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Steps to Empowerment
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Steps to Empowerment is the full 5 step method to building trust, confidence and creative self expression through movement and social emotional learning. Buy all 5 in this one package and save $1396! This Bundle Offer expires on Feb 22nd


✓ Module 1: Leading with Trust
✓ Module 2: Setting Clear Intentions
✓ Module 3: Creating a Safe Space
✓ Module 4: Using Mindful Movement Methods
✓ Module 5: Creative Self Expression

Steps to Empowerment

Steps to Empowerment is a 5-step method designed to foster trust, confidence, and creative self-expression. This approach integrates movement and social emotional learning to provide a holistic path towards personal growth.

By engaging in this journey, you can expect to:

  • Build stronger trust within yourself and with your students, clients and peers

  • Boost your self-confidence to face life's challenges.

  • Enhance your ability to express yourself creatively through various forms of movement.

Embrace these steps as a guide to unlocking your full potential and enriching your social and emotional well-being.

What you’ll learn

Meet your instructor

Melanie Buttarazzi

Melanie Buttarazzi is a Toronto native, calling Los Angeles her home. Her passion for dancing has been the driving force for her entire life. This passion has led her to share the gift of dance starting a nonprofit organization for youth in underserved communities called Fostering Dreams Project.

 Having worked with foster and at-risk youth, for over 10 years now, she has noticed what works to get children, youth and young adults to build trust, confidence and self-expression.

She has seen first hand what makes our young people break down their walls and feel good about themselves.

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Steps to Empowerment
$999.00
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Steps to Empowerment is the full 5 step method to building trust, confidence and creative self expression through movement and social emotional learning. Buy all 5 in this one package and save $1396! This Bundle Offer expires on Feb 22nd


✓ Module 1: Leading with Trust
✓ Module 2: Setting Clear Intentions
✓ Module 3: Creating a Safe Space
✓ Module 4: Using Mindful Movement Methods
✓ Module 5: Creative Self Expression

FAQs?

What is Steps to Empowerment?

Steps to Empowerment is a 5-step method designed to help individuals build trust, confidence, and creative self-expression through movement and social emotional learning. It's a course full of tools that can be used in various learning environments to positively impact students, clients, and oneself.

Who can benefit from this course?

While my experience is primarily with foster and at-risk youth, the principles and methods taught in the Steps to Empowerment course are applicable to all students and can enhance any relationship.

Do I need to have experience with dance or movement to use this method?

No, you don't need any prior experience with dance or movement. The course is designed to be accessible to everyone, regardless of their background in these areas.

How flexible is the 5-step method?

The method is quite flexible. Although the steps are presented in a specific order that builds upon each other, they can be adapted and used in the sequence that works best for you and your group, much like how everyone dances in their own unique way.

Is it necessary to master each step before moving on to the next one?

No, it's not necessary to completely master each step before progressing. The method is more about gradual improvement and building upon each step as you go, similar to learning dance steps.

What makes this course different from other empowerment programs?

This course is unique because it combines movement with social emotional learning, which has been proven effective in my decade-long experience working with young people. It's not just about theory; it's about practical tools that lead to real transformation.

Can this method help with behavioral issues?

Yes, the Steps to Empowerment method has been successful in helping young people with behavior issues to build trust in themselves and others, leading to positive changes in their behavior.

Q: What kind of transformation can I expect to see?

You can expect to see individuals, especially youth, breaking down their walls, feeling good about themselves, and transforming into new versions of themselves that they might never have imagined possible.

Steps to Empowerment
$999.00
One time

Steps to Empowerment is the full 5 step method to building trust, confidence and creative self expression through movement and social emotional learning. Buy all 5 in this one package and save $1396! This Bundle Offer expires on Feb 22nd

Looking for individual modules?

Leading with Trust

In this Module we will dive into the foundation of every relationship: TRUST and what it means to 

  • What does it mean to Lead with Trust? And how does this help us in our personal lives and within our learning spaces? 

  • How do we meet our students/clients/youth/peers where they’re at?

  • What does extending learning opportunities look like?

  • How do we extend learning opportunities in any situation?

  • How can we show up empowered to empower others?

$479.00
One time

Setting Clear Intentions


In this module we’re going to explore what it means to set clear intentions and how that affects our overall environment. 

  • What does it mean to set clear intentions?

  • How do we set the tone for our day?

  • How do we create an intention that ultimately transforms our environment?

  • Setting group intentions- group activities

  • Embodying the intention throughout our day

  • Experiencing a transformed learning space

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Creating a Safe Space

In this module we’re going to explore the variety of ways we can create a safe space for our students, youth, peers and ourselves. 

  • What does it mean to create a safe space for ourselves and the young people we work with?

  • Exploring our own unique learning spaces 

  • Who is at the forefront of the safe space?

  • How do we show up to our learning spaces and how do we show up in life?

  • Emotional check-ins

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One time

Using Mindful Movement Methods

In this module we’re going to explore what it’s like to use Mindful Movement Methods to connect back to out bodies and find our center. 

  • Using visualization techniques to expand beyond ourselves

  • Becoming the best version of ourselves

  • Exploring body awareness through visualization and somatic techniques

  • Understanding how our body holds on to emotions and ways to release them safely

  • Feeling Joy and Energy in our bodies

  • Releasing negative emotions for a clear mind

  • Regulating our nervous system to improve focus

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Creative Self Expression

In this module we’re going to explore and celebrate the variety of ways we might see students create and innovate when they feel empowered.

  • How do we create opportunities for Voice and Choice?

  • What does it look like to give students/youth creative freedom?

  • Activating the Creative Spark

  • How do we get students to feel safe to express themselves in daily life and in a creative way?

  • How does creativity foster self empowerment and confidence?

$479.00
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