Episode 20:
Trance & Dance with Kate Clement
Join us for Part 2 of our chat with Kate Clement, a lover of dance, Biodanza facilitator and trainer with an extraordinary life story.
Today we’re going to go deeper into exploring the connection between trance, dance, ritual and mental health.
Kate has been a Biodanza facilitator for over 20 years, first in South Africa where she ran groups and workshops and worked with Biodanza in companies, government and NGOs, schools, clinics and social projects. Kate now lives in Canberra where she is the Director of Biodanza Australia, training facilitators and offering Biodanza workshops in Sydney and Canberra.
WE CHAT ABOUT…
What a trance experience is and why trance supports our health (1:20)
How ritual can support us to induce a trance state (5:00)
The body as a lived experience rather than a concept and how biodanza can support a truly embodied experience (10:30)
Biodanza as a nourishing, collaborative and co creative experience (14:44)
Kate’s journey and how biodanza helped her recover a sense of joy and trust after trauma (17:30)
And so much more!
EPISODE RESOURCES:
Ritual: Power, Healing and Community by Malidoma Patrice Some
CONTACT KATE:
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