Return to Radiance
Monthly Reset Lab
Return to Radiance
Self Care Unlike anything You have done before!
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Nervous System Support • Emotional Release • Embodied Teaching Ease
Teaching dance today asks more of educators than ever before.
Beyond technique, choreography, and artistry, teachers are navigating increasing emotional load—parent expectations, student anxiety, administrative pressure, and the constant internal drive to “hold it all together.”
Over time, this can accumulate as stress in the body, mental fatigue, reactivity, and a sense of depletion that doesn’t fully resolve with rest alone.
Return to Radiance is a monthly reset space for dance teachers to come back to themselves.
A place to release what has been held, recalibrate the nervous system, and rebuild a sense of ease, clarity, and grounded presence in teaching.
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What we focus on each month
Each session blends three integrated approaches:
🌬 Emotional release & clearing work
Using Emotion Code–inspired reflection and release practices, we explore and gently shift common emotional patterns held by dance teachers such as:
- frustration and overwhelm
- feeling undervalued or unseen
- pressure to manage parents and student dynamics
- guilt, self-doubt, and perfectionism
The intention is to create space for emotional lightness and perspective, rather than carrying these patterns into the studio.
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🧠Nervous system regulation & Brain Gym integration
Through Brain Gym–based movement and integration practices, we support the body and brain in:
- settling stress responses
- improving clarity and focus
- restoring grounded presence in teaching
- reconnecting mind and body under pressure
These are simple, embodied tools you can use before, during, and after teaching.
đź’ Mindset, belief work & EFT-inspired shifts
We use EFT-inspired tapping and cognitive reframing to explore and soften limiting beliefs such as:
- “I have to hold everything together for everyone”
- “I’m not doing enough”
- “Teaching has to feel hard to be meaningful”
We then begin to install more supportive, grounded perspectives that allow for:
- greater ease in classroom dynamics
- clearer boundaries
- more confidence and trust in your teaching approach
🌸 The intention of this work
This is not about bypassing challenges or pretending stress doesn’t exist.
It is about changing your relationship to stress—so it no longer defines your experience of teaching.
Over time, many teachers notice:
- a greater sense of emotional neutrality in difficult situations
- less internal reactivity
- more spaciousness in the classroom
- a renewed sense of purpose and enjoyment in teaching
- a calmer, more regulated internal baseline
The Radiance Principle
When a teacher is regulated, grounded, and emotionally resourced, something shifts in the entire classroom.
Not because everything becomes perfect—but because you are no longer teaching from depletion.
This work supports you in becoming:
- more anchored in your presence
- more selective with your attention
- more able to return to clarity quickly after challenge
- more connected to what is working, not only what is stressful
This is where teaching begins to feel more sustainable—and more alive again
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Who this is for
This monthly workshop is designed for:
- dance teachers who feel emotionally or energetically stretched
- educators who love teaching but feel the weight of it
- teachers wanting practical tools for stress and nervous system regulation
- those curious about mind-body-emotion integration in teaching practice
🌿 A new way of teaching
Return to Radiance invites you into a different way of being in your teaching life:
Not pushing through stress.
Not absorbing everything around you.
Not carrying what was never meant to be carried alone.
Instead:
regulated, aware, and increasingly at ease in your role.
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Movement Invitations
Playful explorations designed to awaken curiosity, awareness, and possibility.
Community Connection
Learn alongside a growing community of teachers and movers who value thoughtful, intelligent movement education.
Application Guidance
The most important part:Â How do I use this in my daily classes?
Teachers who have dedicated themselves to their training will love discovering ways to enhance this training.Â
PBT certified teachers will be delighted with how to super charge this workÂ
Guidance will be given by The Radiant Dance Teacher as well as some time dedicated to a group mastermind.Â
Teaching Resources
Checklists
Printable PDF's of explanatory topics, anatomy and imagery
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Topics for Sessions
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- Balance Skills
- Brain Integration
- Breath Progressions
- Embodiment Strategies
- Fascia Lines, Rebound, Spirals and Counter-Spirals
- Hearing and Listening Enhancement
- Interoception Activities
- Muscle Activations via touch points
- Nervous System Regulation
- Neurolymphatic Points
- Noticing Skills
- Reflex Integration
- Proprioception Progress
- Self Awareness and Assessment Skills
- Sensory Processing
- Tactile Tips
- Vestibular Development
- Vision Training
Spark Lab Is For:
- Dance Teachers (18 hours of CPD per year)
- Studio Owners
- Movement Educators
- Therapists and educators curious about movement-based learning
- Dancers who want a deeper understanding of their own bodies
Please Note: The application examples will be for the dance industry/teachers/dancers
Why was this Programme CreatedÂ
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Dance Teachers and Studio Owners:
- Are Busy
- Have Limited Energy for Learning
- Likely Limited Funds for Ongoing Training
- Desire to give their Best t their Students
Desire to KNOW and therefore GIVE the latest research for
efficient and effective training
 As a recent winner of the RAD Innovation in Dance Teacher Award, Mariah-Jane of The Radiant Dance Teacher is perfectly suited to bring YOU the latest and best in dance research AND complementary research that has yet to be applied to the dance industry.Â
Founding Member Pricing
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Spark Lab Membership
$24Â USD/month
Or Save almost 30% by via a yearly price of $200 USD (18 hours CPD)
After August 5, monthly membership goes up to $39/month
Studio Owners:Â Reach out if you'd like to discuss a special pricing for your entire staff
Includes:
- Monthly LIVEÂ Spark Lab Session
- Weekly Emails Supporting the Main Session
- Session Recordings
- Access to the ever building library of resources
- Dedicated Facebook group for exchange and support
Cancel anytime
Small Investment . . . BIG Return
The biggest progress happens with consistent steps. Even little steps.
But...you are a teacher...you knew that didn't you!
Do the same for yourself!
You don't need to take full day courses that take months to process how to actually apply the information. You need little bits every week just like your students.
Start With the Launch Workshop:
Tuesday July 7
11 am - 12:30 pm PST
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Join the Spark Lab Launch Workshop and discover how small shifts in awareness can create powerful changes in movement, learning, regulation, and performance.
Your launch workshop registration includes your first month inside Spark Lab (August).
Because every transformation begins with a spark
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Can't come LIVE?
All sessions are Recorded!
Coaching Add-On Option
If you would like to work one on one with Mariah-Jane that option exists.
Topics for coaching can be with a singular focus or a multitude of topics; whatever you need during each session.Â
Examples of Topics:
In Studio Environment Cultivation
- Enhancing and encouraging student focus and engagement
- Trouble Shooting and Mastermind Support for any in studio challenges
Artistry and Musicality
- Drawing out greater authentic expression including dynamics
- Helping students to have range of expression and the confidence to share
Technique Development
- Posture with Tension
- Weight Placement during movement
- Turn-Out Freedom and Adaptation
- Port de Bras: Function for Expression
- Use of Feet: Creating Responsiveness and Strength
RAD Teaching
- Progressions CreationÂ
- Refinement Tools
- Polishing the Criteria
Interested in Coaching with Mariah-Jane?
Please fill in the form below and I will be in touch!
Thank you for your interest.
