Biodanza Family

The Dragon Butterfly School, Oslo, Norway - Teacher Training schedule for 2012-2013.

Primarily, the aim of “The Dragon Butterfly School” is to create highly skilled teachers able to initiate people into “The Art of Living from the Heart” by teaching Biodanza Heart in Motion.

However, some people choose to attend the school purely for their own personal inner development, to deepen their practise, and will choose never to teach.
That is totally OK and welcomed as this training is most amazing and rare opportunity. It is designed to deeply transform your Being and to bring the very best out of you. By the end of it you wont recognise yourself. To give you an idea of its potency please watch the video titled “Biodanza Heart in Motion” (http://biodanzafamily.com/gallery/videos), or read my personal experience of my own transformation through this training in my book “The Love Story” (http://biodanzafamily.com/love-story).
This training is cutting edge of personal development and has a deep, definite and very positive effect on participants.

The school program consists of in-depth personal training in many areas of Human Being as well as Biodanza Heart in Motion theoretical model and its workings.

Successful completion will lead to a internationally recognised professional qualification in Biodanza Heart in Motion.

Key elements of this training are:

• Biodanza system and its workings
• Intense inner development leading to deep understanding of human condition
• Integrity training leading to maximum personal power
• Communication training leading to expertise in verbal and non-verbal communication
• Group facilitation and group management

Although there is a set of 17 required subjects in the form of 13 weekends, the actual length of this training will be tailored to each individual participant within the guideline of one and a half to two and a half years.

This way of teaching comes from recognition that we all come from very different backgrounds and with varied experiences of life, lessons and processes. To be an effective teacher of Biodanza Heart in Motion requires strong commitment and deep understanding of many areas of life. This training will prepare students to confidently step into life and teach this awesome approach to personal well being and balanced life within the heart.

Weekend subjects and requirements of the course:

Different subjects require different and specific energetic conditions if we are to fully benefit from our participation in those workshops.

We recognize and honour that by setting the dates of workshops in alignment with the Moon and her phases to maximise the effect, and to benefit from various energies generated by her movements.

For some subjects we need the full moon, while for others we benefit from the new moon or dark moon.

1. Welcome & “Re-Birth of the Dragon Butterfly”
2. Integrity
3. Communication
4. Vitality & Physical Being
5. The Poetry of Human Movement
6. Phoenix Experience & Deep Cathartic Work
7. Creativity & Divine Flow
8. Affectionate Touch, Encounter and Caress
9. Sacred Sexuality
10. Transcendence; Trance & Regression
11. Shamanism & Shamanic Dances
12. Sacred dance of Five Elements
13. Group Facilitation and Management
14. Music Semantics
15. 2-hour class design
16. Weekend workshop design
17. Long Weekend student-led Graduation Workshop

Students are required to attend all the weekends and all the theory sessions.
In addition students will produce;

• Written essay
• Verbal presentation of their essay

Supervisions or exams

In total minimum 8 successful supervision sessions are required. Supervision is a 2-hour class the student prepares, designs and leads, while being watched and assessed by the teacher.
Successful session means the student needs to pass on all the assessing points.

Personal development & Extra curriculum courses:

• Landmark Education (http://www.landmarkeducation.com); Landmark Forum & Communication Access to Power at least & as many of their other courses as you can
• Warrior training for men (http://mankindproject.org/); Woman Within for women (http://www.womanwithin.org)
• Vipassana (http://www.dhamma.org) 10 day silent meditation retreat (at least one)
• Additional student support groups (organised by students), to support each other and help each other work through personal “stuff” that will get raised as a result of intense personal development.

Cost of the training:

Each weekend costs NOK 1200 or £120.00

It is possible to pay in instalments, minimum of 3 weekends in advance.