Tamalpa Level 1 Training Program
Level 1 HYBRID WEEKDAY Training 2026-2027 Application Deadline: August 10, 2026 October 14, 2026 – October 13, 2027, with a 6-day in-person intensive with DARIA HALPRIN and Core Faculty The Level 1 HYBRID WEEKDAY training program is held online on Zoom sessions, weekly on Wednesdays, with a 6-day in-person session at the renowned Mountain Home Studio with DARIA HALPRIN and Core Faculty: February 15-20, 2027 Class times: 9 AM – 4:15 PM Pacific Time with a 1.25 hour lunch break. To view the full schedule, visit our Training Schedule page and click on the dates below the Level 1 Hybrid Weekday Format. Core faculty: Daria Halprin, Rosario Sammartino, Natan Daskal Learn more about the faculty HERE. Tuition Fee: $6000 $75 non-refundable application fee due with all Level 1 applications Personal Embodiment In Level 1, we use artistic and therapeutic principles to uncover and explore autobiographical material through a “body mythology” that connects us to the compelling events, issues, and questions in our lives. Working with intermodal art mediums – movement/dance, drawing, vocalizing, writing, and dialogues – we reflect on our history, who we are now, and the changes that we would like to embody in order to live more artfully in all aspects of our lives. Tamalpa’s Level 1 training is designed for everyone who wants to embody the principles and tools of the Halprin Life/Art Process® for their personal development. It is also the first step in our Professional Training Program leading to certification as a Tamalpa Practitioner and professional registration with ISMETA. Download our full Course Catalog.
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Tamalpa InstituteEvent MemberTamalpa Institute, founded in 1978 by dance and expressive arts therapy pioneers Anna Halprin and Daria Halprin, is a non-profit organization internationally recognized for its ground breaking training programs & workshops in a unique approach to movement based expressive arts education and therapy.
We offer expressive arts training programs and workshops for healing, education, and social transformation. Our innovative work has been brought into classrooms, businesses, hospitals, mental health care settings, hospices, prisons, and disadvantaged communities, among others. The Tamalpa Life/Art Process®, which combines movement, dance, drawing, and writing, has influenced the fields of dance, environmental design, theater, movement therapy, and art-based psychology. Our approach is based on the theory that people’s own life experiences are the most meaningful sources for artistic expression and social change.
Tamalpa has worked with over 10,000 people from more than 50 countries, including students, educators, therapists, artists, social workers, and health care providers. Today our movement-based, expressive-arts training programs are ranked among the best in the world. And our public and social engagement programs serve diverse communities from all walks of life, including children, elders, and virtually everyone in between.
Tamalpa Institute’s programs are recognized by the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA) and the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA).
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