Life|Art Taster Class & Personal Embodiment Training Intro Session

“Level 1 Personal Embodiment training has been a life changing experience for me: it reconnected me with my body and showed me how I can tap into my body intelligence and creativity to heal past wounds and navigate current life challenges. By the end of the course I felt much more confident and resourceful in my life especially when confronted with difficult situations.“

Tamalpa UK Information Event

Join us for an evening welcoming introductory event where you can experience the Tamalpa Life Art Process® for yourself and discover how this embodied creative practice is shared online through the Level 1 Personal Embodiment Training (weekday format)

This open event offers a gentle introduction to the Tamalpa Life Art Process®, founded by Anna Halprin and Daria Halprin, a pioneering body of work developed over more than 50 years that integrates movement, creativity and personal inquiry.

During the session, you will learn more about the Level 1 Personal Embodiment Training for 2026 and the wider pathway towards becoming a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist or Registered Somatic Movement Educator.

You will also have the opportunity to experience some of the core tools of the practice and explore how movement, creativity and dance can support us in navigating meaningful themes and questions in our lives.

The session will include a blend of:

• Somatic movement
• Mark-making and drawing
• Creative writing

Together, these practices create space to pause, breathe and move with curiosity and creativity.

During the event you will be invited to:

• Slow down and reconnect with what feels nourishing for you
• Explore the rhythm of your own breath and movement
• Experience the Tamalpa Life Art Process® from the comfort of your home or workspace
• Listen to and gain insight from the wisdom of your body
• Be seen and witnessed within a supportive, non-judgemental environment
• Learn more about the Tamalpa UK Level 1 Personal Embodiment Online Training 2026 and how the weekday online format differs from the weekend programmes

The event will be hosted and facilitated by Directors of Tamalpa UK, alongside several recent graduates who will share their experiences of the training.

The session will also include an overview of:

• Level 1 Personal Embodiment Training
• Level 2 Leadership Training and the pathway toward applied professional practice

You’ll hear how the Tamalpa Life Art Process® is currently being applied across a variety of fields, followed by time for questions and conversation.

No previous experience in art, movement or dance is needed — just bring your curiosity.

FAQs

What do I need for this event?

• A high speed internet connection
• Laptop or computer with video camera, camera’s will be required to be turned on for safe facilitation
• Please ensure you have enough space to move and dance in your room safely
• Please wear comfortable clothes to move in
• You will need some A2/A3 paper and either oil pastels, coloured pencils, crayons or preferred art materials
• Note book and pen
• Bottle of Water

If you require any further details, please contact us directly

Main Image credit: Tamalpa UK

Photo credit: Isaac Ojo, Gentle Studios

I really treasured the opportunity to experience the Tamalpa Life/Art Process® in the safety of the group and I learned a lot about myself through working with my peers and witnessing their journeys. The group and teachers were a great inspiration and I felt very supported while exploring difficult life themes.

In our current world where more than ever we socialise, work and study remotely, I felt very grateful that I had the opportunity to learn more deeply about the ways in which we express ourselves, create and communicate online.” Level 1 Graduate

About Lian Wilson

Lian Wilson is the Creative Director of Tamalpa UK and established Tamalpa

Practitioner. She has spent over 25 years working in the field of somatic movement,

arts and health. Lian is a Master Somatic Movement Therapist MSMT and Master

Somatic Movement Educator MSME with ISMETA (International Somatic Movement

Education and Therapy Association).

Lian is passionate about supporting health, wellbeing, and personal growth through the transformative power of dance, movement, and the expressive arts.

She creates welcoming, inclusive spaces where people of all backgrounds can reconnect with themselves, express their creativity, and experience the healing potential of movement through the Tamalpa Life/Art Process®.

Alongside Tamalpa UK Lian also worked with the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury Christ Church University as a Research Assistant from 2012 – 2019. Notable projects were a 2-year collaboration with Green Candle Dance Company researching the benefits of dance for people with dementia and more recently researching ‘Dance to Health’, a falls prevention dance project commissioned by Aesop.

In her personal & professional life Lian draws upon her love of movement, dance, creativity, nature and ongoing daily practice of living and sustaining a healthy life.

Holding safe spaces for participants to have permission to express their true nature through creativity and somatic movement is a key interest in Lian’s work.

About Audicia Lynne Morley

Audicia Lynne Morley is the Managing and Programme Director for Tamalpa UK. She has spent over 30 years working in the fields of the performing arts, somatics, health and well being and is founding director of Alive Arts creative social enterprise offering Arts for Peace events.

Audicia is a Master Somatic Movement Therapist RSMT and Master Somatic Movement Educator RSME with ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association).

Audicia graduated from the Tamalpa Institute in 2006 having studied with Anna and Daria Halprin from the late 1990’s. During that time she served on the board of directors for the Tamalpa Institute for 6 years where she met and worked closely with Lian Wilson. She was then invited to support the establishment of a Tamalpa training in the UK in 2012 with Lian. She has been a member of the core faculty and director team since that time.

Audicia is a certified as a Planetary Dance facilitator trained by Anna Halprin, and has presented the Planetary Dance and Tamalpa Life Art Process® workshops in the UK, Europe and internationally.

A lifelong passion for learning and body orientated research have guided Audicia’s studies which bridge both Eastern and Western approaches to Body-Mind-Spirit Her trainings include Tai-Chi Chun, Chi Gung, Butoh Dance, Amerta Movement, Body Mind Centering, Authentic Movement, The Alexander Technique, Sacred Dance, Scaravelli Yoga,