Team Flow Dynamics
Non-verbal movement communication
This workshops aims to build trust and improve communication through non-verbal, movement-based exercises that allow participants to connect with each other. Participants engage in solo, partnered and group movements, starting slow and progressing in complexity. This helps build…
Body Awareness / Interoception
Communication Skills Practice
Dancing / Expressive Movement
Empathy Exercises
Group Activity
Movement Activities
Workshop
Description
This workshops aims to build trust and improve communication through non-verbal, movement-based exercises that allow participants to connect with each other. Participants engage in solo, partnered and group movements, starting slow and progressing in complexity. This helps build non-verbal communication skills, empathy, and trust as each person must observe and respond attentively. Activities include mirroring, pedestrian movements, light dancing, leading and following. Some drawing activities can also substitute movement for inclusivity.
Benefits
CHALLENGE: FRAGMENTED TEAMWORK, LACK OF CREATIVITY.
What it solves: Helps teams function together in a task-oriented way. Thinking outside of the Box. Body Focus: Group movement exercises that enhance nonverbal alignment and unity. Break cognitive stuck patterns. Result: High-performance collaboration and innovation in fast-paced environments.
Hosted by Mike O'Connor
About the Host
I bring together movement, science, and somatic practice to help teams grow more connected, resilient, and creative. With a PhD in embodied communication from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, my research explored how we perceive, imagine, and create “lines” as organizing principles for experience and sense-making. This work at the intersection of cognitive science and performance has shaped how I approach leadership training: translating deep concepts of perception, empathy, and metaphor into clear, practical tools for communication and collaboration. Alongside my academic work, I have over 25 years of international teaching experience in creative practice and contemporary movement. I’ve also presented my research on dance, neuroscience, and sense-making at conferences in Germany, Portugal, the UK, and beyond. My training goes beyond the studio: I am a certified Pantarei Approach bodyworker, experienced in Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry, and a long-time practitioner of non-violent communication. Since 2008, I’ve facilitated feedback processes using the Fieldwork method, helping people exchange constructive input without tension or conflict. Today, I channel this blend of research, artistic practice, and therapeutic training into Flow Shaped Leadership. Whether guiding teams in feedback culture, supporting managers in public speaking, or creating workshops on empathy and team dynamics, I draw on my background in movement, science, and somatics to help people lead — and listen — with presence and authenticity.
Certifications & Credentials
Ph.D. VrijeUniversiteit:Amsterdam.
Compassionate Inquiry: Short course self taught
Pantarei Approach Somatic Bodywork. Certificate.
Masters in Choreography. DAS Graduate School: Amsterdam Univ. of the Arts.
Fieldwork Feedback Facilitator. The Field New York City
Bachelor of Fine Arts. Modern Dance: University of Utah.
Focus Areas
Creative/CultureWell-being/HealthDevelopment/Coaching
Location
Berlin, Germany
Languages
English
Travel Locations
Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Czechia
Corporate Experience
Moderate
Session Types Offered
Interactive & Passive
Past Experience Doing Sessions
Yes - Interactive
Past Clients
WeWork, TanzQuartierWien, We are Village
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