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A professional pathway in somatic dance facilitation, conscious dance DJing, and trauma informed spaceholding
24th April - 4th May 2026
Bali, Yogis Garden
26th October - 5th November 2026
New Zealand, The Bungalow
ARE YOU READY TO BECOME A LEADER IN THE CONSCIOUS DANCE REVOLUTION?
AFTER THIS TRAINING YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Guide dancers through transformational somatic journeys that support healing, presence, and deep body-awareness
- Curate and deliver conscious dance DJ sets that invite emotional range, grounded movement, and inner exploration
- Hold trauma-informed dance spaces that are attuned to nervous system regulation, consent, and group safety
- Facilitate regular community dance offerings with confidence, skill, and energetic integrity
Dear Dancing Soul
This training is for you if:
- You feel called to move beyond drop-in classes into a deeper, more embodied way of holding space
- You know that music can open portals—and you want to learn how to guide with clarity and care
- You long to understand how to work with the nervous system, energy, and the unseen dynamics of the dance floor
- You’re ready to lead from your body—not from performance, but from presence
- You want to offer movement spaces that are trauma-informed, inclusive, and deeply transformational
- You desire to grow your voice, your vision, and your capacity to hold space with integrity
This is not just a training. It’s a turning point.
A recalibration of how you listen, lead, and love—through movement, music, and embodied trust.
We have had 100’s of STUDENTS THROUGH OUR TRAININGS
And we humbly continue to study in our own fields of expertise.
Who You’ll Be Learning From
This training is led by Sarsha Hope, Stephen Blase, and guest facilitators with decades of experience in somatic movement, dance therapy, trauma-informed facilitation, and conscious leadership.
Together, we’ve designed and delivered teacher trainings, workshops, and retreats across the globe - always with a commitment to integrity, depth, and embodied presence.
Our team of facilitators and DJs holds dance spaces in communities around the world. When you complete this training, you don’t just walk away with skills -you become part of a living, global network of like-minded practitioners devoted to conscious dance as a path of healing and transformation.
We teach not just with our voices, but with our bodies.
You’ll be learning from facilitators who live this work, and who will meet you with guidance, honesty, and deep care.
Somatic Dance is a training technology for the mind and soul-one that evolves you toward your most coherent, embodied, and multidimensional self.
You’ll leave equipped to hold potent, trauma-informed, energetically attuned dance spaces-and supported by an international team as you step into your own unique expression.
I no longer pray—
I let my ancestors dance
through my hips
at the slightest provocation.
-Chelan Harkin
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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.
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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.
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Epic Assistants.
We are blessed to have incredible assistants from all around the world for these trainings. Each assistant has undergone their own transformative journey and has since gone on to lead dances around the globe.
This is the 2nd time we have run this training in Bali, and we are excited to share that this marks the 10th time we have run this training overall. As the global leading edge in somatics and dance, 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 stand beside us and spread this gift into the world?
"Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
- Rumi