Psychology in Motion Lab

Open Floor - Psychology in Motion Lab - Reichenau a/d Rax, Austria
 
Build New Embodied Skills To Expand Your Personal & Professional Toolkit.

Psychology in Motion is a dynamic methodology that integrates leading psychological concepts into an embodied movement vocabulary. 
A Lab for therapy professionals, movement teachers and body workers,  introducing the theoretical grounding and basic practices of Psychology in Motion (PiM).
Designed to integrate movement and psychological practices for individual clients or small groups. 
Combining theory, body sensations and movement to increase the depth and efficacy in your field.

Turn movement into a practical, supportive resource...

The Psychology in Motion Lab is an intensive, experiential, 30-hour introduction into Open Floor curriculum and a diverse range of Psychological approaches. During this 5-day residential program you will dive into the resources of the Open Floor practice and acquire psychological insights that you can use in your personal and your professional life.

(If you are interested, this may be a step towards joining Open Floor Teacher Training or attending the Open Floor Immersion modules.)

Psychology is Movement

The premise of Psychology in Motion is that the body, mind, emotions and soul are interconnected.

All these aspects are experienced through our emotional, social and relational bodies.
We integrate relational and psychological approaches, attachment theory and practice, trauma work, emotions and cognition into an embodied movement exploration for richer personal and professional outcomes.

 
In Psychology in Motion, we place the moving body at the centre of psychological practice, and psychological approaches in support of Embodiment and Movement practices.

The Lab introduces some of the core movement resources of Open Floor practice. Participants learn skills for tracking sensations, impulses, movements, and cycles of activation and settling that naturally occur in the body to support their clients’ or participants’ experience and healing process.
Participants will experience how embodiment practice can support the refining of personal narrative in the process of integration.

Psychology in Motion offers an embodied approach in which clients access core resources to make desired changes in their lives. Combining theory, body sensations and movement can increase the depth and efficacy of your work and support greater capacity for embodied presence, atunement, co-regulation and change.

The Psychology in Motion Lab is an excellent opportunity to experience and dive deeper in what Open Floor can offer in a therapeutic context or how a therapeutic approach can support on the dancefloor.​
 
Designed for therapists, counsellors, coaches, movement teachers & body workers who want to integrate movement into their work with individual clients or small groups.

Meet the Faculty

Griet Verstraete
Hester Hudig
Monika Körschner

 
Producer 

Audrey Bos
Audrey has been teaching embodied movement since 2015. As a teacher of Open Floor movement practice, she is passionate about cultivating awareness through the moving body and facilitating spaces that are inclusive and welcoming. Her current focus is on supporting therapists and therapists in training to resource themselves in movement and bring more embodied awareness into therapeutic spaces.

 

Experience & dive deeper into what Open Floor can offer in a psychological context

Expand your professional toolkit...

• Practices of EMBODIED PRESENCE and somatic resonance
• The distinctions between TOP-DOWN vs BOTTOM-UP PROCESSING
• How to work with CHANNELS OF PERCEPTION
• CORE MOVEMENT RESOURCES for support and intervention
• Using the relational dance to address ATTACHMENT STYLES
• CO-REGULATION in a supportive setting
• How to use the body to ATTUNE and REPAIR in a relationship

"The Psychology in Motion Lab is an excellent opportunity to
experience and dive deeper in what Open Floor can offer
in a therapeutic context
or how a therapeutic approach can support on the dancefloor.​ " 

 

DATES
22-26 March 2027

This is a residential program

COSTS
The pricing structure of the  Lab aligns with Open Floor's value of inclusivity. There are differences among our participants geographically, in social status, and privilege. We offer more flexible and inclusive price options to embody economic justice. Together we can make this programme accessible and inclusive! The costs will cover the fees for two trainers and a crew of assistants and general costs for promotion and material. And it will be supporting the Open Floor International non-profit organization.  

FOR MORE INFORMATION & APPLICATION, click here

 

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Datum publicatie: 28 oktober 2026