Helen Whitehead

Movement Medicine along with many other healing modalities, has helped me become more of a whole person, able to be, move and dance with all that life offers.
After a rather rude spiritual awakening in my early 20's I found shamanism and conscious dance in the form of 5 Rhythms in 1996.

As Ya'Acov and Susannah found and created Movement Medicine, I attended many of their intensives in the UK and danced weekly with the amazing 5 Rhythms Community Peer group in Newcastle-upon Tyne where I often still dance and sometimes DJ.
Out of this group was born the Newcastle Dance Collective where I hold dance sessions on a Sunday alongside 4 other teachers and a Live Rhythms band.

I love working with plant spirits and flower remedies.
I like to combine dancing outside with medicine walks, saunas and sharing food.
I trained for many years in Shamanic practice with Simone Silverpath.
I also hold a certification from her in Holding the Space which is a simple yet deep practise of coming together in circle.

My many life challenges have meant that I have done a lot of jobs that I found both boring and challenging.
I've worked on the shop floor in retail, I've done care work, waitressing and factory work.
I have also had the privilege to work alongside people in their recovery as a Mental Health Professional and as a Counsellor in the field of addictions.
I've always loved dancing and I was a raver in the North West from 1988 to 1996.
In 1996 my first awakening hit, and I found I couldn't dance in night clubs anymore.

Not living my best insta life (god help me) but being my most authentic self with all of its. beauty and difficulty is what I hope to bring to my teaching.

I try not to take myself too seriously and I love to laugh!