2024 Q1
What have I been up to this quarter? Well.......
Coming Soon! Monday 27th May 2024 (Bank Holiday)
I'e been busy making the arrangements for the first London 1-Day Mambalsa Course for ages!!!
This is it! The start of the roll out.
I’m looking for the dance curious, dance teachers, fitness and well-being people to join me for a full day of Mambalsa and Dance Psychology CPD.
Event Link (mambalsa.com)
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Arts University Bournemouth STEP24 Event 20th March 2024
Dr Peter Lovett’s (AKA Dr Dance) STEP24 event was my first purely speaking engagement.
My talk was titled Confidence and Empathetic Communication Through Dance, and was in essence about the way we can use the concept of attentive empathetic communication (AEC) to increase confidence. That sounds really heavy but AEC is developed in peek-a-boo play between babies and caregivers, from around six weeks to a year old. It’s building confidence through fun, co-regulation and positive intention.
The message is simple: We can shift any dance or fitness practice towards a well-being / self-development practice through using AEC as a model.
I’ll post the talk as soon as it’s available.
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Norfolk Mambalsa Workshop: Feb 2024
What a pleasure it was to shoot up to Norwich to run an invitation only 1-Day Mambalsa course. It was a chance to rejig the course format and connect with a fun and interesting bunch of people. Thanks for the opportunity and hopefully see you again soon. Norwich is useful as it tests the logistics of running a day course. It was about 2.5 hrs drive each way which wasn’t a problem. All the right questions about the venue and group were asked and it set things up for the Mambalsa Project’s regional/national courses.
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Alastair Sadler MBACP (Accred) Feb 2024
I submitted my BACP Accreditation last October and finally came through at the end of Feb. That’s as high as I feel the need to go with my psychotherapy training. My private practice is established and I’m running a bereavement group at the Nightingale Cancer Support charity in Enfield.
It’s great to have that balance between dance and therapy. For the Mambalsa Project it means I’ll have more time to focus on Mambalsa and a safety net income. I feel being a psychotherapist also adds credibility to the psychological aspects of Mambalsa, especially the well-being and self-development elements at the core of the Mambalsa Ethos.
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Cancer Free January 2024
On a personal note I was declared cancer free in January after six months of chemo. Obviously it was hugely disrupting. I blogged my way through chemo so here’s the link to my adventures in ChemoLand.
