Tamalpa Institute, founded in 1978 by Anna and Daria Halprin, offers training programs and workshops in the Halprin Process, a movement-based expressive arts approach that integrates movement/dance, visual arts, performance techniques and therapeutic practices. This approach supports personal, interpersonal and social transformation, teaching new models for health, psychology, art and communication.

This work was originated in the 1950's by Anna Halprin (an occasional guest teacher), who is among the first pioneers in the contemporary Western world to use dance as a healing and transformative art. In the 1970's, Daria Halprin further developed the artistic and therapeutic aspects of this work and articulated the methodology that is currently taught in the Tamalpa programs. The programs are taught by Daria, a core faculty of collaborators and guest artists.

The institute is a non-profit organization and provides one of the most renowned movement-based healing arts programs in the world.

To learn more about the Tamalpa Institute, go to www.tamalpa.org