Dancing out of Trauma

 “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin


Each of us has had painful experiences.


Stressful or traumatic memories block the natural flow of life.

With the help of 5Rhythms dance, we bring the stories and body memories that come from within back into consciousness and into the dance.

With IBT - Integrative Body movement Trauma therapy, changes are stimulated and safely accompanied. This leads to a new lightness, which always shows itself when we encounter our true being. Methods: IBT, 5Rhythms, 5Rhythms Movement Therapy, stabilization and individual work in the group.

In “Dancing out of Trauma” is space for joy of life and humor are as well as the pain from of old wounds. To lift the pain like a treasure in the therapeutic process, and to transform it in the dance, releases strength and bound energy. Lightness and deep therapeutic work complement each other. Dancing out of Trauma is the practical implementation of the method IBT, the Integrative Body-Movement Traumatherapy.

Romana Tripolt has developed IBT as a therapeutic tool that combines the effects of the latest traumatherapeutic methods with the vital power of conscious dance. The medicine of the 5Rhythms unites with the power of the innovative trauma therapy.

From Freeze to Flow

 "Fear does not stop death, it stops life"

-- Unkown

Both in our daily life as in our emotional life there might be parts of us that are in the grip of stress, tension and stagnation. There might be moments where we feel completely tense, unable to release as well as moments where the only thing we can do is collapse unable to cope with the challenges that life is providing for us. What we call freeze is in essence a nervous system reaction that blocks our vitality, aliveness and resilience. Luckily, or at least hopefully, we are not constantly in a state of freeze or collapse. But with the right trigger, either consciously or unconsciously, the flow in our body and heart can be inhibited.

In this heartbeat workshop we will work with all the different emotions in our 5Rhythms® map: fear, anger, sadness, joy, compassion. Through somatic movement we investigate how we can change our relationship to the emotions that we struggle with, we become curious how emotion, or energy in motion, can unblock our natural flow of life. We take steps to start to break free from the shackles of stagnation and rediscover our aliveness and vitality so that not only during our workshop but also afterwards the same triggers don't have to freeze us up anymore. Together we go on a journey to increase our capacity, our resilience and our flow in body, heart, mind, soul and spirit!