Welcome to ‘Embodied Freedom Movement Spaceholder Training’ - Golden Bay, NZ
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.
A Deeper Invitation — Retreat + Training:
5-Day Journey - 25 - 29 March +
Movement Spaceholder Training - 21 - 26 April
In 2026, we’re offering a combined program: the ‘5-day Embodied Intimacy’ (a prerequisite for the training) plus the ‘6-day Movement Space holder Training’ altogether .
Total of $1,870 (instead of $2,290).
Under 25s: $1,790
If you’re curious, please book a call with Sybille - (+64) 0210402261
When: 21 - 26 April 2026
Where: Golden Bay, New Zealand
Investment:
Under 25s - $1,300 NZD
Standard - $1,500 NZD
(all-inclusive)
Investment Breakdown:
$950 Training Fee
$550 Accomodation and Food
= Standard Price
Includes:
6 day - 63 hour training
Accommodation (Golden Bay)
Three vegetarian meals daily
All activities and facilitation
(Optional add on)
6 week follow up online course - ‘Unfolding the seed’
- $350 NZD
This 63 - 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:
6-day immersive training (63 hours) with all activities and facilitation
Accommodation
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 - $350
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 facilitator
This 6-day training is held and curated by Sybille Biedert, alongside her team of space holders.
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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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.
Unfolding the Seed: 6-week Online Follow-up (Optional add on)
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 & decoration, poster design, music playlist curation & 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
Create extraordinary movement spaces!!
Practice emotional freedom and inner strength to create spaces where hearts can open!!
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 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: 21 - 26 April 2026
Where: Golden Bay, New Zealand
Investment:
Under 25s - $1,300 NZD
Standard - $1,500 NZDInvestment Breakdown:
$950 Training Fee
$550 Accommodation and FoodIncludes:
6 day - 63 hour training
Accommodation (Golden Bay)
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 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 -
Comfortable shared accommodation (2-3 people per room) in our shared house or sleepout. (Included in your ticket)
You are welcome to bring a tent or van if you prefer your own space.Reach out if you have questions.
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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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6 day - 63 hour training
Training ScheduleTraining starts at 1pm on Wednesday
Day One:
1:00pm – 4:00pm First Session
4:00pm – 4:30pm Afternoon tea
4:30pm – 6:00pm Second Session
6:00pm – 7:30pm Dinner
7:30pm – 9:30pm Evening Session
Day Two - Five
7:15am – 8:00am Open Session for practise
8:00am – 8:45am Breakfast
9:00am – 11:00am First Session
11:00am – 11:30am Morning Tea
11:30am – 1:00pm Second Session
1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm – 4:00pm Third Session
4:00pm – 4:30pm Afternoon tea
4:30pm – 6:00pm Fourth Session
6:00pm – 7:30pm Dinner
7:30pm – 9:30pm Fifth Session
Day six (Different Schedule)
7:15am – 8:00am Open Session for practise
8:00am – 8:45am Breakfast
9:00am –12:00pm First Session
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm Closing Session
2:00pm – 4:00pm space for questions one on one and completing of the venue
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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 DJ Training
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Contact Sybille - admin@embodiedfreedom.co.nz
We welcome you to The Embodied Freedom - Movement Spaceholder Training in April.
With love from Sybille and the Embodied Freedom Team.