SOUL LEVEL THREE

SOMATIC DANCE TEACHER TRAINING

EROS, RITUAL, ENERGETICS AND ECOSOMATICS

No one is here by accident.

Each one of us was sent here

for a special destiny.

- John O’Donahue

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November 25th | December 5th | 2024

Waitoki

Auckland

- Learn how to skilfully hold eros on the dance floor.

- Understand how to create potent ritual space.

- Deepen your understanding of your own energetic blueprint.

- Evolve how you hold ecosomatic dance spaces.

What we cover

  • Harness sensual, creative energy with safety and consent:
    You'll explore the delicate balance of working with Eros, understanding how to guide sensual energy in a way that honors boundaries and consent.

    Cultivate a space where Eros is embodied and respected:
    This module empowers you to hold a container where Eros is fully celebrated and embodied, ensuring an environment of respect, safety, and mutual understanding.

    Create sacred spaces for transformation and intention:
    Learn the art of crafting environments that evoke deep connection and transformation, setting the stage for meaningful experiences.

    Guide participants through meaningful rituals:
    Discover how to use movement, sound, and symbolic elements to facilitate rituals that deepen participants' connections to themselves, others, and the earth, emphasizing the importance of intention and energetics.

  • Map your unique energetic blueprint:
    Explore practices that help you identify and understand your personal energetic signature, revealing how it influences your facilitation style and interactions.

    Attune to and honor your natural rhythms:
    Learn to recognize your own rhythms and energy patterns, empowering you to navigate your growth and facilitate more authentic, embodied experiences for your participants.

    Integrate ecology and somatics in your practice:
    Discover how to weave principles of ecology into your facilitation, fostering a deeper connection between participants and the natural world.

    Honor the seasons and natural cycles:
    Learn to guide dancers in alignment with the rhythms of nature, using the seasons and elements to create a harmonious ecosomatic dance experience that embodies symbiotic flow

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life


-Mary oliver

  • Sarsha Hope

    Sarsha Hope is the visionary and founder of the Somatic Dance International Teacher Training, a groundbreaking program recognized as a powerful, transformative experience that trains leading-edge facilitators and DJs. It seamlessly integrates somatic facilitation, DJ skills, ritual, energetics, and ecosomatics, all viewed through a trauma-informed lens. This unique methodology creates potent, finely-tuned dance containers.

    Drawing from a vast reservoir of experience spanning over 25 years, Sarsha holds certifications in embodied flow yoga, somatic trauma therapy and somatic parts work. theta healing, massage, and is a reiki practitioner. She is also a tantrika, DJ, dance performer, Mother, and yoga/meditation teacher. She artfully incorporates a lifetime of wisdom into her offerings, encompassing international teacher training’s, online courses, retreats, and personalized embodiment coaching.

    IT IS A TRUE HONOUR TO WITNESS THIS GROWING GLOBAL PHENOMENON.

  • Stephen Blase

    Blase finds joy in bringing the freedom and expansion of the Somatic Dance space into his performances as a solo Artist and has been touring New Zealand for the summer festival season, playing at festivals such as NZ Spirit Festival, Splore, Earthbeat and Dimension festival. He has also made appearances around the globe playing traditional Ecstatic Dances in the UK and Portugal and is set to continue touring this summer in Europe.

    Blase has a wide variety of knowledge that helps to deepen the potency of this dance training including his multiple years of music knowledge, 200 hour Embodied flow yoga training, a certificate in Integrated somatic trauma therapy and over 500+ hours in formal Somatic Dance space.

    In this training Blase translates the artistry of his craft into practical lessons of music theory, understanding DJ software and fundamentals and the curation of an Ecstatic dance playlist.

    LETS GO

  • Epic Assistants.

    We are blessed to have incredible assistants from New Zealand and around the world for these trainings. Each assistant has undergone their own transformative journey and has since gone on to lead dances throughout New Zealand and the world.

    This is the first time we are offering Level 3 training in New Zealand, and we intentionally limit the number of participants to ensure the development of high-quality facilitators. Our faculty and assistants are highly experienced and deeply understand how embodied ecstatic dance experiences can create healing and transformative change in people’s lives. Are you ready to join us and spread this gift into the world?

When we honor our soul’s journey, we step into the sacred dance of our true selves.


-Maya Luna

  • Investment

    The total price for everybody is NZD 2,250 + GST = $2599.00

    A deposit of $220 is required to hold your place.

    Your $220 deposit will be deducted from the balance owed.

    Partial Pay: 3 x monthly payments over 3 months $825.00 NZD incl GST

    Partial Pay: 6 monthly payments over 6 months - $412.50 NZD incl GST

    Weekly Payments of $50.00 for 50 weeks includes GST

    This price includes all course materials, daily organic, vegan, gluten-free, highly nutritious catered lunches, and refreshments.

    Everybody who has completed Level 1 & 2 training's will be accepted.

  • Daily Schedule

    Daily Schedule

    8.30 - 12.00 pm – Meditation and Embodiment

    12.00 - 1.00 pm – Lunch Break

    1.00 - 3.00 pm – Dance Lab, group movement offerings and DJ practice.

    3.00 - 4.00 pm – Break

    4.00 - 6.00 pm –DJ Technical lab

    The daily schedule will be subject to change based on the day and the needs of the students.

  • Cancellation Policy

    We understand that sometimes things happen beyond your control. We stand by Embodied Somatic Dance Teacher Training, so when life happens, we are here to discuss how to support you in receiving this medicine.

    However, if you must withdraw your application four weeks before the training, we will refund your investment minus a $50.00 admin fee.

    If you withdraw from the training within two weeks of the start of the workshop, we will refund 50% of your investment. There are no refunds once the training has started.

    Note: the deposit is non-refundable.

Accomodation and things!

  • You can stay on site for $45 per night in a shared dorm room

  • Or bring your van and camp for $15 per night

  • Catered lunches are provided in the cost

  • Breakfast will be up to you to take care of yourself

  • Dinners we will break into working groups and take turns at cooking for one another. I will do a group shop and set a menu before hand. The cost for dinners is included in the price.

  • We will provide herb tea, but coffee and black tea is on you!

Your soul is the whole world.

- Rumi