It has been a real joy of joys for me to offer this soul enquiry space that is the Movement Medicine Apprenticeship program. The Movement Medicine Apprenticeship program is a training to embody and deepen your connection to yourself, your own creativity and your offerings in the world.
Myself and Yasia, my wife, held our first Movement Medicine Apprenticeship in 2021-2022. We worked closely with Ya’Acov and Susannah for over 20 years and journeyed through the Movement Medicine CPD training over many years including the Apprenticeship Leader Training program. This as well as the 18 years of my Psychotherapy training and clinical practice in Person Centered Psychotherapy, IFS, Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Experiencing and my blessed journey of 7 years with the Lakota Sun Dance have created deep ground, resource and resilience. I weave these amazing practices and medicines into the Apprenticeship journey.
The Movement Medicine Apprenticeship journey changed my life in so many ways. This is the core motivation for offering the Apprenticeship myself.
Deep healing of core wounds that weigh on the heart, body, mind and soul can be transformed into art and offerings to life! It is also the pathway to the Movement Medicine Teacher Training with Ya’Acov and Susannah.
During the Apprenticeship you dance deep with these questions ‘where am I now?’ What does it mean to actually be a dancer in this life’ What is mine to heal’ and what is the emergent vision for my life, what is specifically mine to be and mine to share and give back to life?
The first three Apprenticeships were a shared journey alongside my amazing wife, Yasia who is primarily a Voicework teacher. This time round, Yasia is taking time to honour a call to offer her training in Voicework in 2026, and I have the privilege of offering the Apprenticeship program in 2026 in the Czech Republic for the first time.
The love I feel for each person who has journeyed through our first Apprenticeship and then our second Apprenticeship is immense. I feel this absolutely now for the amazing people on the current journey of Apprenticeship we are privileged to offer. To be witness to such courage in each person, in their own way, transforming suffering into art and offerings / gifts to life is incredible! To see this in a strong circle where people discover their own dancing medicine and do this together in the inspirational practices of Movement Medicine, there are no words...
Here are some words from someone who has completed the Apprenticeship recently:
“The Apprenticeship journey was such an incredible gift to myself and one I will always be grateful for. David is an exceptional teacher, with vast depths of experience and embodied knowledge, a powerful guide and ally you can rely on. He creates a field of safety, power, poetry, humour, and love - moving with the spirit of life - providing an
alchemical vessel in which you can find the next steps of your journey, wherever you are going. Dancing in this community, I found movement which spoke to me from my own depths; what I longed for, my work and soul purpose, my challenge and my medicine. At each step of the way I felt deeply valued, seen and heard as an individual and encouraged to let more of myself be present. This deep valuing extended to each of us and being rooted in this ethos created a field of supportive resonance among the group; we remain a circle, a lifelong connection for those who want it. The feeling of being encircled by community is something many of us missed growing up, this is a moment, a chance to reclaim the loving support of a village; if you feel called to this path I’m happy for you and wholeheartedly recommend it!”
— Kate Abolins
In February 2026 I will be offering the Movement Medicine Apprenticeship, along with a strong team of assistants, in a beautiful venue in nature about an hour from Prague in the Czech Republic. You can book a short zoom call with me to check in with any questions here:
The circle of Movement Medicine Apprentices for 2026 is forming and the circle is more than half full. I absolutely welcome you! If you feel the call I strongly recommend that you get in touch with me to begin the process of taking those steps towards the Apprenticeship...you won't regret it!!
We fully recommend David, he holds his considerable experience and power responsibly and safely. He offers a blend of exquisite compassionate acceptance, alongside a capacity to hold incredibly strong space for the deep self-inspection that a human being needs to become who they are in this world and give their gifts.
— Ya’Acov & Susannah Darling Khan — Founders of Movement Medicine
The Apprenticeship program includes time to work with your teachers individually, plus support from other experienced members of our team, to distill where you are right now on your path, and what feels most resonant in terms of next steps towards an emerging vision for your life. I am absolutely delighted to offer the Apprenticeship program in February 2026 in the Czech Republic.
