The Body Hotel
Welcome to
The Body Hotel
You time. Redefined.
We are a Wales-based and international Community Interest Company (CIC) prioritising movement as a therapeutic intervention. We deliver professional development programmes to the wider health, wellbeing, education & arts sectors, and provide Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) services to underrepresented communities.
Meet Thania
Founder & Director
PhD BC-DMT LCAT R-DMP FHEA
Dance movement psychotherapist
A dance movement psychotherapist, researcher, lecturer and performer from Puerto Rico. She obtained her PhD on the role of dance in violence prevention at the University of Aberdeen and holds an MA in Dance Education from New York University. She is certified as a clinical supervisor and dance movement psychotherapist in the UK and US and has worked in the field since 2006. She also directs interdisciplinary group Orphaned Limbs Collective, and co-directs Fflamingo, a community interest company promoting LGBTQ+ performance projects. Acarón is a lecturer at the University of South Wales and offers international workshops on movement for wellbeing, therapeutic work with the LGBT+ community, embodied decision-making and violence prevention.
A really inclusive, diverse and connective community and workshop. 3 hours just flew by! Thank you so much for an amazing day!
It was great to work in a group and lose all inhibition. The session was led brilliantly for us to explore feelings and boost positivity and wellbeing.
A safe and non judgmental time to reconnect with my physical body and senses.
Our Values
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Accessibility
All of our services are wheelchair accessible and our communication materials are disability and dyslexia friendly
Inclusivity
We create safe/non-judgemental spaces, where alternative movement options are an integral part to each workshop design
Adaptability
We provide client-centred, fully tailored services that reflects on the varying needs of our stakeholders
Our Services
Staff Team Development
and Training
We help organisations build
more effective, cohesive and
supportive teams. We also
train leaders in using
embodiment and creative applications to management, nonverbal communication and decision making. The Body Hotel programmes are especially beneficial for fostering diverse, multi-cultural and cohesive workplaces.
LGBTQ+ and Diversity
Through Movement
Training
Serving and representing marginalised communities is
at the heart of all our offerings.
We deliver trainings that focus on equality, diversity and inclusion and creating inclusive workplaces by using movement-based activities, nonverbal communication and current research.
Movement for Wellbeing
Programmes
We design workshops that
improve self-awareness,
stress management, prevent
burnout and cultivate a positive
relationship to the body.
Participants will take away a
collection of creative movement
practices that can be incorporated
into their daily wellbeing routines.
Talks, Lectures and
Presentations
As part of our commitment to contributing research and best practices of movement for wellbeing, we also offer a wide variety of dynamic presentations about topics such as Performance Skills in Business, Employee Wellbeing and Difference & Diversity (amongst many others) using our unique approach.
