Free Your Dance™
A Creative Somatic Movement Journey to Expand Your Expression, Deepen Self-Understanding & Reawaken Joy in Your Body
Free Your Dance is for the visionaries who already know that dance is medicine — the coaches, creatives, healers and heart-led leaders who feel life most deeply, and know their body holds more wisdom, freedom and expression that they have yet to discover...
Your body holds an inner architecture — patterns of initiation, balance, weight, space, shape, dynamics and rhythm.
When you explore these inner structures through movement, you don’t just dance differently…
you understand yourself differently,
This 7-module self-study course blends somatic awareness, classic dance principles and beautifully curated soundscapes to help you:
break habitual movement patterns
discover new pathways in your body
feel more confident, expressive and free
A creative lab where your dance becomes a map of your inner landscape.
Dance as discovery.
Dance as a return to your natural aliveness.
Who This Is For
Free Your Dance is designed for people who already know the power of movement and want to go deeper.
It’s for you if you:
⚬ feel your creativity stirring and want a deeper somatic foundation
⚬ love to dance but find yourself repeating the same movement habits
⚬ want a practice that feels grounding, expressive and joyful — not prescriptive or stylised
⚬ crave more play, spontaneity, confidence and presence
⚬ want to feel at home in your body again
⚬ are drawn to creative self-exploration and embodied truth
⚬ want a way of moving that supports your nervous system, your vitality and your self-expression
You don’t need to be a “dancer.” Just someone willing to meet yourself in motion.
A sense of what this journey feels like:
Great course, really enjoying it. Love your instruction and the lovely backdrops, and the meditations are really beautiful.
Also its really helping with my lower back, which has been giving me a lot of pain but is getting better and better.
And my husband has noticed I'm being a lot more expressive in my dancing!
Claire Messett
Mind Sense Mastery
What This Course Helps You Shift
As you move through the seven principles, something subtle but powerful begins to move: Your body starts to organise itself differently. Your awareness sharpens. Your movement patterns — the ones you’ve carried for years — soften, expand, open as you expand your inner landscape.
You begin to feel:
Emotional Ease & Nervous System Support
Movement becomes your regulation tool. You learn how to soften tension, move emotion, and return to presence without forcing it.
Creative Expansion
As you explore new pathways in the body, your mind opens too. New ideas. New perspectives. New ways of seeing yourself and the world.
Embodied Confidence
Confidence becomes something you feel, not something you perform. You move in ways you didn’t know you could — and that energy carries into your work, relationships, and leadership.
Trust in Your Natural Expression
You stop second-guessing. You loosen your grip. You move from instinct, intuition and inner authority.
Joy & Lightness Returning
Not in a “positive vibes only” way — but in a grounded, gentle way where your body remembers how to enjoy movement, play and self-expression.
A Life That Feels More Spacious and True
As you dance with new shapes, rhythms and dynamics… the way you move through life naturally becomes more flexible, expressive and authentic.
Gain better posture, agility and vitality
From discovering new fluid, intelligent motion.
This is where movement becomes a doorway into the deeper layers of yourself. Free Your Dance gives you the structure your body needs, the freedom your creativity craves, and the permission your soul has been waiting for.
"I liked the conversational way in which you directed our dance movements, and the suggestions that you made that included, as well as movement, ways of perceiving; ways of thinking about and feeling the sensations of our bodies. I learned a lot about how I move, and how I could perhaps move, given enough practice and attention. There was so much that was new in the sessions and I will continue to use the recordings long into the future, as I carry on exploring. There only remains to say, thank you Helene, for the gift you have given. Bless you."
Elizabeth
"Niio Dance was a very transformative practice for me. Listening to Helene’s words of inspiration and guidance, I was able to hear the invitation to listen to the wisdom of my own body. And I really loved the music Helene used, it carries you, takes you into yourself. During the course I feel I've released my body of so much built up stress and emotion.
My space at home felt part of Helene's space it didn't feel uncomfortable dancing on my own, even at times when I could feel resilience arise in my body, like I wanted to stop dancing, I would hear Helene’s voice encouraging me, talking to me and I managed to work through it.
Helene has so much to share and is such a generous and empowering teacher. Her instruction is so natural you can feel it comes from the heart. It was my favourite tool for staying well in lockdown. I really embraced the opportunity to tune into my body, getting out of my head and feeling confident with such an embodied dance movement .. Niio Dance ... Shake out your stress and dance your way to freedom"
Pauline Crozier
Aerial Yoga Teacher/Studio Owner
What's included:
A structured yet intuitive journey that blends somatic intelligence, expressive movement and creative embodiment.
7 Core Modules
Each module explores one universal movement principle:
Module 1 — Initiation
Where movement begins and how you begin your actions in life: your impulse, your timing, your “yes.” You’ll uncover:
how you start (and what holds you back)
where your impulses live in your body
This is the foundation of both somatic intelligence and your self-expression
Module 2 — Weight & Balance
How you hold your weight is how you hold yourself. Here you explore grounding, shifting, yielding, carrying, releasing — the somatic language of support.
Discover patterns in how you stabilise, anchor or over-effort
A module for grounding, presence and trust.
Module 3 — Travel
Every journey has a rhythm, a pace, an attitude. Explore how you move from one moment to the next:
the architecture of your walk
the pathways you favour
how movement reflects your relationship with change
Playful, energising, surprising.
Module 4 — Space
How much space do you take up? How much do you allow? Explore the invisible boundaries around you — and the freedom that comes when you shift them:
the comfort zones in spatial reach
expansion and containment
the subtle psychology of space-making
A transformative practice for embodied confidence
Module 5 — Shape
Your body is constantly shaping your internal and external world. Here you play with form, direction, contour and gesture to expand your expressive vocabulary.
Discover how shape influences emotion and energy
what becomes possible when you break habitual lines
A joyful module for creative freedom.
Module 6 — Dynamics
Energy has texture. Explore your effort, modulation and contrast.
Explore the intensity, softness, precision and release of your movement
how dynamics reveal your energetic and emotional patterns
the creative magic of contrast
A powerful gateway into expressive leadership.
Module 7 — Rhythms
Rhythm is not just in music — it’s in your breath, your pulse, your emotional cadence. This module invites you to dance with tempo, timing and your flow - just as in life.
Explore your personal rhythm vs external rhythm
syncopation, pause, momentum
how rhythm influences your decisions and expression
Pure connection, joy and aliveness.
These seven principles are universal. They organise movement — and they illuminate who you are becoming.
What makes Free Your Dance™ different is the Niio Dance approach:
somatic awareness → listening to your internal experience
creative movement principles → expanding your range
nature-based frameworks → offering grounding and life affirming metaphors and imagery
non-linear learning → discovery instead of performance
inner permission → spaciousness instead of pressure
You’re not trying to “get better at dance.” You’re learning to move in a way that feels like you.
What you receive in each Module:
An Introductory Teaching Video (5 mins)
A grounded exploration of that module’s core movement principle. Think of it as a creative briefing for your body — weaving dance science, somatic wisdom and metaphor in a way that feels clear, inspiring and actionable.
A Guided Warm-Up (10–15 mins)
Designed to open your joints and wake up your body and breath. These warm-ups work beautifully as standalone practices when you need a quick reset.
Reflection Prompts
Gentle journaling questions that invite insight without analysis. You’re not “studying” yourself — you’re simply noticing the patterns your body reveals.
Two Guided Dance Journeys (20–25 mins each)
The heart of the course. These journeys blend somatic cues, creative imagery and conscious movement prompts — all set to professionally mixed and mastered musical landscapes. Each journey includes both video and MP3, so you can go screen-free whenever you want.
A Guided Meditation (10–15 mins) + MP3
A sensory, grounding practice to integrate what your body discovered. These meditations help you make meaning from the movement — not cognitively, but somatically.
Private Community
A quiet, supportive space for connection and shared discoveries.
Dedicated Course App
Use the app for ease, flow and easy offline access.
Lifetime Access!
Return again and again. These practices deepen every time you revisit them, because your body is never the same twice.
Plus this is a course you can do anywhere!
With MP3 versions of all the dance journeys and meditations (professionally mixed and mastered), you can:
dance outdoors in nature - practice in your living room
take it on holiday - go screen-free when you need
Your personal toolbox and a priceless resource you can return to for years.
Beautiful Dance Course Helene is really amazing and she know how to help us access exactly what we need to do in order to grow our ''roots and wings''. The outdoor settings were inspirational. The course has made me feel more flexible and given me hope! Rated 5 out of 5
Gillian Yates
Musician and Voice Lecturer
Oh my goodness,loving your course! Love love love the music... the African dance in the first was wonderful,,, felt the spirits near.. ..
Bimba Dunning
Circus Performer
I loved your course. It helped me to get through those tough days when I struggled to get on with anything!
Hayley Holden
Awaken Your Sole
Thank you for such an excellent course.
The presentation was highly professional, filming was impressive and it's clearly been really well planned and thought through.
Your on-line dance classes are really, really good. I particularly like the bits in the open air !!
Dr Jeff Watkins
Tivoli Healthcare
Your teachings and courses offer a safe, creative and fun way to explore and expand the therapeutic benefits of dance into your life. It's a dynamic and energising approach to further your understanding of the body/mind connection with real practical benefits that can be applied to the other aspects of your life.
As well as helping you to feel more confident and free with your dancing in a way that is uniquely yours - without rules, boundaries or rigid patterns to follow!
Tim Hall
Drum Teacher
"I liked the conversational way in which you directed our dance movements, and the suggestions that you made that included, as well as movement, ways of perceiving; ways of thinking about and feeling the sensations of our bodies. I learned a lot about how I move, and how I could perhaps move, given enough practice and attention. There was so much that was new in the sessions and I will continue to use the recordings long into the future, as I carry on exploring. There only remains to say, thank you Helene, for the gift you have given. Bless you."
Elizabeth
"Niio Dance was a very transformative practice for me. Listening to Helene’s words of inspiration and guidance, I was able to hear the invitation to listen to the wisdom of my own body. And I really loved the music Helene used, it carries you, takes you into yourself. During the course I feel I've released my body of so much built up stress and emotion.
My space at home felt part of Helene's space it didn't feel uncomfortable dancing on my own, even at times when I could feel resilience arise in my body, like I wanted to stop dancing, I would hear Helene’s voice encouraging me, talking to me and I managed to work through it.
Helene has so much to share and is such a generous and empowering teacher. Her instruction is so natural you can feel it comes from the heart. It was my favourite tool for staying well in lockdown. I really embraced the opportunity to tune into my body, getting out of my head and feeling confident with such an embodied dance movement .. Niio Dance ... Shake out your stress and dance your way to freedom"
Pauline Crozier
Aerial Yoga Teacher/Studio Owner
Meet Your Guide Helene Su
Hi and welcome! As a transformational dance facilitator and coach, my mission is to help you reconnect to your soulful passion and purpose — to share your gifts and embody all that you are meant to be. I will guide you through a journey of presence, awareness and authentic truth.
Dance has carried me through so many chapters of my life. It has been my best friend and my medicine for mind, body and soul — and this is why I created Niio Dance.
As a British-born Chinese woman, my start in life wasn’t always easy. I often felt out of place, growing up shy and serious, doing my best to fit in. But at a young age I discovered the freedom and joy of dance, and something in me opened. I fell in love.
I want you to reconnect with that same spark — your own joie de vivre — through this extraordinary portal we call the body. You can explore in the comfort of your home or step outside into nature; wherever you choose, I’ll be right there with you. With the audio downloads, you can even go completely offline and let the dance meet you in the wild.
My studies have taken me across the UK, India, Thailand and Japan and I’ve explored yoga, meditation, somatic therapies and many embodied practices. I hold an MA in Dance and Somatic Wellbeing and I've presented talks and workshops throughout the UK and Europe.
I’m really excited for you to discover the joy, freedom and aliveness that become possible when you return to your body and your dance. I look forward to meeting you on this journey, and will be honoured to be your guide.
Somatic & Creative Leadership Mentor | MA Dance & Somatic Wellbeing | ISMETA Registered Practitioner | Founder of Niio Dance
FAQ - Can I do this course if I have an injury?
Some of the dances in the modules are quite energetic. So depending on the nature of your injury, you may need to move in a much more inward and gentle way, but there is always the possibility to move, even with quite 'severe' injuries. However, somatics is about 'listening into' your body and what it needs. You probably already know the answer. Or get the course, but know that you will revisit it again for a full bodied dance experience when your injury subsides.
How much space do I need to move in?
Whilst it is optimal to be able to move freely in a wide expanse of space (which is one of the benefits of moving outdoors!), we can also move in much smaller spaces. Plus we can move and travel in many directions, not just across the floor!
Do I need any special clothes or equipment.
Dress to be comfortable, in unrestricted clothes, and layers in case you get warm. You may need to take care of dancing on a carpet with bare feet, in case of friction, but normally bare feet is best.
I have two left feet. Can I really learn to dance?
The main issue is not your potential ability to move, as dance covers all kinds of movement - subtle, awkward, clumsy, irregular, erratic as well as slick or athletic. Dropping any expectations or judgements around yourself and your abilities is the first step in responding to your question! In doing so and relaxing, you may find that your perceived challenge around movement and dance may gradually dissolve.
I am already a confident dancer. What can I gain?
As you sense into your body inspired by my cues, you may find new ways of moving that you had not done before. You will expand your movement potential, and experience a more clear and grounded presence that can filter into your interactions in life. You will 100% have a new experience of moving and being in your body.
Is this course very similar to Reclaim You?
No. Free Your Dance focuses on movement principles, and somatic exploration with those inherent internal structures. Reclaim You is a deeper emotional, reflective, energetic and expressive self-leadership journey. They complement each other, eg if you take this after Reclaim You, you may experience your movement with new depth and resonance.
The Investment
Free Your Dance is a beautifully structured 7-module journey designed to expand your movement vocabulary, creative expression and embodied confidence.
£397 or 2 payments of £215
You receive:
⚬ 7 in-depth modules
⚬ 14 guided dance journeys (video + audio)
⚬ 7 guided meditations
⚬ Warm-ups, reflection prompts & course app access
⚬ Lifetime access to all materials
If your body is craving joy, creativity, freedom and a deeper connection with yourself… this is a beautiful place to begin.
Free Your Dance - A journey back to the movement, energy and expression that have always been yours.
REFUND POLICY
Full 7 Day Money Back Guarantee
I truely hope that you will love this course.
If after 7 days you do not wish to continue the course you have purchased, then you can write and request for a full money back refund. I only ask that you give me some feedback for me to be continually in service! The downloads are available in the second week.
NB: All the above are potential gains, dependant upon time and commitment invested, prior health conditions and personal constitution.
Our dance is a metaphor for our lives, and how many patterns, cycles and unpredictable events may there be. Some of the modules may feel more difficult than others to work through in their themes and concepts, and it may be interesting to reflect a little further on why that might be for you. This is why it is good to repeat and revisit different videos, as you will always have a different experience every time, because we are also never exactly the same again in any moment. Treat this, as with all the niio offerings as opportunities for little journeys into yourself. And I mean that in a light, explorative way, we get far too serious in life as we become adults, and this course is a great way to shake up rigid patterns and conditioning! Also whilst dance is potentially healing, niio dance cannot be held responsible for any outcomes. For more info please see disclaimer.
The Investment
Free Your Dance is a beautifully structured 7-module journey designed to expand your movement vocabulary, creative expression and embodied confidence.
£397 or 2 payments of £215
You receive:
⚬ 7 in-depth modules
⚬ 14 guided dance journeys (video + audio)
⚬ 7 guided meditations
⚬ Warm-ups, reflection prompts & course app access
⚬ Lifetime access to all materials
If your body is craving joy, creativity, freedom and a deeper connection with yourself… this is a beautiful place to begin.
Free Your Dance - A journey back to the movement, energy and expression that have always been yours.
