TENDER TERRAIN

What happens when we can't move like we used to? 

When our bodies call for slowing, softening, and reimagining the way we dance?

This 4 month program is designed specifically for those navigating physical limitations, temporary or chronic, visible or invisible. Whether you're healing from a recent injury, navigating chronic pain, aging, pregnancy, the journey to menopause, or tending to long-held wounds, TENDER TERRAIN offers a compassionate and supportive space to move, feel, and reconnect. 

Rather than pushing through pain or retreating from the dance entirely, we learn to listen more deeply to the messages of the body. 

Our changing body becomes a wise guide, asking us to move slower, with more intention, with more curiosity. 

In these sessions, you are encouraged to let go of how it should look and lean into how it truly feels.

Through online Zoom sessions, facilitated playlists, and writing prompts, you’ll be gently invited to explore how your changing body can become a teacher. With each beat and breath, you’ll uncover new ways to express, adapt, and listen to the quiet wisdom within, navigating emotional landscapes through movement and mindfulness.

PROGRAM INCLUDES:

• Four recorded curated movement sets with verbal facilitation by Shauna 

• Worksheets and creative inquiries to support your emotional and physical navigation in a framework to honour your pace and limitations with care and presence

*ALL DELIVERED MONTHLY TO YOUR INBOX - STARTING January 2026

• Opportunities for reflection and community through monthly Zoom sessions (includes 30 minute movement and 30 minute share) - Wednesdays: January 28 | February 25 | March 25 | April 29  

TWO GROUPS:  

Group A: 

11:00-12:00pm PST

*7:00-8:00pm GMT January & February / 6:00-7:00pm GMT March & April

Group B

7:00-8:00pm PST 

 • One 1:1 Embodiment Coaching Session 

This is for all bodies navigating the tender terrain of change, this is a space to move with what is, and to discover what’s still possible. Whether you are long time dancer or new to conscious dance, this is an invitation to explore how it is to live and dance with a change in our body.

Together, we reimagine what it means to move, to participate, to belong.

 Together, we learn to navigate the dance floor—and life itself—in new and compassionate ways.

Come as you are. 

Move as you can. 

Discover how much is still possible.

This journey invites you to honour your resilience, your story, and your body's ever-evolving truth.

Inner Hearth

 Inner Hearth is a three day Dance Medicine and Embodiment Immersion, a journey of resourcing and stoking your inner fire in community.

In mid winter we gather to remember the warmth that never leaves - the quiet fire at the center of our being, the ember that glows beneath the surface of all things. We will explore how our body and heart can be a source of renewal and activation, a hearth that we can return to again and again.

Together we will create a living hearth, a circle of warmth in the cold of the season, a place to be witnessed and held, to dance our prayers and our tenderness, to rekindle connection with self, earth, and one another.

This weekend immersion combines the powerful tools of conscious dance and shamanic practices to guide you on a path of self-discovery, healing, connection to your true essence, and to the rhythms of life.

The teachings of the 5Rhythms® movement practice and Inner Journeys will support you in accessing a deep state of embodiment, allowing your body to express itself freely and authentically. Movement combined with breathwork becomes a language of the soul, releasing blockages, reconnecting you with your inner wisdom, and fostering a sense of vitality and presence.

A simple movement-based community ritual will integrate the teachings of the weekend, honouring the body as a vessel of transformation and connection.

Participants will leave the weekend with:

• A renewed sense of warmth, vitality, and inner balance.

• Practical somatic and breath-based tools for ongoing self-care and regulation.

• A felt experience of belonging and support through shared movement and ritual.

• Inspiration to continue engaging the body as a sacred ally in personal transformation.

• A deeper trust in the cyclical nature of life — the capacity to rest, rekindle, and rise again.

This workshop is for anyone seeking a deeper connection with themselves, a sense of freedom, and a path to healing. No prior experience in dance or shamanic work is required, just an open heart and a willingness to explore.

We look forward to embarking on this journey with you.

Testimonial:

“Bettina and Kylee Dawn create an incredibly safe and sacred space for people to do their inner work. Their magical weaving of heart, connection and transformation through music and dance opens the doorway to healing through self-expression and self-reflection.” - Michelle

Please note that the workshop includes 6 hours of 5Rhythms Waves practice and other embodiment tools.