Tamalpa Institute - San Rafael, California

liesbeth de jong

The somatic education of Tamalpa Institute supported me in my personal and professional growth. As a result, I feel now deeply connected to myself, my needs, my life, and the people around me. I use the creative Life Art® tools in my daily life and self-care practice. Through coaching and workshops, I support others to also use the tools in their healing journey and self-care practice,

Liesbeth de Jong, certified Life Art Process® practitioner, coach, author, dance improvisation teacher

Michael Nugent

Studying at Tamalpa Institute was a life-changing experience that I'm so grateful I had! At Tamalpa, I used artistic practices like movement, drawing and writing to explore my relationship with past psychological issues and with my own creativity. Daria Halprin and the other faculty were excellent resources throughout my studies. I got a lot of healing and growth out of this experience. While I'm not working in this field, I still use the tools and experiences I had with the Tamalpa Life/Art Process in both my personal and professional life.

Adriana Marchione

As a graduate of Tamalpa Institute, I have strongly benefitted from the impactful movement-based expressive arts teachings and methodology that is offered here. This work has shaped my career for over 20 years. In addition to the foundation the Tamalpa work provided for my career, I also found personal healing, and met a community of people that have become lifelong friends. Tamalpa has made a significant mark in the fields of dance, somatic education and expressive arts therapy and this rich history is imprinted by each student who enters the training.

Caroline Kleindienst

My training at the Tamalpa Institute was a life changing experience. I am deeply grateful for this work which allowed me to come back home to my body and to live an embodied life.
As a Tamalpa Practitioner I am in awe of the power of this work. Using the Tamalpa Life/Art Process I have witnessed lasting powerful transformations and seen my clients move towards a life filled with passion, creativity, and joy.

Jeanne Dobriansky

Tamalpa changed my life in profound, joyful and powerful ways. I remember how strong is the Tamalpa container, how powerful is the work and how engaged is the Tamalpa community. All along my training, I was amazed to feel so much in my body and in my heart, to discover the beauty of expressive arts. As I was writing, drawing, dancing, singing, I let the most meaningful and intimate dance arise, I got reconnected to the pleasure of drawing and it opened up ways of inner transformation. I remember the wisdom of my teachers, the beauty of esthaetic responses from my Tamalpa fellows, the magic of Tamalpa circles. All of this was true and felt experiences I’ll never forget. I'm so happy to be part of the Tamalpa community and to share it now with my clients, in collective and individual sessions.

Sarah-Lu Baker

Studying at Tamalpa has been transformative and life-changing. If you are looking for strong and empathic guides who will lead you more deeply into your body, your heart, and your mind within the realms of art and somatics- this is your place.

This is real stuff. Rooted, frank, spacious, and dynamic. Revolutionary, courageous, kind, and loving. I am immensely grateful for this organization, and the teachers therein.

Long live Tamalpa.

Stephanie Ormsby

Tamalpa’s in-depth trainings and workshops transformed me in countless wonderful and profound ways - I healed and grew into the person, wife, mother, and artist I am today! Forever grateful for the teachers who held space skillfully and whose teachings continue to inform my life and art to this day. ?

Nathalie Chazeau

It was one of the best training experiences of my life. Surrounded by nature, I was able to receive embodied, high-quality teaching to help me develop as a future practitioner, so that I could return to my home country, France, and accompany people, whether professional dancers or not, on an individual or group basis. I warmly recommend it!