Tamalpa UK is a community interest company that launched in April 2012.  It is one of five international “Tamalpa branches” invited by the Tamalpa Institute in California to teach the Level 1 Tamalpa Life Art Process®  training programme in the UK. 

Tamalpa UK has three core objectives:

1)  To offer the empowering Tamalpa training programmes here in the UK, to enable a wider population to be in a position to attend and access our training programmes.

2) To facilitate and offer community courses, classes and workshops in the Tamalpa Life Art Process® to participants across the life span. Introducing them to creative and embody tools to support them to navigate life challenges.

3) To conduct further research through applied practice into the profound benefits of Tamalpa Life Art Process®, in particular in areas of embodied creativity, arts & health, culture and wellbeing

What we offer:

Tamalpa UK offers training programmes for individuals wishing to pursue a career as a Somatic Movement Educator - RSME, Somatic Movement Therapist  - RSME or Expressive Art Therapist.

Impact of our work:

• Our work supports personal, interpersonal and social change, teaching new models of health, education, psychology and art.
• Develops creative expression
• Deepens physical, emotional and mental awareness
• Teaches effective communication skills, creative problem solving and embodied leadership
• Provides creative and embodied tools to navigate life’s challenges; mental health, reducing feelings of loneliness,  reducing anxiety and depression, supporting social inclusion,
• Increased sense of health and wellbeing 
• Builds community through the shared practice of creativity and art
• Reduces stress and provides physical, emotional and mental stress management tools.