Upcoming trainings
Immersive Trainings take place in different locations and languages throughout the year. Each gathering shares the same foundations while being shaped by the people, place and experience that come together.
innerdance training
20–22 November 2026
An immersive three-day exploration of consciousness
We collaborate with communities, studios and organizations to create immersive learning experiences in different places. If you are interested in hosting a training or exploring a collaboration, we would love to hear from you.
Get in touch →What is an Immersive Training?
Immersive Training brings together direct experience, study, reflection and practice in an in-person setting, allowing understanding to develop through what we encounter for ourselves.
Across the training, we experience multiple Dreamwave sessions, explore the foundations that help us understand the process, and practise the capacities involved in holding space for others.
We move between experiencing, observing, discussing and practising, connecting what we learn with what we encounter in our own bodies, perceptions, relationships and experience.
A profound experience of transformation, learning and understanding, grounded in the body, the mind, relationship & awareness.
Study & understand
Alongside direct experience, we explore the foundations that help us understand what is happening within the process.
We connect lived experience with perspectives from neuroscience, psychology and philosophy: the body, nervous system, brain activity, perception, consciousness and the rhythms of sleep and wakefulness.
The study gives language and context to what we encounter, allowing experience and understanding to inform one another.
We learn by experiencing, practising and observing.
Practice & experience
Understanding develops through practice. Throughout the training, we explore what it means to be present with another person, sense what is unfolding and respond with care and choice.
We practise observing and reading the space, developing awareness of the body, the environment and the relationships within it.
Through guided exercises, paired and small-group work and reflection, we explore capacities such as body mapping, touch, working with sound, responding to what emerges and creating conditions that support each person’s experience.
This is where knowledge becomes embodied skill: through repeated practice and reflection, we develop the presence and discernment needed to hold space for others.
Your learning
The training brings together knowledge, direct experience and practical learning. You develop a deeper understanding of the process while building the embodied and facilitation capacities to carry the practice forward, whether through your own practice, facilitating others, or growing into training others.
Explore the physical, psychological and experiential dimensions of Dreamwave.
Become more attuned to the body, nervous system, perception and responses through direct experience.
Develop your capacity to notice what is unfolding and make informed choices within the space.
Practise holding space, responding to what emerges and building the foundations to facilitate or grow into training others.
For whom
Immersive Training is designed for people who want to develop their understanding and experience of Dreamwave through an intensive, in-person learning environment. Participants come with different intentions, while sharing a desire to learn through experience, study and practice.
For those who want to explore their own process, deepen their understanding of Dreamwave and develop a richer relationship with their body, perception, patterns and experience.
For those who feel called to facilitate and want to develop the experiential knowledge, embodied awareness and practical foundations required to begin holding space for others.
For those already engaged with Dreamwave or innerdance who want to expand their embodied understanding and continue learning through direct experience, including facilitators who feel called to grow into training others.
Each training welcomes people at different points in their journey. What brings everyone together is a commitment to learning through direct experience, reflection and practice.
In their words
“The training gave me the space to experience the practice for myself while also understanding what was happening beneath the experience. Bringing those two perspectives together changed the way I relate to my own process.”
“What I valued most was the opportunity to practise. I gained a much clearer sense of what it means to hold space, observe what is unfolding and respond with greater presence and choice.”
“The combination of experience, study and being in a group made the learning feel very alive. I left with a stronger foundation, new perspectives and a deeper sense of how I want to continue developing my practice.”
Who leads the trainings
Ahilan Sundaralingam and Fanny Lemieux lead the Immersive Trainings. Both have practised innerdance since 2017, and the trainings grow from that shared experience.
Together they have taught and facilitated in Europe, Asia and Canada, in group spaces, individual sessions and trainings.
They both love to work with emergence. Each training is unique, formed by the group that gathers, and always an interesting combination of knowledge and experience together with integration.
Questions
Most Immersive Trainings last three to four days. Depending on the specific training and location, they can range from two to ten days. The duration of each upcoming training is listed above.
Trainings take place in different locations, and new locations are offered throughout the year. The place of each upcoming training is listed above.
Most trainings are offered in English. The language varies by training and is indicated in the details of each one.
We recommend having experienced a Dreamwave session before joining, so the training builds on a first-hand sense of the practice. People come with different levels of experience, and the training is held to stay accessible to all of them.
Immersive Training is one of the foundational components of the facilitator journey, and it is complemented by Innerintensive. See the complete pathway on the Become a Facilitator page →
Days move between Dreamwave sessions, learning, practice and reflection, with spacious time in between. The flow varies from one training to the next.
Trainings are led by Dreamwave facilitators. The facilitators of each training are listed with its details.
Dreamwave collaborates with communities, studios and organizations to host trainings in different locations. If you would like to explore hosting one, get in touch. Get in touch →
Our training practice has taken us across Europe and Asia, and every group has shaped the training in its own way.
