about ME
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- I love tradition and innovation. My approach integrates Eastern and Western thinking and embraces the latest research findings in related fields of knowledge. In addition, I founded DharmaDanza - a fusion of dance and ancient heart-wisdom teachings.
- Finally, I also love spoken word, musical poetry and creative writing . Before you go, check out these biodanza ebooks. Thanks!
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Online Offerings
Regular Sessions * events * skillsharEs * Refresher days
Online classes, weekends, and skillsharing sessions have been organised since the lockdown. People have been joining from across the UK and from abroad, e.g. Sweden, Finland, USA, South Africa, Israel, Canada, USA, Japan, Germany, Norway, Ivory Coast, France, Ireland, Portugal, Italy and the Netherlands. The Online Weekend Experience attracted 90+ people (22 countries), surpassing all expectations! And the Skillshare Project sessions have reached 30+ countries and 6 continents. Truly amazing!
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"That was great!... just exquisite... a very special time shared together... a special vivencia... wonderfully creative and regenerating... beautiful majestic sounds... I was so blissed out... I felt so mellow afterwards... a stunning vivencia... a beautiful experience... an awesome session... such a beautiful, gentle and nurturing session... it was wonderful... sensational! couldn't have a more wonderful theme, and so perfectly led... a beautiful vivencia... a big gift to me... just what the doctor ordered... wise, inspiring & brilliant... you are a magician... relaxing with you all in my own house is hard to beat... beautifully constructed and very innovative...totally awesome...!!"
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In Person Classes, Workshops & Sessions
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What people are saying...
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- Soooooooo absolutely lovely to dance with you on Sunday. I've noticed before that you have the gift of being able to put the ego
Didactic work (teaching and supervising)
- Ex-Tutor at the London School of Biodanza
- Didactic teaching in the Biodanza School of London (Social Action and Sexuality)
- Didactic teaching in the Biodanza School of Dorset (Vitality and Human Movement)
- Online talk for the Northern Israel Biodanza School (Line of Sexuality)
- Supervising trainee-facilitators from Biodanza Schools in the UK and the Netherlands
What people are saying about Paula´s didactic teaching
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- This was a very deep experience - Paola led this potentially explosive weekend with skill, passion and sensitivity. Some of the demonstrations literally took my breath away ~ Biodanza trainee (re. sexuality module)
- Thank you a zillion times and more for your love, your expertise and superior knowledge. May your future be awesome! Director
- Thank you for giving us such a wonderful weekend of total sexuality!
- Deep gratitude to you for such passion and clear teaching! ~ Biodanza trainee💗
DEEPENING WEEKENDS
E.g. The Pleasure of Living, The Double Flame of Love and Eroticism, Deep Feminine & Deep Masculine, etc.
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What people are saying
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- The best weekend of biodanza I've ever danced. So many tears of JOY. So much healing of the divide between men and women, Yin and Yang, masculine and feminine. Wonderful ~ thank you.
- It was a beautiful and progressive weekend. You flowed together so seamlessly - both so beautiful.
Congresses, Conferences and Symposiums
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What people are saying...
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- We simply had the best time in your hands. Your session was informative and well articulated and your energy and charisma infectious. Everyone left feeling positive and alive and what's more they were engaged by the work. You really helped demystify the notion of Biodanza for those with dementia and later life care. It was a great session, really enjoyed by all! - Dr. Gemma Collard-Stokes, Health and Social Care Research Centre, Derby Uni
- "I attended Paula’s BioDanza workshop at the International Symposium of Health Humanities and Arts and Health at Derby University in November 2017. A dance practitioner myself, I was sceptical about how a group of academics, researchers and non-dancers would respond to the session, but what followed was the most joyous and energising hour I have ever experienced at a conference! Paula comes to life when she dances, and she has an extraordinary ability to radiate this joy and infectious energy to the group. Paula took a roomful of strangers and brought us out of our heads into our bodies, facilitating connections and bonds so quickly and skilfully, it felt like we’d known each other for months, rather than minutes. Never have I seen a group come to life as quickly or profoundly. Paula’s BioDanza sessions encourage you to move for the sheer pleasure of it, letting go of inhibitions and worries; it reminded me of childhood antics rolling down grassy banks, or skipping....just because. There is something magical about the way Paula works; we left energised, inspired and spiritually cleansed. The very best example of therapeutic dance that I have ever experienced...pure magic. - Emily-Rose Cluderay, Arts & Health Researcher
- "Your passion and your impressive dedication to Biodanza are now going directly to the right place. You are amazing!" - Italian Biodanza facilitator
- "You are the perfect spokeswoman with a brilliant combination of theoretical knowledge and dance workshop facilitation skills which are second to none." - Biodanza teacher
- Thank you for the amazing and fascinating talk you gave in Eindhoven. - Biodanza facilitator
Translation and interpretation
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What people are saying about Paula´s interpreting services
- "For me Paula is one of the best interpreters I’ve ever met. Her synchronisation, understanding of the subject, clear voice and her ability to transfer the message is superb!" - Facilitator from Russia/UK
- "Paula is a wonderful translator. Very correct and quick, she translates immediately and doesn't miss a single thing! I certainly want her back! "- Facilitator from Belgium
- "I'm so grateful Paula was asked to take care of the translation of the Minotaur training into English. She did a wonderful job: clear, understandable and tireless. She was always there to answer our questions and during the vivencias she took care of the translation too, so we didn't miss important information." - Didactic from the Netherlands
Festivals & Events
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What people are saying...
"You are an amazing facilitator and have so much to share" - Creative Expressive Arts Practitioner
"You are an amazing facilitator and have so much to share" - Creative Expressive Arts Practitioner
Social media
- Disseminating information about the applications of Biodanza
- Social media for the Biodanza Association UK (blogposts, podcasts, tweets, etc)
What people are saying about Paula´s blog posts
- "It´s the most comprehensive and most easily understood distillation of Biodanza I've ever read. It's awesome and so are you - Biodanza teacher
- "It's just the perfect mix between academic theoretical and experiential. It gives huge credibility to Biodanza. It is a really impressive piece of writing." - Holistic business coach and coaching supervisor
Continuing Professional Development
In addition to the Biodanza Teacher Training I have the following specialisations
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Other qualifications: BA (Hons) Music, HND Community Arts, FAETC2 Adult Education, AdvDip Integrative Counselling, FPMT Buddhist Studies, IBF Biodanza (Didactic)
Memberships: Foundation for Community Dance, Arts and Health South West, Creativity Works, The National Alliance for Arts, Health & Wellbeing, Wales Arts Health & Well-Being Creative Network |
