnected beings. The embodied practices of Movement Medicine enable us to be and move with all that life has to offer.
Be who you are, give what you've got
Movement Medicine is a journey of discovery and an enquiry into how to be fully alive. Who are we and what is our purpose? How can we live our fullest potential and contribute to the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible: a world of flourishing, equity and wellbeing for all? Our own healing is an important part of our purpose and the foundation for contributing to change in the world.
Find out more about Movement Medicine here.
"I am so deeply touched by this dance, a real revelation! I have discovered aliveness I did not know I had... I was able to find the needed deep relaxation and could release sadness in such a soft way. I have never before felt this present in my body and in the now. Respecting my body brought me deeper in connection -with myself and the others and the whole."
Bene, BelgiumWhy is movement medicine?
Our bodies are full of wisdom. The intelligence of life which evolved over billions of years also lives in our own bodies. However, this wisdom has been covered over by layer upon layer of unsupportive, if not outright oppressive cultural, ancestral, familial and personal stories. Our dominant culture prioritises ‘rational thinking’ over feeling and the sensory experience of our bodies. And an entire industry is focused on making us feel that we are not enough, deeply disturbing our connection to the body.
Through our movement practice, we can reclaim our connection to the landscape of our body, inhabit ourselves more fully and find our way back to the support, guidance, vitality and joy inside ourselves. As we begin to be more ‘at home’ in our bodies, we start to bring healing to our disconnection and increase our capacity to meet life’s challenges from a place of resource. We bring our habitual patterns into consciousness and thereby open the door to change.
Embodied practices are a resource in times of challenge and change, because they help us to remember and connect to the greater holding that is available to us from the ground, from the Earth and from Spirit.
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Through Movement Medicine we ...
Ground & Resource
Through our body, we find our connection with the ground. We feel into what is true, re-awaken to our aliveness and to what matters to us. We remember the bigger forces that hold and nourish us.
Express & Create
We expand our vocabulary and courage for self expression so that we can show up more fully and creatively in the world and set the boundaries we need live and love with integrity.
Release & Follow
We need to move in order not to get stuck. Like water, what gets stagnant festers and creates dis-ease, be that stress, anxiety or illness. Through our dance we release tension and loosen the tight hold that our habitual thought patterns have on us.
Heal & Change
With our movement, we create space for something new and different to happen. We are clearer about what is needed and can call on inner and outer support so that we may take the next steps that are in alignment with our intentions.
"Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.
Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather
to all who can read it. The body says what words cannot."
Martha Graham
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