Held in-person at the historic Mountain Home Studio, Kentfield, California

Saturday, February 14th, 2026 | 10 am – 5 pm PT 
Cost: $180

Covid Protocol for in-person classes at Mountain Home Studio

There is always something held that needs to be moved, something that is so busy moving that needs to slow down, be listened to, be held.

The studio is a moving space, a holding space, a space for us to

Sense

Feel

Imagine

Create

In the act of moving, making, and witnessing together,  we form a particular heightened quality of connection and belonging.

The Life Art Process® is an invitation, an offering, a road map.

Be Moved: This can refer to physical movement, such as migration and the shaping of identity through travel. It also deeply relates to being emotionally affected or inspired by something or someone, which is central to the human experience of connection and art.

Be Held: This phrase suggests a need for support, security, and care. It implies being emotionally or physically embraced by others or a community, feeling safe enough to be one’s authentic self, including the “darker parts”. It speaks to the trust found in relationships where vulnerability is encouraged.

Belong: This is described as a fundamental human need for connection, feeling at home in a place or a community, and being valued for one’s whole self. True belonging involves feeling fully accepted and an integral part of a system or group, not merely tolerated.

This daylong serves as an introduction to the Tamalpa Training program

This workshop is designed for everyone. No previous experience in dance or art is needed. 

For further information about the work and Daria Halprin: www.tamalpa.org

Photo by Rick Chapman

Participants are required to bring their own craypas.

Daria Halprin, MA, REAT, RSMT: co-founding director of Tamalpa Institute, dancer, poet, teacher, and author, is among the leading pioneers in the field of movement/dance and expressive arts education and therapy. Her work bridges the fields of somatic psychology, movement/dance therapy, expressive arts therapy, community-based arts & health education, organizational consultancy, leadership development, social change & performance. Bringing a life-long practice in the arts to her work, published writings include: Coming Alive; The Expressive Body in Life, Art and Therapy; contributing author Expressive Arts Therapy: Principles and Practices; Poesis: Essays On the Future of the Field; and Body Ensouled, Enacted and Entranced.

Payment:

$180

Deadlines

QUESTIONS? Contact the Tamalpa office via email at info@tamalpa.org 

** To receive a similar workshop experience, we highly recommend you attend our event at Esalen **