Somatic Dance

Dance like no one’s watching, release what no longer serves, and come home to your authentic self.

What is Somatic Dance?

A practice combining movement and mindfulness, allowing you to experience the connection between mind and body.

There is no choreography. No performance. No set moves. No right or wrong.

Just intuitive movement, honouring the body’s rhythms and expressing from within.

Somatic dance helps us reconnect with the body in order to regulate the nervous system, process stored emotion, and restore inner balance – through movement, breath and embodied awareness.

Backed by Neuroscience

Somatic healing is a body-centred, evidence-based approach rooted in neuroscience, trauma research and somatic psychology.

Studies show that trauma and chronic stress are often stored in the body, not just the mind.

Somatic healing is grounded in research from experts such as Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, author of ‘The Body Keeps the Score’. His work highlights how trauma is not only a psychological experience but also a physical one – stored in the body and expressed through tension, disconnection, and chronic dysregulation of the nervous system.

Dr. van der Kolk emphasises that body-based approaches like movement, breathwork, and somatic awareness are essential tools for releasing trauma and restoring a sense of safety and wholeness.

Somatic dance works directly with these principles, offering a powerful, evidence-based path to healing and embodied transformation.

Practices like somatic dance help to:

• Regulate the nervous system

• Reduce anxiety

• Restore emotional balance

• Release trauma-related tension stored in the body

• Release mood-boosting neurotransmitters (endorphins, dopamine and serotonin)

If you’re craving deeper connection – to your body, your emotions, and a circle of supportive women – this is your invitation to join a somatic dance women’s circle.

No dance experience is needed. Just a willingness to show up as you are.

What to expect at a Somatic Dance Women’s Circle?

The circle offers a safe and welcoming space to feel grounded, embodied, and empowered in community with other women.

During the event, you will experience:

• Somatic breathing practices

• Guided somatic meditation

• Somatic dance, combining movement and mindfulness

• A tea ceremony

• A sharing circle

• Connection with a supportive community of women

You can participate as much or as little as you feel in any of the event’s activities. There is no pressure to share in circle, and it’s completely fine to pass if you like.

These events are open to all female-identifying individuals. All sisters are welcome to gather in circle.

There are a limited number of places available, as this is an intimate event, so make sure you book your place early to avoid missing out.

Event Details

We gather at Shop 5/76 Appin Road, Appin.

The studio is only 30 minutes from both Sydney and Wollongong.

This is a drug and alcohol free event, designed to support presence, connection, and embodied experience.

Pricing

The exchange for a 2 hour somatic dance women’s circle is $35

This contribution supports the time, energy and care poured into creating a safe, intentional space for embodied healing and connection. It allows me to continue offering trauma-informed facilitation, thoughtful preparation, and a nurturing environment where every woman feels seen, supported and heard.  

Early Bird pricing is available, with 10% off for early bookings. Please see the events below for details.

November Gathering

Saturday 15th November

Tickets: $35

Early bird pricing – 10% off

Using code SOMATICNOV available until 3rd November