Brain Dance Teacher Training Pathways
Are YOU considering Learning the Brain Dance?
Why Learn something new?
It would be great if it was just for the joy of learning, but that is unrealistic.
Teachers seek out new learning in order to:
- Have new tools for working with students
- Solutions to common challenges
- Confidence that you are giving your students the very best opportunities to release their potential
And in a Perfect World, the time and financial investment made would be rewarded by:
- Additional income in existing classes
- Additional income opportunity outside of studio hours
**If you want this, then this certification and mentorship programme is exactly what you will give you both of these opportunities.
Why Choose THIS Brain Dance Programme?
There are other Brain Dance/Developmental Movement Patterns courses out there and many come highly recommended.
Why The Radiant Dance Teacher's course?
Because it is more than comprehensive and is thoughtfully designed to give you:
- Ongoing Support for application and integration into your teaching
- Continued Inspiration to deepen your knowledge and application opportunities for all ages/dance genres
- Support materials to use in class (PDF's and playlists)
- Real life in the moment creation examples learning how to respond to young children
- Tools to develop the eye to know how assess students in the moment
Massive Creative Support:
- Imagery and ideas in the 100's
- Inclusion of supportive ideas from Laban Movement Analysis
- Downloadable PDF's to print for class
- Practical help to develop your own creativity so you are self sufficient
- Support for music sourcing
Completely Unique to The Radiant Dance Teacher
Integration of additional content to use within the Brain Dance:
- Brain Gym/Brain Integration
- Sensory Processing
- Vision Training
- Reflex Integration
- Nervous System Regulation
*** You will get all of this with Brain Dance Series Workshops
New Pathways for Income
- Mentored guidance on learning how to become a teacher confident to reach out to non-studio teaching
***After the workshops, you can continue your journey
These additions are why The Radiant Dance Teacher Version is called: Brain Dance +
An Example:
Deeply understanding the effect of integrated primitive and postural reflexes highlights that the hardest skill for any person, and especially a child, is STILLNESS. This looks like the ability/inability to hold a position to start or end an exercise and to hold a position (such as during a pirouette). And in reality, it also means the inability for a student to have sustained focus and concentration, which could be thought of as stillness of thought; the ability to think of only ONE idea.
Mentorship Programme Details
The additional information beyond the Brain Dance Foundations will shared in bite sized pieces over the course of the year.
Weekly emails with a new tidbit will be shared that is easily digestible and applied immediately.
Brain Bites can be:
- New Information
- Layering on an additional skill
- New theme that is linked to the time of year/holidays
- Progressions
- Insights on assessment of students
Bi-Monthly Zoom Calls
- 90 Minutes, including Q and A
- Live attendance is ideal for Q and A, but questions can be emailed in advance
- All sessions recorded and put in the resources section
Approximate monthly time commitment: 3 hours
- 2 hours of zoom calls
- Weekly email tips
Pathways for Using this Knowledge
Add to Existing Classes
Starting your classes with the Brain Dance is a powerful and profound way to accelerate learning for the class to follow!
Radiant Kids in Motion
Add a new source of income by teaching in local elementary schools, bringing dance WITH the Brain Dance to the students.
Vitality Dance Programme
Add a new source of income outside of studio hours by working with seniors who will deeply appreciate the focus on brain health.
Imagery and Stories for Themes
As part of the mentorship programme, you will receive dozens of printable PDF's of images to use in class to support fun themes.
A Day at the Beach Theme
Perfect for the start of summer!
Additional Theme Examples
In the course, you will receive PDF's of multiple themes that you can print and use in class. Bringing students to look at a picture together is great for engagement and increasing focus.
Examples of Themes:
- Valentine's Day
- Easter
- Halloween
- Christmas
- New Year
- Birthday Party
- Garden Theme
- Zoo
- Circus
- Sports Day
- Food Based
- Getting a New Pet
- Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter
Prop List
During the Mentorship Programme creative use of all these props will be developed and shared with the group. It is a big list and no doubt theree are more. The main goal of this programme is to always feel confident that your well of creative is full!
Depth in the Mentorship Programme
The depth and breadth of knowledge in the mentorship programme will include additional elements that support the Developmental Movement Patterns:
- Reflex Integration
- Sensory Processing
New Tools for YOU Too!
While diving even deeper into the brain-body wiring that occurs in our first years of life, you will also have a wonderful chance to assess your own reflexes!
Most adults are surprised how hard their systems are working to compensate for reflexes that are still active.
It is time to sort this out and have a wonderful return of vitality and full body function.
This is the best overall anti-aging strategy there is; stop the overworking of your body and the drain it makes on all other body systems.
Meet Your Instructor: Mariah-Jane Thies
Mariah-Jane Thies is an award-winning dance educator, movement specialist, and international presenter with nearly 40 years of experience helping teachers and students learn through movement. Winner of the Royal Academy of Dance Teacher Award for Innovation, she combines the BrainDance framework with extensive training in Laban, Brain Gym®, reflex integration, developmental movement patterns, and nervous system regulation.
Her approach goes beyond simply teaching movement sequences. By understanding how the brain, body, and nervous system work together, Mariah-Jane helps educators create learning experiences that support focus, emotional regulation, coordination, confidence, and readiness to learn. Her workshops blend current movement science with practical, engaging strategies that teachers can immediately apply in classrooms, studios, and educational settings.
Ready to Learn the Brain Dance?
Opening up the various opportunities requires a 2 part process:
- Learning Foundations
- Year Long Mentorship in the Application
In order to apply Vitality Dance in your existing classes, run a workshop or start classes of your own, you will need to first learn the various elements.
The elements are fully explored in several of The Radiant Dance Teacher Course Suite already created.
Learning Foundations:
Course Suite Requirements:
The Brain Dance Course
- Deeply understand the Brain Dance/Developmental Movement Patterns
- Discover application of Laban Movement Analysis principles
The Diamond Method Course
- Fully embody Brain Integration Principles along with Nervous System Integration
Free Course: Creating Effective Imagery
- Gain skills on how to utilize functional anatomy imagery
- Focus on the Spine and Pelvis
Upper Body Placement and Port de Bras Secrets Course
- Ease of movement and ideal open posture will become easy once the anatomy is understood and honoured
Understanding the Dual Nature of the Feet
- Upon understanding the dynamic changes in the feet, your cuing will forever change leading not just to happy feet but also happy knees!
- Most people have foot pain by their golden years, and it is due to poor function
****All of these courses are ideal for enhancing effective studio teaching.
Bonus: These are the building blocks of the unique and highly marketable Vitality Dance Programme
You will be mentored in each of these classes if you are on the road to certification in Vitality Dance so that you have a thorough understanding.
Mentorship in Application:
Monthly Mentorship in all the additional elements unique for this population:
- Proprioception, Vestibular and Balance development
- Recuperation Strategies
- Choreography Guidelines
- Music Choices
All 3 Opportunity Areas will be Supported:
- Class Additions
- Workshops
- Ongoing Classes
At the end of a year long mentorship, you will be thoroughly versed in the principles to point that you can successful teach workshops and classes.
During the mentorship year, you are encouraged to apply the principles into your existing classes.
