Embodied dance coaching focuses on the mental, emotional, relational, and embodied aspects of dancing. Rather than teaching dance technique, we explore what may be getting in the way of feeling confident, connected, expressive, and present on the dance floor.

This work is for dancers of all levels—from beginners to experienced social dancers and performers. It can be especially helpful if you struggle with confidence, perfectionism, performance anxiety, fear of judgment, difficulty trusting yourself or a partner, or feeling disconnected from your body while dancing.

No. Dance coaching is different from a private dance lesson. We aren't primarily working on steps, technique, or choreography. Instead, we work on the internal experience of dancing and the patterns that influence how you show up on the dance floor.

Common areas include:

• Building confidence and self-trust

• Managing performance or social-dance anxiety

• Moving through perfectionism and fear of making mistakes

• Becoming more comfortable being seen

• Developing greater body awareness and presence

• Feeling safer and more grounded in partner connection

• Navigating rejection, comparison, or difficult experiences on the dance floor

• Becoming more expressive and authentic in your movement

• Learning to receive, lead, follow, or take up space with greater ease

• Reconnecting with joy and pleasure in dancing

Dance coaching and therapy can overlap in their use of embodiment, emotional awareness, and nervous-system regulation, but they have different purposes. Coaching is focused specifically on your goals and experiences as a dancer and on helping you develop greater confidence, connection, presence, and freedom in your dancing.

If deeper mental health concerns arise, therapy may be a more appropriate setting for addressing them.

Dance can bring up surprisingly deep emotions and relational patterns. If something arises that would be better addressed through psychotherapy, we'll talk about that together and determine what type of support is most appropriate.

Depending on your goals, we may use movement, dance-based exercises, visualization, body awareness, or reflection to explore what's happening for you while you dance. You don't need to prepare a routine or demonstrate your dancing.

Getting starting is simple. Reach out through our contact form or schedule a call - I’ll talk you through the next steps and answer any questions along the way.