In-Depth Trainings
In-depth programs include:
The Nine-Month: Diving & Soaring: Depth Support for Embodied Creativity & Healing
Begins September 2008. This will be the fourth year of our in-depth, nine-month BT program. The 2008-09 program will include both new participants and those continuing on from previous programs. We will meet for eight full Saturday sessions in Berkeley (most sessions at Western Sky Studio) and share two divine, revitalizing weekend retreats together in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This group is for those seeking a sustaining Body Tales practice within a creative community which has continuity over time.
We will weave support, and build skill and confidence for navigating the places of body and soul that hold our challenges and our treasures, our losses and our liberation. We will wrestle with and learn from issues, events, and patterns which mark us, and call us to respond, heal and create. We will allow our movement, sound and story to help restore our integrity, sanity, and core ability to feel, express and contribute our gifts. Incorporating writing, drawing and focus councils, we will follow inner directives and share our real experiences. There will be longer time frames for individual and group BT pieces, and for in-depth exploration and integration.
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By application
Enrollment maximum: 10 participants
For more info or to enroll, contact Lysa, (510) 649-1791,
Sliding scale $1,270–$2,070 ($1,670 per person covers actual cost)
Payment minus $200 is refundable until one month before start date
CEUs available for MFTs & LCSWs
ONLINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE (upon acceptance)
Register and pay online now with a credit card using PayPal. You don't need a Paypal account.
"Body Tales reawakened my playfulness and creativity. I was able to contact my authentic self and its most potent material. Olivia masterfully cultivates an environment of unlimited space, gentle structure and deep witnessing. In safety, we come together to share, honor, reflect and revel in our essential selves!"
— Julie Devin, acupuncturist
Body Tales Performance Training: Supporting the Magic, Skill & Service of Body Tales in Performance
Open to 8 participants by application & interview. Participants must have previous Body Tales experience and be enrolled in the 9 Month Program (above). This program includes an additional 11 sessions: 4 performances with warm-up classes, 6 in-town performance training sessions, & one 24-hour retreat extension.
By application
Enrollment maximum: 8
If you have questions, contact Olivia, (510) 532-1020
To enroll, contact Lysa, (510) 649-1791,
Sliding scale: fee for 9 Month plus $1,190–$1,990 ($1,590 per person covers actual cost); total cost for both programs: $2,460–$4,060 (Actual Cost: $3,260)
Payment minus $200 is refundable until one month before start date
CEUs available for MFTs & LCSWs
ONLINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE (upon acceptance)
Register and pay online now with a credit card using PayPal. You don't need a Paypal account.
Body Tales Teacher Training
Offers ways to:
- Develop essential new leadership skills
- Learn Body Tales teaching methods and theory
- Gain practice in teaching and assisting Body Tales classes
- Strengthen your inner teacher and positive self-witness
- Cultivate strategies for self-care and effective sustainable teaching
- Nurture your own style and focus for teaching Body Tales
- Learn to create and maintain sacred space for communication, artistry and healing
- Clear pathways and mend past blocks around teaching and leadership roles
- Set realistic teaching goals and receive guidance in reaching them
- Build a vital network to support you in offering to offer your passion, vision and commitment out to the world
"Body Tales moves me to a new level in my own creative process. It frees my energy and opens me up to express myself more strongly and confidently. The exercises provoke deep investigation and exploration. I feel seen, heard and valued for who I am."
— Steve Adams, artist
Background: Body Tales Teacher Training
We have offered four Body Tales Teacher Training programs since 1996. Past teacher trainings have included comprehensive lectures and discussions on Body Tales form and theory; in-depth experiential Body Tales work; and focus on core relationships to leadership — both internal and external. Participants taught open-to-the-public Body Tales classes and attended classes taught by fellow BT student teachers. Each person received specific instruction, support and individualized feedback about their student teaching.
The program's curriculum was guided and supported by the Body Tales Teacher Training Workbook/Manual; which included detailed components and foundations for teaching Body Tales and worksheets designed for personal inquiry relevant to teaching Body Tales. BTTT participants have gone on to integrate Body Tales into their personal and professional lives.
Body Tales Teacher Certification
The Body Tales Teacher Certification Program began in 2003. It is designed for people who have completed Body Tales Teacher Training and want to continue on to become certified instructors.
This process involves further Body Tales training and apprenticeship, individual meetings with core faculty, and student teaching with observation, supervision and support. Once certified, new teachers become a part of the Body Tales teachers' network, which shares organizational resources and responsibilities including participation in an annual certified teachers retreat.
"Body Tales has helped me weave together the flowing feminine side of myself with the clear practical side. These two aspects — the mystical and the direct — now dance together."
— Judi Williams, holistic skincare salon owner
