If you choose to receive a private session, you will have my undivided attention for 75 minutes. During this time, we use the 5Rhythms® as a vehicle to become aware of, move with and invite your creativity, imagination and healing into whatever it is you bring into the room. I have a clear format that includes intentionally creating the session to meet your needs on that day at that time.
The appointment begins by sitting quietly in the room together. Then I listen to you talk for 5-10 minutes regarding what is going on, anxiety, concerns etc. As I listen to you, I get ideas as to how motion, literally, could be brought in. Self-consciousness is present for many people, and is welcomed and accepted as an understandable response to the situation! Mostly I use music, sometimes not, the choice is in the moment.
The movement part usually last for about 60 minutes. Usually there is a warm up then a Wave® - depending on the theme. It will be completely individual, tailored to you for that hour.
You can expect to receive and experience:
- greater awareness of yourself
- feeling more free and relaxed
- more connection with your body and often with your feelings.
- give you an experience in the moment that will change your state of being
- give you tools to work with outside the session
Private Session Testimonials
Individual sessions are the gourmet experience of 5R practice; a rich, intense, nurturing process that deepens awareness and extends our dancing self. We have so many patterns of learned behaviour in our daily lives and these often manifest in our dance. Places of stuckness, inflexibility or repetitive movements that may have something to tell us. I find individual sessions the perfect method for delving into hidden or unexpected aspects of my dance, my body, my life. Deborah holds one-to-ones with her hallmark light and unobtrusive facilitation, at the same time attentive, challenging and providing a strong sense of safety. Her charm and humour are matched by breadth of emotional experience and strength of spirit. She has been a true guide on my own personal journey and I could not recommend a better person to have with you wherever your dance leads you.
(Paula Nichols, Forres)
From Agony to Ecstasy within one Hour
About half a year after moving to Findhorn I was pretty depressed. As I had had psychotherapy in the past without any positive effect, because I just space out and then I can talk about anything and nothing shifts, I called Deborah for an individual session in 5 Rhythms. In this first individual session with Deborah I danced literally from agony to ecstasy: from being very depressed to feeling my Divinity in each cell! This was amazing! I have later danced with her many more miraculous transformations in individual sessions, but this very first one is still the most profound and striking one! Ever since whenever I feel I could do with some support in getting my life moving and flowing again, I take a series of individual sessions with Deborah. These sessions have been very diverse and always immensely helpful. For me Deborah is THE best 5 Rhythms teacher I know - and I have danced with many, as I applied for the teacher training. I appreciate her ability to be simultaneously totally authentic and fully professional. She has an amazing gift to perceive what is needed and make space for profound change with a tiny little hint. I am over and over in awe about her wisdom, brilliance and miracles she is delivering.(Dr. Almut Renate Brandl)
I am looking for the core. Trust. I trust Deborah's passion, belief, commitment – born, I am sure, of her personal experiences. A deep sense of being truly held and supported. Feeling a heartfelt encouragement to allow anything to be revealed, expressed and witnessed; from being utterly vulnerable, fiercely strong, ragdoll broken or raging demonic. With Deborah's open hands and heart and her instinctive guidance, I continually find myself in an exploration of the unfathomable, the unseen, journeying through, into, the deep depths of my ever varied emotional landscapes. There is a well of expressive energy; still, subtle as a whispering breeze, unstoppable as a hurricane. It is, for me, the beginnings of a Great Discovery. With or without music, Deborah seems to hold a space that as of yet I cannot find on my own, her observations and suggestions initiating unexpected unfoldments. YES, I am grateful, I am inspired. Thank You.
(Andrew Davies)