Creator of Femme!
Bernadette Pleasant
Be guided on an exhilarating Emotional Tour — a somatic practice to release constricted emotions, calm your nervous system, and step more confidently into your most authentic Self.
Fear, grief, anger, shame, joy…
These feelings exist within all of us...
Yet, are you actually allowing yourself to feel these emotions? Or are they brewing beneath the surface, yearning desperately to be heard, seen, experienced, expressed, and released?
Our emotions are meant to be expressed. Whether we deem them good or bad, it’s their nature to “move” us, and, for our own wellbeing, they should move through and out of us as well.
Scientific research shows that stress caused by pent-up emotions can contribute to many health issues, including high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and even a suppressed immune system.
And, as you’ll discover during this uplifting hour with renowned somatic healer and fiery dance teacher Bernadette Pleasant, truly feeling your emotions can not only improve your wellbeing, but can be the key to living a juicy, fully experienced, passionate, and sensual life... opening you up to fully and joyously being YOU.
So how can you better recognize and express your emotions?
Especially if you were raised in a family of non-feelers, or conditioned to hide them by a culture that trains us to suppress our feelings?
Movement, specifically dance, provides a powerful and easy way to help us release feelings we've been denying, as well as to discover and express our hidden emotions.
Studies on the psychotherapeutic use of dance show that dance promotes emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration, and can significantly improve your health and wellbeing.
In her own journey of self-exploration and healing through movement, Bernadette discovered that this ancient form of self-expression can help break patterns of people-pleasing, putting other people’s needs ahead of your own, and other soul-stifling behaviors. Dance can also help us re-embody childlike spontaneity, curiosity, creativity, and joy.
Movement and dance can help you rediscover your primal self...
During this liberating hour with Bernadette, she’ll show you how you can perform intuitive, free-form dance movements to the beat of a drum. The steady rhythm of the drum removes your focus from your repetitive thoughts and into the groove of your body’s wisdom and language of joy.
Freeform dance has no rules or structure, the point is to just let the music move you. There are no wrong moves! Dance to the rhythm of the drum and the inner rhythm of your higher Self. Let your dance express and release the feelings you need to let go and release!
You’ll discover just how powerful movement can be in helping you discern, feel, and liberate your emotions.
Bernadette is a vibrant example of what’s possible for you. Her high-energy teaching style is inspiring and intoxicating. You’ll want to know her secret… to feel the abandon and joy she exudes… to jump right in and learn to better recognize and express your emotions.
During this free online event with Bernadette, you’ll:
- Discover the importance of honoring and expressing your feelings, for the sake of your health and wellbeing
- Learn how movement and dance can open you to your full range of emotions and be a powerful means for expressing difficult feelings during challenging times
- Explore how dance can help you reclaim childlike spontaneity, curiosity, playfulness, and joy — allow in an authentic experience of YOU and your life
- Discover that you can choose and invite in joy, and learn how movement can help you access this pleasurable feeling — even in the midst of any pain you may be experiencing
- Be guided on an Emotional Tour — a somatic dance practice to release constricted emotions, calm your nervous system, and step more confidently into your authentic Self
Bernadette comes from a long line of natural healers who use touch and movement to help others find peace, empowerment, and wellness. She’s an intoxicating, energetic, and fiery teacher, and the creator of the popular mind-body wellness program, Femme!
— Bernadette Pleasant
Her dance classes welcome participants without judgment and offer loving support in finding comfort in your own skin.
Honoring and safely expressing all our emotions allows us to live a more authentic, vital, and healthy life.
During uncertain and turbulent times, we’re all bound to be holding strong feelings... perhaps some we’re not even aware of. And if you’re like many, you may even be feeling shame about feeling joy — in the midst of all the suffering across the globe.
When you join Bernadette for this special hour, you’ll discover how to use simple dance movements to unlock stuck emotions, express difficult feelings, open to joy, and start to feel the liberating abandon of being who you truly are.
You’ll experience how drumming can help you lose yourself to dance. Bernadette will be accompanied by accomplished percussionist Baba Don Eaton Babatunde, who’s performed at Lincoln Center, City Center, and Carnegie Hall, as well as numerous jazz venues in the U.S. and abroad.
You’ll also learn about Bernadette's upcoming 7-module online course, in which you’ll have the opportunity to go much deeper into her liberating approach to somatic healing — and have a lot of fun in the process!
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What People Are Saying About Bernadette Pleasant...
“[Bernadette] has inspired me to liberate myself from feeling any shame for having a full range of emotions.”
“... tasting the power in consciously moving emotions through your body...”
“... you will explore and feel every square inch of your divine, sensual temple, and never think of leaving it again.”
“... a woman who has given herself permission to express her own truth, even on a cellular level.”
“... a new perspective on ways to heal trauma...”
“I was blown away by the experience.”
“This woman is pure magic.”
About Bernadette Pleasant
Spirited and energetic, Bernadette Pleasant is a fiery and sensual speaker, somatic healer, founder of The Emotional Institute and creator of Femme!, a mind-body wellness program, and 400 Years, a somatic-based anti-racism program. She is known for channeling her personal journeys and radical empathy into transformative, immersive experiences that support and celebrate people of all genders, colors, ages, and sizes.
Certified in emotions-centered coaching, somatic healing, integrated energy therapy and studies in African, tribal, and free dance, Bernadette promotes emotional freedom through movement and empowerment. She also facilitates deep and refreshingly real dialogues on emotional healing, grief rituals, and unlearning racism.
A woman of color, Bernadette comes from a long line of natural healers who have used touch and movement to help others find peace and wellness. Her classrooms, online and in person, welcome participants without judgment, supporting all to experience comfort and pleasure in their own skin.
About Baba Don Eaton Babatunde
For almost a quarter-century, Baba Don Eaton Babatunde, a percussionist very much in demand, has performed with major American dance companies such as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Limon Dance Company, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem in some of the world’s greatest performing arts venues. His recording career is as equally varied as it is vast in jazz idioms, rhythm and blues, and most African-derived music. He is the founder of JAAMBO, an Afro Caribbean ensemble, and the founder of Percussion ARTS Projects, LLC. A featured member of the esteemed Last Poets, he’s long been acknowledged as one of New York City’s master teachers of African Drumming and the rhythms of the Diaspora in the Americas. For over 25 years, Baba Don Eaton Babatunde has been on faculty at the Harlem School of the Arts teaching all ages, from four years of age to adults.
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Join this FREE video event with Bernadette Pleasant and discover a somatic practice to release constricted emotions, calm your nervous system, and step more confidently into your authentic Self.
Free Video Event
