Healing Dance with Partner
21–25 Jun 2027 | Five-day workshop | Sense - Move - Touch | Join with a partner (free). On-site or online | €498. | Only for enrolled students of the Basic Somatic Training.
Healing Dance with Partner
Somatic dialogue through touch and movement
Experience connection, expression, and deep human contact through movement and touch.
This module invites you into a shared space where sensing, moving, and relating come together.
5-day workshop
21.06.2027 – 25.06.2027
On-site or online (live streamed)
Location: Zentrum Paradies
Leiten 20, 7212 Forchtenstein, Austria
Price: €498
Join the BASIC SOMATIC TRAINING
To participate in this module, you need to be enrolled in the Basic Somatic Training.
Already Student of THE PME BASIC SOMATIC TRAINING?
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This module is only for enrolled students. If you are not enrolled, please do not book. Unauthorized bookings will be canceled, and processing fees will be deducted from any refund.
What is Healing Dance?
Healing Dance is a practice of meeting yourself and others through movement and touch.
We arrive, tune in, and begin to sense.
Through simple somatic movement, we connect with our body and with the present moment.
From there, we begin to meet:
ourselves
another person
and what is alive between us
We move together.
We touch and are touched.
We listen with the body.
There are no choreographies.
Movement is free, spontaneous, and created in the moment.
Through this, a dialogue unfolds—
not through words, but through sensing, contact, and movement.
Why this work matters
Healing Dance is joyful Repatterning
Many patterns in our lives are not only mental—they are lived in the body and in relationship.
Through touch and movement, we can experience these patterns directly.
And through mindful, respectful connection, they can begin to shift.
Working with a partner allows:
real contact
real feedback
real experience
This is where change becomes tangible.
You may discover:
how you relate
where you hold back
how you connect
how you can open
And you do this not alone—but together.
Participation with a Partner
This module is practiced in pairs.
In the on-site format, you may also work with different partners during the training.
In the online format, you will stay with your study partner throughout.
In the online format, you participate together with a partner who you bring with you.
Your partner:
joins free of charge
does not need to be enrolled in the full training
participates fully throughout the module
What matters is presence, continuity, and shared commitment.
What you will experience
Personal Experience
Express yourself through movement and touch
Be seen and met by another person
Experience joy, playfulness, and depth
Integrate hidden or less expressed parts of yourself
Relational Experience
Develop connection and bonding
Learn to relate through touch and movement
Experience co-regulation in a direct way
Build trust and presence with others
Development
Strengthen resilience
Learn new ways of responding instead of reacting
Experience self-regulation through interaction
Discover new possibilities in familiar patterns
How we work
Arriving & Tuning In
We begin with somatic movement to arrive in the body and in the present moment.
Meeting
We connect with ourselves and with a partner through focused attentionand mindful and compassionate sensing.
Exploring
We work with touch, movement, and communication—exploring polarities such as:
leading and following
activity and passivity
expression and impression
Dancing
We move freely in improvisation.
Movement becomes fluid, spontaneous, and responsive.
We listen to the developments that are arising from within.
We dance together, expressing our helpful and healing changes.
Important:
In the on-site format, you may also work with different partners during the training.
In the online format, you stay with your study partner throughout.
Integration
We reflect, share verbally in a circle, and integrate experiences into everyday life.
Learning and professional development
You will develop:
practical skills in touch and movement
the ability to communicate through the body
awareness of physical and emotional processes
the capacity to guide and reflect experiences responsibly
Areas of learning include:
Somatic Touch
safety and consent
mindful and compassionate touch
somatic dialogue through touch
Healing Dance
emotional expression through movement
leading and following
relationship and communication skills
Mind & Perception
attention and sensing in buddhist psychology
awareness of self and others
reflection and integration
Theory & Practice
principles of the somatic dialogue and PME
self-regulation and co-regulation
understanding experience in a professional context
Safety, Responsibility and Trust
A safe and respectful space is the foundation of this work.
We emphasize:
consent in touch
clear communication
personal responsibility
mindful and compassionate interaction
By supporting each other, we create a space where everyone is supported.
Healing Dance is not a medical or psychotherapeutic treatment.
It is a practice that supports healthy development of body, mind, and relationships.
What Participants Say
awe-inspiring
“Fun, collaborative, awe-inspiring, and transformative.
This module planted a seed that continued to grow long after it ended.”
more free
“I became much more aware of my fear of physical closeness—and at the same time more free.
Touch is healing. We all carry something that can support each other.”
most engaging learning experiences I’ve had
“The mix of hands-on practice, theory, and self-sensing was one of the most engaging learning experiences I’ve had.”
There was space for everything
“I felt supported, challenged, and relaxed at the same time.
There was space for everything I experienced.”
very safe and open
“The group, the partner work, and the teaching created a very safe and open atmosphere.
I always felt I could be myself.”
Instructor
Director of THE SOMATIC TRAINING Dieter Rehberg
Dieter Rehberg, MA, BA, MSMT/E, is Performance Artist, Psychological Counselor (LSB), Master of Somatic Movement Therapy and Education (ISMETA), Somatic Practitioner (USABP), Somatic Dance Educator and Massage Therapist. He is Trager-Practitioner and certified in Idiolektics and has extensive experience and knowledge in Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Creative Dance, Alexander Technique and Body-Mind Centering. He developed his method PME integrating these different dance, bodywork and counseling techniques from his 35 years of professional experience as somatic therapist and performance artist and combined it with his insights into buddhist theory and practice.
He is the director of the "Institut und Akademie für Physio-Mentale Entwicklung" and founder of THE SOMATIC TRAINING.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the European Dance Development Center / NL, the Trauma Certificate from Laurier University / CAN and a Master of Arts in Somatic Studies from Middlesex University / UK. For 30 years he worked in his private practice in Vienna / Austria and teaches nationally, internationally and online. His main concern in his workshops and seminars is a clear and coherent communication of the content in a mindful atmosphere and to never leave any questions open .
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Already Student of THE PME BASIC SOMATIC TRAINING?
If you did choose the payment option >pay per module< please book here
This module is only for enrolled students. If you are not enrolled, please do not book. Unauthorized bookings will be canceled, and processing fees will be deducted from any refund.
A Guide in Being Human
Healing Dance invites you to experience what it means to be in contact—with yourself and with others.
To move.
To feel.
To relate.
And to discover new possibilities in how you live, connect, and express yourself.
Healing Dance shows you how to be human and how to develop your humanity
Join the BASIC SOMATIC TRAINING
To participate in this module, you need to be enrolled in the Basic Somatic Training.