This enriching seminar will explore the most important Mudrā-s in detail, presenting the core principles and frameworks within which they must be understood and practiced. The program will deal with presenting pre-requisites for the practice of each Mudrā, the technical nuances of their practice, benefits and contraindications.

• Adapting the creative dance principles and frameworks to specific age groups and abilities.

• Presented by specialists in the appropriate field of disability, pre-school, school age and the aged.

• Primarily a workshopping session requiring attendance at earlier sessions.

• The art of structuring classes for all ages and stages.

• Beginnings, aims and the art of ending to be explored and workshopped.

• The art of structuring classes for all ages and stages.

• Beginnings, aims and the art of ending to be explored and workshopped.

• Looking at the use of physical props, visual art, imagination, and music to stimulate movement/dance- basic tools for use in creative dance teaching.

• Linking with Step 1 the Elements – earth, fire, water, air and ether will be expanded.

Attendance at this session is a prerequisite for all other modules - Introduction to course format .

• Yoga connections - the inception of the Mangala model.

• Linking mind, body, music and movement, theory and practice.

• Theory of the elements – earth, fire, water, air and ether with reference to the physical, emotional and movement properties inherent in each element and discussing and using the music which stimulates them.