JULY 24–27, 2026 at ESALEN INSTITUTE.
To register and for more information visit the ESALEN website.
This is an IN PERSON workshop.
Imagine that your body has a voice. What would it say?
The body speaks through movement, where each breath, feeling, and memory becomes a metaphor — a living story longing to be heard and danced. Begin by digging, fearlessly and with tenderness, into the fertile soil of soft skin. Touch bone. Listen to the heart, fluttering its wings against the ribs. Pluck your veins as if they were strings on a violin, playing an ancient universal rhythm.
This workshop is an invitation to return to the wisdom of the body. To listen, to express, to transform. Rooted in the Life/Art Process® developed by Anna and Daria Halprin, we will journey through movement, drawing, poetic narrative, and improvisation as pathways toward personal meaning, healing, and creative renewal.
Each day will unfold as a ritual: breath becomes rhythm, movement becomes story. We will explore what moves through us, both individually and collectively. Held within the wild beauty of Esalen, and accompanied by the live music of guest musician Miles Lassi, we will explore deeply, play wildly, and harvest what we find. No prior experience in dance or art is needed, only a willingness to express, feel, and listen.
Originating in the 1950s, the Halprin work has played a pivotal role in the groundbreaking human potential, postmodern dance, and healing arts movements, and has been offered at Esalen since the 1960s.
With guest musician Miles Lassi
Please make sure to bring a writer’s journal and a box of varied and well-supplied Craypas pastels.
The workshop is designed for everyone, with no previous experience in dance/art needed. For further information on the work please visit www.tamalpa.org and see Tamalpa Media.
Recommended Reading: The Expressive Body in Life, Art & Therapy by Daria Halprin; Dances That Matter by Anna Halprin with Rachel Kaplan.
Daria Halprin, MA, REAT, RSMT:
Daria Halprin is among the leading pioneers in the field of movement/dance, expressive arts education and therapy. With Anna Halprin she co-founded Tamalpa Institute, and was instrumental in the development of the Halprin Life/Art Process, as an innovative approach to psychology, artistic practice, and dance as a healing force.
Bringing a life-long practice in the arts to her work, published writings include: Coming Alive (1989); The Expressive Body in Life, Art and Therapy (2003); contributing author for Expressive Arts Therapy: Principles and Practices {1999}, Poesis: Essays On the Future of the Field; Dance,Somatics and Spirituality (2014); Body Enacted, Entranced and Ensouled.
In addition to leading trainings in the Halprin work at Tamalpa Institute, Daria has served on faculty at the European Graduate School, JFKU, CIIS, Alanus, and Esalen Institute. She has presented at numerous conferences and universities worldwide.
Photo by Nicole Combeau
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July 24, 2026 - July 27, 2026TIME:
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