Embodied Leadership: Navigating Complexity Through Movement
This interactive 1-hour online workshop explores how movement, mindfulness, and embodied practices can strengthen wellbeing, social connection, and leadership in everyday life. Blending guided movement, reflection, and group discussion, the session creates a supportive space for participants to reconnect with themselves and others while exploring the role of the body in stress regulation, communication, confidence, and community-building.
Grounded in dance, yoga, public health, and social policy, the workshop highlights how movement can be used as a tool for emotional resilience, collaboration, empathy, and creative expression—particularly in times of stress, transition, or disconnection.
Participants will engage in accessible movement exercises, nervous system regulation practices, reflective prompts, and guided discussion around themes including social cohesion, wellbeing, leadership, and human connection. No prior dance or yoga experience is required.
🎯 The workshop includes:
Guided movement and mindfulness exercises
Breathwork and nervous system regulation practices
Reflection and interactive group discussion
Creative embodiment activities focused on connection and self-awareness
Practical tools participants can integrate into daily life, leadership, and community spaces
🎙 About the speaker:
Reshma Anwar is a movement educator, professional dancer, and public policy practitioner who explores the intersection of dance, health, leadership, and social change. She has taught across Jamaica, Haiti, and Miami, and developed trauma-informed movement programs for women and children. Her workshops, first held at the United Nations and the London School of Economics, use movement as a tool for wellbeing, connection, and systems awareness. Through her work, Reshma helps individuals and communities cultivate resilience, presence, and meaningful human connection.