Tanya Zajdel – Healing Trauma Through Movement & Dance Therapy

Tanya Zajdel – Healing Trauma Through Movement & Dance Therapy

Childhood trauma leaves lasting imprints—often stored in the body, beyond the reach of words. Through the Healing Childhood Trauma Through Movement & Dance Program, you’ll access expert-guided somatic therapies designed to help your body release fear, grief, and emotional blocks through safe, playful, and intentional movement.

Developed with insights from Dr. Peter Levine, van der Kolk, and movement therapists worldwide, this course integrates expressive dance, developmental movement, polyvagal-informed practices, and tension release methods to help you reconnect with a sense of embodied safety, joy, and self-agency.

What You’ll Learn & Practice:

Rediscover safety in your body after prolonged anxiety

Support the release of grief and loss through structured movement

Cultivate self-expression, creativity, and curiosity

Rebuild trust and connection with your inner self and others

Ease symptoms of dissociation, depression, and physical tension

Core Movement & Dance Therapy Techniques:

Exploring The Body In A Safe Relationship: Breathwork and movement to foster internal stability and sensory awareness

Developmental Movement: Gentle infant-based movement patterns that rekindle curiosity and trust in bodily sensations

Letting The Body Speak: Expressive movement to communicate internal sensations and emotions nonverbally

Practicing Boundaries: Physical push and pull movements to embody and reinforce personal space

Releasing Stress Through Dance: A playful dance sequence for liberating tension and reigniting joy

Progressive Muscle Relaxation: Targeted techniques to soothe anxiety and muscular stress

Body Supports for Grounding: Practices to deepen somatic connection with the earth and others

The 5Rhythms® Method with Hannah Loewenthal:

Flowing

Staccato

Chaos

Lyrical

Stillness

Theory Modules Include:

Introduction to Therapeutic Movement with Maxine Bekker – Dramatherapy concepts, baseline embodiment, and developmental movement

Therapeutic Movement in Practice – Clinical context, expressive movement waves, and emergent body language

Tips for Practitioners – Practical guidance on integrating movement into personal and client routines

Dance Movement Therapy Fundamentals with Rebecca Love – Key distinctions, goals, and techniques of DMT for trauma

DMT for Trauma Recovery – Exploring top-down vs. bottom-up healing, DMT’s role in self-regulation and recovery

Bonus Modules Include:

TRE® Introduction & Exercises with Terrice Bassler & Martez Schembri-Diskey – Learn about neurogenic tremoring for trauma release

Grounding TRE® Session – Step-by-step tremor exercise to release tension stored in the nervous system

Polyvagal-Informed Movement with Dr. Amber Gray – Practical stabilization sequences for nervous system regulation

Faith, Spirit & Ritual in Healing – Integrate spiritual practices and intentional rituals to support holistic trauma recovery

Whether you’re a trauma survivor or a practitioner supporting others, this experiential program offers a profoundly healing journey. Dance is not just movement—it’s medicine. Reconnect with your body and rediscover the power of movement to heal, express, and transform.

Let your body speak, play, and heal—one rhythm at a time.