INTO CONNECTION: Movement for mental health & physical well-being

Poplar Union
2 Cotall Street, London, E14 6TL (view map)

Thursday 1st October 2026 (+ 5 other dates)

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INTO CONNECTION: Movement for mental health & physical well-being

Name: INTO CONNECTION: Movement for mental health & physical well-being
Start: 2026-12-10T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-12-10T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Poplar Union

Details

AUTUMN 2026

INTO CONNECTION: LGBTQ+ Movement & Body Awareness Sessions

What to expect:
Into Connection is a Pay-What-You-Can series of group-based creative movement workshops for LGBTQ+ / queer participants. It offers guided exercises, creative tasks, and opportunities to explore movement in a relaxed, informal environment. Activities are adaptable to different abilities and encourage immersion at each participant's individual pace.

All sessions are led by professional Dance Movement Psychotherapists, and take place in an accessible community arts venue. These sessions emphasise creative exploration, self-expression, social connection, and embodied introspection. Healthy refreshments, snacks, and hot tea options will be available for you to refuel throughout the evening.

Embrace movement without expectations, and cultivate connection within a caring, open-hearted community – let’s move, heal, and express together! ✨

Important information:
– Age restriction: 16+ (age confirmation required)
– Respectful, inclusive, and relaxed space — judgement, bullying, or abuse will not be tolerated
– All sessions take place in a group setting — there are no 1:1 sessions.
– Whilst facilitators bring inclusive, trauma-informed practice, these sessions are not clinical or therapeutic treatment, do not diagnose or treat any physical or mental health conditions, and are not delivered as therapy.

Location

Poplar Union
2 Cotall Street, London, E14 6TL

Tagged

London Events Poplar Union Trans Non Binary BIPOC Queer Health Dance Experience Wellbeing

The Lineup

AUTUMN 2026:

Thursday, September 17th @ 19:00-21:00 (Led by Chih-Heng Chao)

Thursday, October 1st @ 19:00-21:00 (Led by Chih-Heng Chao)

Thursday, October 15th @ 19:00-21:00 (Led by Yara يارا Nasrany نصراني)

Thursday, October 29th @ 19:00-21:00 (Led by Yara يارا Nasrany نصراني)

Thursday, November 12th @ 19:00-21:00 (Led by Chih-Heng Chao)

Thursday, November 26th @ 19:00-21:00 (Led by Yara يارا Nasrany نصراني)

Thursday, December 10th @ 19:00-21:00 (Led by Chih-Heng Chao)

About your facilitators:

Chih-Heng (she/her) is a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist, Associate Lecturer, and Supervisor, working across a SEN school, university, and private practice. Her clinical practice is grounded in psychodynamic theory, with a particular focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. She is attentive to how intersecting aspects of identity—including gender, race, and disability—shape individuals’ experiences, relationships, and ways of engaging with wider social and systemic contexts.

Yara (she/her) is a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist working between London and Beirut, with a background spanning BA performing arts, BS psychology, and MA dance movement psychotherapy. Since qualifying in 2021, she has worked across the NHS (including the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service), universities, and community organisations, developing trauma-informed, arts-based approaches to supporting people's mental health and wellbeing. In addition to ongoing training in somatics, different movement disciplines, and explorative movement, Yara's practice is shaped by her own cultural identity, drawing on movement as a way of finding healing, connection, and belonging. Her approach centres on helping people safely reconnect with their bodies and their creativity, finding more rootedness and expression in the rich identities they hold.

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