Welcome to the ‘Embodied Freedom Movement Spaceholder Training’ - Portugal
Become an empowering force of movement and transformation.
Design & deliver movement sessions rooted in emotional depth and authentic expression.
This training is based in the context of radical responsibility, it is a training full of possibilities to take steps toward your own healing and development.
This is to get you ready to hold responsible spaces with presence and clarity.
We have a go. We make mistakes, we go again. We heal, feel, move, create and play to meet ourselves and each other anew each moment.
When: 14th October - 18th October , 2026
Where: Biovilla, Vale de Barris, Setúbal, Portugal
Investment:
Early Bird: €850 until 1 July 2026
Standard: €950
(Includes accommodation & food logistics fee)
Breakdown of Costs
Facilitation Fee: early bird €550 or standard €650
Logistics Fee (Accommodation shared rooms & Food): €300
Deposit
To secure your place, register and make a deposit at the signup of €200
6 Week Online Follow Up Course: Unfolding the Seed (€250)
(Optional add on)
A Deeper Invitation - Retreat + Training
5 day Embodied Intimacy Retreat 11 - 15 October +
Embodied Freedom Movement Spaceholder Training 14 - 18 October
Early Bird Price for Both: €1,150 until 1 July 2026
Standard Price for Both: €1,300
Includes logistics fee (accommodation & food): €600
Please contact us if you have any questions about joining the training.
This 55 - hour Spaceholder Training will empower you to:
Embody your love for music and movement.
Become a catalyst for clear energetic containers where movement and celebration can unfold naturally to create community.
Curate & deliver movement sessions rooted in emotional depth and authentic expression.
Practice emotional literacy to navigate your inner world so that you can open spaces for others to drop in deeper
Strengthen your ability to listen to your impulses & bring them into creative expression
Tune into what’s really alive in you, and your purpose.
Step into collaboration & co-create with a encouraging team
Be part of a creative, playful, healing and empowering training!
The Training Includes:
- 5-day immersive training (55 hours) with all activities and facilitation
- Accommodation
- Pool
- Three nourishing vegetarian meals daily
-Certificate of completing a Embodied Freedom Training
- Practical documentation of the processes and distinctions in the form of booklets and notes.
Optional:
- 6-week online follow-up course: Unfolding the Seed (seperate fee)
Who is this training for?
- If you love music and conscious dance and long for holding movement spaces, then its for you.
- Anyone that wants to deepen their connection to music and movement, and explore the wisdom of their bodies.
- It’s for you if you want to - or already are - holding spaces. Whether you trained in Ecstatic Dance or host weekly sharing circles.
- If you want to be part of creating spaces for connection and community with movement.
- For those wanting to enhance their space with feelings and authenticity, practice holding space for emotions and feelings.
Prerequisites for this training:
- Attended an Embodied Freedom multiple day event (Embodied Intimacy - New Zealand, Australia or Portugal)
- Or, have attended another conscious movement training (please get in contact about what training you have done)
- Or, attended an Expand the box training
- Or, have attended Rage Club for several weeks
Contact us if you have any questions about joining the training and how to apply.
Meet the team
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This 5-day training is held and curated by Sybille Biedert, alongside her team of spaceholders.
Sybille is dedicated to her space holding and creation of ‘Embodied Freedom Movement Practice’. Being a bold and dynamic community weaver, she has been delivering workshops and retreats for many years. Embodied Freedom focuses on clarity towards once purpose, establishing healthy boundaries, embodiment and empowerment of each participant.She has a wholehearted commitment to hold space for personal, collective and multi-generational transformation. She is a dedicated edge-worker and movement lover, With her ‘Open Floor Movement Teacher’ accreditation and her extensive training in ‘Possibility Management’, she uniquely weaves these modalities together creating profoundly transformational and bold spaces that offers people practical life tools that are easy to implement in daily life.
More about Sybille here
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Alexandra Lopes is a Possibility Coach and Biodanza SRT facilitator deeply committed to regenerating relational culture and integrating body, emotion, and learning. She creates transformative spaces where individuals and groups can explore inner resources, expand potential, and activate authentic pathways of expression and connection. As co-creator of *Biodanza na Academia* and *Comunicarte* with Patrícia Anzini, Alexandra brings movement, emotional awareness, and vibrant communication into academic contexts, fostering new ways of being, learning, and relating. Her mission centers on empowering relational spaces through presence, compassionate listening, and conscious connection.
More about Alexandra:
https://about.me/alexandralopes
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Patrícia Anzini is a trainer and mentor in scientific writing, university professor, and founder of @virando.a_pagina with over 20 years of experience in formal and non-formal education. She has developed and facilitated learning environments that weave together scientific writing, body awareness, and conscious communication. Alongside Alexandra Lopes, she co-created *Biodanza na Academia* and *Comunicarte,* bringing movement and emotional intelligence into higher-education spaces. Through trainings, workshops, retreats, and mentoring programs offered in Portuguese and English, Patrícia supports individuals and institutions in strengthening both the technical and human dimensions of academic work.
More about Patricia:
https://www.patriciaanzini.com/
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Open Floor International is a global nonprofit organization that encourages people who are committed to using embodied movement and dance to foster more authentic, emotionally intelligent, and resilient individuals and communities. Open Floor International serves and connects Open Floor and other movement teachers and practitioners, professionals from a wide variety of fields, and community members, as well as our financial supporters and all those who contribute their time, expertise and other resources to achieve our vision.
- Text from ‘Our Mission’ on the ‘OpenFloor International’ website.
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Possibility Management is about recognising which thought patterns, emotional entanglements or blockages stand in the way of your full expression.
This modality empowers people with practical life tools that are easy to implement into daily life. Some of these tools include; establishing healthy boundaries with conscious anger practise, clarity towards your purpose, the changing of old stories, a deeper understanding of the complexity of our being and centring into your authentic self.
The Venue
Biovilla Sustentabilidade
Located in the heart of Portugal’s Arrábida Natural Park, Biovilla acts as a “living example” of regenerative practices that nourish the environment, community, and individual well-being. The venue nurtures sustainable food production, nature-based education, conscious consumption, renewable energy use, zero-waste practices, and immersive experiences that connect people with themselves, each other, and the more-than-human world.
See more on their website - www.biovilla.org
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To reach Biovilla Sustentabilidade (located in Palmela)
1. from Lisbon Airport: you can choose from several transportation options. The car journey takes approximately 30 to 40 minutes, depending on traffic. Upon leaving the airport, follow the signs for the A2, a motorway that connects Lisbon to Setúbal. Continue on the A2 until the exit for the A12, towards Setúbal. After approximately 20 km, you will find the exit for Palmela. Follow the signs to the center of Palmela and, in a few minutes, you will be on your way to Biovilla, a haven of sustainability and tranquility.
2. If you prefer public transport, you can take a bus or train from the airport to Lisbon Oriente train station. From there, take a train to Palmela. The train journey offers stunning views of the region and takes about 40 minutes. Upon arriving at Palmela train station, you can choose between a taxi or a local transport service to reach Biovilla Sustentabilidade.
Unfolding the Seed: 6-week Online Follow-up (Optional)
This is to encourage you put the training into action. In this space we will go through all the steps to create and hold your first in-person space, either with friends at home or in public within your community.
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While the main focus is on practice, the course also includes the practical side of events production, such as: concept development, space rental and decoration, poster design, music playlist curation and sourcing, tech equipment support and DJ skills.
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You’ll practice the skills needed to deliver you first session with your team, such as: how to speak and offer prompts at the same time as playing music, how to emotionally prepare and handle your own fear, and how to hold space for the emotions and feelings that arise in a somatic movement space.
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Weekly live 2 hour online call
Plus a 2 hour commitment during the week for team practices including; creating a flyer, designing playlists, practicing holding space
Following this training you will be empowered to:
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You’ll learn how to step into genuine collaboration with a team - letting creation flow from this place, not just from yourself.
This is a skill that not only enhances your ability to co-create but also fosters community, allowing everyone to bring their strengths together.
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This training helps you heal from school and modern culture by encouraging play, experimentation, and allowing things to unfold without overthinking.
It’s about giving things a go, embracing mistakes, and learning through experience. This is the real 'getting it right'!
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You’ll practice listening to your impulses and acting on them before filtering through the mind.
This cultivates an unfiltered creativity and intuition, allowing you to connect more deeply with your natural flow.
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Through this training you'll be able to experience music as a form of medicine that can shift energy and facilitate healing.
You’ll gain practical skills in how to listen to and work with music as a collaborator for holding space.
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During this training you’ll refine your ability to sense, work with, and align the five bodies (physical, emotional, mental, energetic, and archetypal), helping you tune into your purpose.
You’ll be able to hold space for others with a greater awareness of how these bodies interact, allowing for a more nuanced and effective facilitation of spaces.
This training is an invitation to awaken your authentic connection, emotional freedom, and the inner strength to create spaces where hearts can open, preverbal language is rediscovered, and communities of genuine transformation flourish.
‘Participants practice to use their feelings to stand for their values, create with fear’s insights, express love through sadness, and move forward with joy.’
Build a community to keep growing with
“This really is about creating a container and a space where people can experience shifts in their internal world.”
“l’m just in awe right now at what is possible when people come together that are willing to radically grow.”
Logistics/
Frequently asked questions
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When: 14th - 18th October, 2026
Where: Biovilla, Vale de Barris, Setúbal, Portugal
Investment:
Early Bird: €850 until 1 July 2026
Standard: €950
(Includes accommodation & food logistics fee)Breakdown of Costs
Facilitation Fee: early bird € 550 or standard €650
Logistics Fee (Accommodation shared rooms & Food): €300Deposit: €200 due at signup
To secure your place, register and make a deposit of €200What’s Included:
5 day - 55 hour training
Accommodation (BioVilla)
Three vegetarian meals daily
All activities and facilitation
(Optional add on)
6 week follow up online course - ‘Unfolding the seed’
Further follow up available with Sybille and team
or online 1:1 coaching $100 NZD per session -
Prerequisites for this training:
- Attended an Embodied Freedom multiple day event (Embodied Intimacy - New Zealand, Australia or Portugal)
- Or, have attended another conscious movement training (please get in contact about what training you have done)
- Or, attended an Expand the box training
- Or, have attended Rage Club for several weeks -
Private and shared rooms, camping also available - BioVilla
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Three delicious vegetarian meals a day, plus morning and afternoon teas.
Please let us know of any dietary needs.
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What is this training not?
A place to be numb and to isolate
An Expand the Box training, or a Rage Club training
A workshop
A detailed DJ training
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If you have any questions please contact:
About logistics: Alexandra Lopes or Patricia Anzini
- portugal.trainings@gmail.com
About Embodied Freedom and the context of the workshop: Sybille
- admin@embodiedfreedom.co.nz
We welcome you to The Embodied Freedom - Movement Spaceholder Training in October.
With love from Sybille, Alexandra, Patricia and the Embodied Freedom Team.