Ecstatic Dance & Conscious Dance Facilitator Training

This course will teach you everything you need to know about ecstatic dance and conscious dance facilitation. It was created to provide an affordable and accessible facilitator training program so that these wonderful dance practices can be shared more widely. If you are passionate about conscious dance or ecstic dance, but wish to avoid costly training programs: this is the course for you!

The course is comprehensive: it will cover everything you need to know in order to establish and grow a successful ecstatic dance and/or conscious dance community. It covers the following topics:

1. Introduction: The Nature & Benefits of Ecstatic Dance & Conscious Dance

2. The History of Ecstatic Dance, Ritualistic Dance & Dance in Religious Settings

3. Modern Approaches to Ecstatic Dance & Conscious Dance

4. Practical Matters: Organising & Operating Ecstatic & Conscious Dance Events

5. Creating & Developing Your Ecstatic Dance or Conscious Dance Philosophy

6. Structuring Ecstatic Dance & Conscious Dance Sessions

7. Selecting Music for Ecstatic & Conscious Dance

8. Applying Principles from Dance Movement Therapy (DMT)

9. Financial, Legal, and Health & Safety Considerations

10. Growing Your Ecstatic Dance or Conscious Dance Community

In this course Adam Godwin (MA) advocates an experimental and integrative approach to creating new and unique ecstatic and conscious dance practices. Instead of teaching about just one specific approach to conscious and ecstatic dance (such as 5Rhythms, Open Floor, or Biodanza) this course explores a massive variety of approaches: both ancient and modern! By the end of the course you will be able to create your own ecstatic or conscious dance philosophy and practice; and you'll know how to establish and grow your unique dance community.

The course includes the following:

• Over 20 hours of exclusive video content

• A 70+ page printable guide and workbook

• A printable 'Facilitator Guidance Phrase' guide

• A printable 'Dancer Feedback Sheet' to use at the end of dance sessions

• An E-Book: 'The Philosophy of Dance: A Complete Overview of Key Philosophers & Thinkers'* (.pdf & Kindle format)

• A massive range of external resources & links to enhance learning

• Interactive quiz questions to assess learning throughout the course

  
  

The course was designed for people who have no prior facilitator training. However, those currently serving as ecstatic dance or conscious dance facilitators will find the course both useful as a refresher and to deepen their knowledge with more advanced sections - such as 'applying Principles from Dance Movement Therapy (DMT)'  which explores the theories and practices that have evolved in dance-based approaches to psychotherapy more generally.

It was designed with the following people in mind:

• Anyone who wishes to share their love of conscious or ecstatic dance

• Those wishing to start their own ecstatic dance or conscious dance community

• People wishing to organise and facilitate ecstatic or conscious dance events

• Conscious/Ecstatic Dance Facilitators who want to enhance their practice

• Dance Movement Therapists wishing to broaden their approach

• General Dance Teachers & Instructors wishing to explore new approaches & modalities

The course will also be of interest and relevance to students of dance; for example, those undergoing courses such as Dance Performance, Performing Arts, Choreography and Creative Practice, Dance Studies, Musical Theatre and Dance, and Dance Science at university level.

Earn An Ecstatic Dance & Conscious Start Facilitator Training Certificate!

Upon completion of the course students are automatically given a certificate by Udemy. An additional (very pretty) certificate can be claimed once 100% of video content has been completed and all quiz questions have been answered (with a 95%+ success rate). Whilst this certificate is not formally accredited, it will serve as valuable evidence for the substantial learning you will accrue in this course and provide you with all the required theoretical and practical knowledge to suceed as a facilitator.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

1. Create your own unique philosophy of conscious or ecstatic dance

2. Establish your own ecstatic dance or conscious dance community

3. Design & structure powerful ecstatic and conscious dance sessions

4. Incorporate ideas from ancient and modern approaches to conscious and ecstatic dance

5. Integrating theories and practices from Dance Movement Therapy (DMT)

6. Develop, promote & grow a financially sustainable (and profitable!) practice

7. Bring a powerful spiritual and therapeutic practice into the lives of countless people

I hope you'll register today and that you'll find the course interesting, enjoyable, and useful. My hope is that by working together we can share this powerful spiritual and therapeutic practice with people in your local community and around the world!

Yours faithfully,
Adam Godwin (MA)
Udemy Instructor


Please note:

• This course seeks to train facilitators in 'Ecstatic Dance & Conscious Dance' as a general practice and not in any one specific modality of conscious dance or ecstatic dance (e.g. 5Rythms or any other approach discussed in the course)

• The aim of this course is to allow you to create your own approach to conscious and ecstatic dance practice based on your own unique philosophy whilst drawing on ancient and modern approaches to conscious and ecstatic dance.

• Whilst we will study many different contemporary approaches to conscious dance and ecstatic dance, this course does not qualify (or seek to qualify) students to serve as facilitators of those specific approaches, or of any specific pre-established approach (such as 5Rythms, Open Floor, Biodanza etc.) as these practices are legally protected in terms of trademarks, copyright, etc.

• This course is not a substitute for formal training in specific pre-existing ecstatic dance or conscious dance approaches that already have training programs led by the organisations they are assosicated with (such as 5Rythms, Open Floor, or Biodanza etc). If you wish to call yourself, for example, 'A 5Rythms Facilitator' you must do training that is approved and accredited by the appropraite organisation (i.e. not me!). Such training is beyond the scope of this course.

• I encourage the use of the titles  'Conscious Dance Facilitator', 'Ecstatic Dance Facilitator' or 'Conscious & Ecstatic Dance Facilitator' (etc). The term "Conscious Dance Facilitator" is a more general term that encompasses various movement and dance practices aimed at promoting mindfulness and self-awareness. This term is not tied to a specific trademarked methodology and is used broadly across different disciplines. Likewise, the term "Ecstatic Dance" is not trademarked and is considered an open-source practice. This means that anyone can organise or facilitate an Ecstatic Dance (or an ecstatic dance) without needing specific certification or authorization. The aim of this course is to substantiate your use of such terms with comprehensive training.

• This course refers to 'ecstatic dance' in its broadest possible conception: whilst we look at 'Ecstatic Dance' as a distinct form of conscious dance and a formalised approach to ecstatic dance, the training and assosciate certificate refer to 'Ecstatic Dance & Conscious Dance' in terms of this broader conception of 'ecstatic dance'. 

• This course is also ideal in serving as an affordable foundational springboard before training in specific established modalities (such as 5Rythms, Open Floor, or Biodanza etc) for those who wish to do so.

• The fifth section of the course will help you create your own unique philosophy of conscious and ecstatic dance practice and facilitation so that you can operate without reference to pre-established approaches (such as 5Rythms, Open Floor, Biodanza etc.) You must not claim to be trained in specific pre-existing conscious and ecstatic dance modalities with reference to this course.

• Nonetheless: this course is comprehensive, complete, and entirely sufficient for anyone who wishes to start their own conscious or ecstatic dance practice based on their own unique philosophy - a philosophy this course will help you to develop and formalise!

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