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Move to Heal - Dance, Wellbeing and Stress
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Course Summary
Teaching is a beautiful profession, but also physically and emotionally demanding. With increasing burnout across Europe, educators need accessible tools to restore balance, manage stress, and reconnect with themselves.
Move to Heal is a dance-based wellbeing course designed for educators who want to explore how movement, rhythm and body awareness can enhance emotional health, resilience, and stress recovery.
Using a blend of guided movement, creative dance, breathwork, and somatic practices, participants will experience how the body can become a source of vitality, presence and emotional regulation, both for themselves and for their students.
No dance experience is needed: just curiosity and openness to move, breathe, release and reconnect.
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PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Methodological Approach to Dance and Movement
In this course, dance and movement are not presented solely as artistic or personal well-being activities, but as pedagogical methodologies that can be directly transferred into educational and training contexts.
Participants are guided to translate movement-based practices into concrete educational applications, focusing on emotional regulation, group dynamics, communication, inclusive learning environments, and professional well-being in education.
All activities are embedded within a structured daily programme of 5 hours of guided educational content, combining theory, practice, reflection, and pedagogical transfer, in line with Erasmus+ quality and eligibility requirements.
All sessions are facilitated by qualified trainers with professional experience in education, adult learning, and movement-based methodologies, ensuring methodological rigour and alignment with Erasmus+ quality standards.
Practical Transfer to Educational Settings
Throughout the course, participants will:
- Learn how short movement and dance-based activities can be integrated into lessons or training sessions to improve attention, emotional regulation, motivation, and readiness to learn.
- Explore body awareness and expressive movement techniques that can be safely adapted for learners of different ages and abilities, supporting stress reduction and inclusive educational environments.
- Use dance and structured movement as tools to foster self-regulation, creativity, and non-verbal communication in the classroom or training space.
- Develop strategies to apply movement-based methodologies to improve group cohesion, classroom climate, cooperation, and conflict prevention.
- Analyse how movement and embodied learning can support key transversal competences such as emotional intelligence, self-confidence, empathy, diverse learning needs and social interaction.
Pedagogical Application and Reflection
Participants are required to:
- Reflect on how dance and movement-based methodologies can be adapted to their own educational context (school, adult education centre, vocational training, or non-formal learning).
- Design simple, realistic action plans describing how they will integrate movement and dance activities into their professional practice after the course.
- Participate in guided group discussions to critically assess benefits, limitations, ethical considerations, and cultural sensitivity when applying movement-based methodologies in education.
The course does not aim at therapeutic intervention, but at equipping educators with practical, ethically responsible pedagogical tools to support learning processes, emotional climate, inclusion, and professional well-being.
Course Goals
This course’s learning outcomes are to:
- Develop awareness of body-mind connection and emotional signals;
- Learn simple movement and breath practices to reduce stress;
- Explore how rhythm and movement affect mood and energy;
- Understand how to introduce emotional self-regulation through movement;
- Gain tools to create calm, presence and joy in the classroom;
- Experience the healing power of group movement and expressive dance;
- Build a personal wellbeing plan for daily use;
- Promote intercultural awareness;
- Transfer and share core values, experiences and effective teaching practices with other teachers and colleagues;
- Improve technical and English language, communication and social skills.
Daily Program
DAY 1
• Self Preparation for a short School presentation on Day 2
• Cultural Quiz (to be filled out pre-session)
• Welcome Session - networking between participants and Erasmus+ team
• Sharing of European core values
• Open space for participants to share ideas and discuss current challenges in the Education sector; collaborative opportunity to exchange future goals (activity)
• Icebreaking, dinner, week briefing and planning
DAY 2
• The Body as a Compass
• Emotional literacy through the body
• Movement warm-up and grounding practices
• Somatic check-in and awareness
DAY 3
• Rhythm and Breath: Regulating the Nervous System
• Exploring tempo, rhythm and their emotional impact
• Breath-based movement sequences
• Practical tools for anxiety, overload and low energy
DAY 4
• Creative Movement and Emotional Release
• Guided dance for expression and release
• Group exercises for presence and self-confidence
• Dance as storytelling: moving with intention
DAY 5
• Safe Spaces and Classroom Applications
• Emotional safety through body-based rituals
• Co-regulation techniques with students
• Designing short wellbeing moments for the classroom
• Personal integration and reflection
• Micro-practices for stress prevention
• “My Movement for Wellbeing Plan”
DAY 6
• Closing circle and feedback
• Course roundup and review
• Learning Outcomes’ validation
• Certification Ceremony
Note
The daily schedule/ program describes likely activities but may differ based on the trainer's discretion and objectives.
Classes are scheduled for either the morning or afternoon, based on the provider's preference.
If there's a particular topic you wish to cover, please mention it no later than 1 month in advance.
Please note that the course may have participants from various school levels and English proficiency.
Pricing
Costs can be supported with a Key Action grant under the Erasmus+ Program. Our pricing policy follows the official regulations on transparent costs.
What is Included? Find all the details listed inside the information box.
🌴madeira 🍷 Porto
480 € / participant
- Welcome Kit
- Quality Daily Program
- Welcome Session & Dinner
- Daily Coffee Break
- Logistics & Admin. Support
- Full Daily Assistance
- Erasmus+ Documentation
- Certification Ceremony
💃Sevilla 🍊Valencia 🌊Málaga
420 € / participant
- Welcome Kit
- Quality Daily Program
- Daily Coffee Break
- Logistics & Admin. Support
- Full Daily Assistance
- Erasmus+ Documentation
- Certification Ceremony
More About Our Services
Welcome Kit
with goodies and materials from Learning Together’s Team
Quality Daily Program
designed by our innovative, experienced trainers
Welcome Session & Dinner
icebreaking while enjoying Portuguese delicacies
Daily Coffee Break
to enjoy a morning break between peers and trainer
Organizational & Administrative Support
from the headquarters and LT staff
Full Daily Assistance
on-call+chat support throughout the whole week
Certification Ceremony
course documentation, validation, networking and farewell.
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📝 Get the Program PDF HERE.
What is Course Status?
Always contact us first, before booking any flights or accommodation.
Confirmed
This session/date is affirmed and will be held.
Planned
This session is a planned date and is open to enrollments.
Language
English
Material Required
Comfortable clothes
Documentation
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Location
On-site
Target Audience
Wide range of educational professionals across primary, middle and secondary schools, higher education, training centers, adult education schools and NGOs.
OUR GALLERY
Certification
A Certificate of Attendance is issued to all participants who complete a minimum of 80% of the course.
2-Week Training
Join a second confirmed course for a 2-week mobility (enjoy a longer experience with a discount)! Contact us for more details or pre-register.
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