Movement Medicine
Movement Medicine 是一种有意识的舞蹈和动态冥想练习，它将身体运动、情绪觉察和正念与心理学、萨满教传统和当代神经科学的见解相结合。它通过课程、工作坊、静修营和专业培训项目在国际上推广。
Movement Medicine 强调舞蹈是个人疗愈、关系意识和集体责任的途径，邀请参与者通过运动与内在体验和更广阔的世界互动。
起源
Movement Medicine 由 Susannah Darling-Khan 和 Ya’Acov Darling-Khan 于 21 世纪初创立，他们是“5节奏”的资深教师，也是 Gabrielle Roth 的嫡传弟子。这种练习源于他们数十年来在意识舞蹈、心理治疗、萨满教实践和具身引导方面的研究和发展。
The founders describe Movement Medicine as responding to the needs of contemporary life, integrating personal transformation with social and ecological awareness.
Core principles
Movement Medicine is grounded in several key principles:
- Embodiment — cultivating awareness through direct physical experience.
- Responsibility — recognising choice and accountability in how we move, relate, and act.
- Relationship — exploring connection with self, others, community, and the living world.
- Integration — bringing insights from movement practice into everyday life.
The practice views dance as medicine not only for individuals, but also for relationships, communities, and cultures.
Practice
Movement Medicine sessions typically involve guided movement journeys supported by music, verbal guidance, imagery, and intention. While there is no choreography, teachers provide clear frameworks that invite exploration of sensation, emotion, impulse, and meaning.
Classes often include:
- grounding and centring practices,
- movement explorations related to emotional states and life themes,
- opportunities for solo and relational movement,
- integration and reflection through embodied awareness.
The practice draws on both expressive and contemplative movement, balancing intensity with integration.
Maps and frameworks
Movement Medicine uses a set of teaching maps and conceptual frameworks to support clarity and depth in practice. These may include:
- The Wave (inherited and adapted from 5Rhythms),
- The Medicine Wheel and elemental perspectives,
- maps of consciousness, choice, and responsibility,
- archetypal and mythic lenses for understanding experience.
These maps function as orienting tools rather than prescriptions, supporting improvisation and personal meaning-making.
Teacher training
Movement Medicine offers an internationally recognised professional training programme for conscious dance teachers and facilitators. The training is modular and typically spans several years, combining:
- intensive residential modules,
- supervised teaching practice,
- personal process work,
- mentoring and assessment.
Graduates are authorised to teach Movement Medicine classes and workshops and are part of an ongoing professional community.
Community and reach
Movement Medicine is practiced across Europe and internationally, with teachers offering regular classes, workshops, and retreats in many countries. The school maintains an active global network of teachers, students, and practitioners, supported by online resources and events.
External links
- Official website: https://schoolofmovementmedicine.com/
