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.
I was a big raver in my teens, travelling all over the North West of England to attend raves and nightclubs.
At University I helped create a rave every term in aid of a South African Scholarship.
Then my early 20's after a rather rude spiritual awakening, I found I couldn't dance in night clubs anymore. I discovered 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've had the privilege to work alongside people in their Mental Health recovery as a Mental Health Professional and also as a Counsellor in the field of addictions.

I love working with plant spirits (energetically not the psychedelic kind) 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.

I strive to bring my most authentic self to my teaching, creating spaces to include all of life's beauty and difficulty on the dance floor

Although I'm serious about my work, I try not to take myself too seriously and I love to laugh!