She took up 5 Rhythms Dance 15 years ago and has been an accredited teacher for 12. She also practices yoga, meditation and breathwork, which integrate beautifully with the dance, the essence of which she weaves into her classes and workshops, facilitation and trainings. Bernadette is fascinated by the role of the intuitive right brain processes in our capacity to learn and effect change in ourselves and in the world. Her approach is holistic, comfortably including intellectual, analytical and experiential processes, creating ways to access our emotional intelligence. Her mastery is in teaching the art of being fully present and embodied in our physical being while engaging effectively in our lives, relationships and the world. Her work is a celebration of the spiritual through the physical and practical. Major Qualifications: See also Bernadette's Approaches to her work:
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Bernadette has worked in the fields of training, group facilitation and community development for 25 years. From 6 years establishing sustainable resettlement projects with refugees in sub-Saharan Africa, to several years in UK multicultural inner-city areas she has empowered numerous grass roots initiatives including Credit Unions, Community Businesses, local youth facilities, drugs rehabilitation programmes and the establishment of a local Development Trust.