Rasa Facilitation Training
This is an AI sketch of a Tarot Card used to prototype the Movement Tarot deck.
Support the people and places you care about with culturally attuned, trauma-informed, movement-based facilitation.
Overview
Moving Rasa Facilitation Training builds grounded, responsive, culturally attuned practice. You’ll learn to read what’s happening with others and in a group, choose the next move with care, and adapt to different bodies, cultures, and contexts.
How we train
We center the Moving Rasa framework as a shared language for learning and relationships. Through simple movement, reflection, and feedback, you’ll examine how attention forms, how experience shifts, and how meaning (rasa) arises in the room.
Ways to apply the work
Use what you learn one-on-one, with couples, in groups, community spaces, organizations, or with optional tools such as Movement Tarot.
What this training is
A facilitation training rooted in embodied awareness, consent, and relational intelligence—not scripts or rigid methods.
By the end, you’ll be able to:
Perceive what’s happening in individuals and groups.
Respond with choice and care (de-escalate, re-orient, or deepen).
Adapt practices across bodies, cultures, and contexts.
Hold containers that are alive, ethical, and responsive—with or without tools.
Primary CTA: Explore Pathways
Secondary CTA: Join a 15‑min Info Call
Choose Your Offering
Pick the pathway that matches your time, goals, and setting. All offerings share core labs, access practices, and cultural humility.
Offering A — Intro Workshops (1–2 Sessions)
Best for: First‑time facilitators, teams sampling the work, or orgs onboarding staff.
Format: 90–120 min live, online or in‑person.
You’ll leave with:
2–3 ready‑to‑use prompts
Consent language and choices for all bodies
A short movement arc you can run tomorrow
CTA: [Schedule an Intro] • [Join a Public Intro]
Offering B — 6 ‑ Class Series (Skill Building)
Best for: People already holding space who want practice + feedback.
Format: Six live classes (1-3 hours each) with optional practice pods.
You’ll leave with:
Practical session planner + prompt library
De‑escalation and closure moves
Peer‑reviewed practicum and growth plan
CTA: [Apply for the Next Series] • [Talk with Us]
Offering C — Retreats (Immersion)
Best for: Practitioners seeking deep relational practice and integration.
Format: Day, weekend and week long retreats in community; movement, labs, rest, and reflection.
You’ll leave with:
Sharpened perception and repertoire
A sustainable personal practice
A plan to translate the work at home/org
CTA: [Request Retreat Details]
For Organizations & Community Partners
We co‑design intros, series, or immersions for schools, coalitions, arts orgs, and community hubs.
Outcomes: aligned agreements, trauma‑informed culture, staff capacity, and practical facilitation tools.
CTA: [Bring This to Your Org]
Outcomes You Can Expect (All Offerings)
Read the room: perceive state, capacity, and consent in real time
Make skillful choices: orient, de‑escalate, or deepen with clarity
Design culturally attuned movement arcs
Hold ethical containers with clear agreements and closure
Translate your practice across 1:1, couples, groups, community, and org settings
Access & Investment
We use sliding‑scale tiers (Access • Standard • Sponsor) across offerings; scholarships available for community members with financial need.
[See Pricing & Dates] • [Request Financial Aid]
Equity Note: Sponsor contributions fund Access seats. We share a brief post‑program access report.
Logistics
Delivery: live online, in‑person, or hybrid (varies by offering)
Capacity: small‑group learning for real practice time
Recordings: limited‑time access where appropriate
Materials: playlists, prompt cards, session planner, feedback rubric
FAQs
Which offering should I choose? If you’re new—start with an Intro. If you want reps and feedback—choose the 6‑Class Series. If you want depth and integration—apply for the Retreat.
Is there a certificate? Completion letters noting contact hours and competencies are provided for the Series and Retreat.
Can my org host a cohort? Yes—contact us to co‑design dates, access, and outcomes.
What if I miss a session? Policies vary by offering; we provide options to remain in relationship with the work.
Call to Action
Ready to step in?
[Choose Your Offering]
Or, [Book a 15‑min Info Call]
Care & Ethics
This training is not therapy or a substitute for medical care. We offer content advisories as needed; opt‑out and pause options are always respected. Land acknowledgments and place‑based context are included where appropriate.
What you’ll learn (concrete)
Use outcomes, not philosophy:
how to track group energy and nervous systems
how to establish consent and boundaries in real time
how to respond when things feel stuck or charged
how to adapt facilitation across bodies, cultures, and access needs
how to lead without over-directing or disappearing
How the training works
Very practical:
format (workshop / series / cohort)
length
online / in-person
experiential + reflective learning
no prior movement experience required
How this training is different
Now you can bring in your depth:
embodied rather than scripted
culturally grounded rather than neutral
relational rather than performative
consent-based rather than compliance-driven
This is where Moving Rasa shines.
Our entry-level facilitator training is as a Movement Tarot Reader. Readers will learn how to layer the Moving Rasa Lenses to inspire movement using the three different types of Tarot cards. And they will also learn how to de-escalate and co-regulate with others using the OPEN sequence to guide their intuitive process.
Graduates of our entry-level programs gain access to the Reader practice groups.
Advanced Training in use of the Moving Rasa Framework for coaching or work with communities and groups is also available.
Beyond Survival
Beyond Survival is a practice series for survivors to connect with movement and relationships.
In November/December of 2025, Moving Rasa partnered with Womankind to provide a 4-part series on Movement-based cooperative Storytelling Card Game called, “Once Upon a Rasa,” with survivors of Domestic Violence. In addition to learning how to play the fun card game, participants cultivated self-awareness and agency to set intentions, boundaries, and make new connections with others. During this series, we learned to trust our bodies and movement as sources of wisdom and creativity. No experience is needed - and it works across languages!
Testimony:
“I had a great time learning about my body and connecting it with my mind.”
“Honestly, at first I was in a shell, but I’m really glad I stuck with it!”
-from survivors of DV in partnership with Womankind
Rasa Coaching — Embodied Relational Support for Life and Connection
Make life more meaningful through intimacy and life coaching services for individuals and couples, utilizing the animist-based framework of Moving Rasa.
Personalized coaching rooted in somatic wisdom and relational practice — for individuals and couples seeking intimacy, agency, clarity, and meaningful connection.
Rasa Coaching supports you in noticing, making sense of, and moving with your lived experience — body, emotion, and connection. Sessions combine somatic inquiry, relational attunement, movement improvisation, and intentional practice to help you find agency, clarity, and stronger relationships.
What you’ll gain:
-Clarity and agency in how you move through your world
-Greater presence and awareness of your physical and emotional patterns
-Tools for relational communication and boundary awareness
-Support in navigating transitions, identity, and life direction
-Embodied practices that integrate body, mind, and sense of self
This work is for you if you…
Want a deeper sense of agency and presence
Value embodied, relational exploration
Are ready to explore patterns with curiosity and support
This work is not for you if…
You’re looking for clinical therapy or diagnosis
You want quick fixes without self-reflection
You aren’t willing to engage in felt experience
Testimony from client who received coaching through Movement Tarot tool of Moving Rasa
Testimony:
“This work has surprised me in so many ways, especially how movement, awareness, and inquiry could tap into parts of myself I didn’t know were there. I was pretty cut off from my body
for a long time. At first, working with my body and sensations felt uncomfortable, pushing me into areas I had shut down. But as I started to explore, I noticed a shift—a lightness, a
willingness to engage. There was one moment where everything opened up, and I realized I didn’t have to stay in this
closed-off, mechanistic way of being. It wasn’t just about intimacy or sexuality anymore—it was
about being able to feel alive in my body again. It was amazing.” - Anonymous male survivor
FAQ — Rasa Coaching
How is Rasa Coaching different from therapy?
Rasa Coaching is non-clinical and does not diagnose or provide mental health treatment. It can complement therapy, but it’s a different container.
Do I need movement experience to do this?
No. Sessions are designed for beginners and can be adapted to your comfort level.
Do I need to be physically able to move?
No. Practices can be done seated, lying down, with very small movements, or through attention and imagination. We adapt to your body and access needs.
Is this work trauma-informed?
Yes. We center consent, pacing, boundaries, and choice. You are never required to disclose personal details or push past your capacity.
What if I don’t want to talk about my past?
That’s completely okay. We can work with what is present and relevant now—sensations, patterns, relationships, and choices—without revisiting history.
How long are sessions, and how often do we meet?
Most people meet weekly or bi-weekly. Sessions and pricing are based on 90 minutes, but this is negotiable.
Do you offer couples or relationship coaching?
Yes. Couples sessions focus on communication, boundaries, consent, and embodied ways of relating—at a pace that supports trust and clarity.
Is this online or in-person?
You can offer sessions online, in-person, or hybrid depending on your availability (add the specifics you want here). In-person @ Prime Produce (424 W54th St bet 9th and 10th ave) or virtually via Zoom.
What does getting started look like?
Most people begin with a brief discovery call or a first session to explore fit, intentions, and pacing.
What are the costs?
$160/$200/$250
Access/ Standard/ Sponsor (anything above standard rate gets banked to provide access for others)
What if I’m unsure if this is a fit?
A short conversation can help you decide. You don’t need certainty—just enough curiosity to explore.
Become a Movement Tarot Card Reader
Become a Movement Tarot Reader! Bring your intuition to life and join a loving community of learners!
Beginning is simple! Sign up for as little as 2 session with Andrew today! Virtual ongoing practice circles are available once you learn the basics!
Our entry-level facilitator training is as a Movement Tarot Reader. Readers will learn how to layer the Moving Rasa Lenses to inspire movement using the three different types of Tarot cards. And they will also learn how to de-escalate and co-regulate with others using the OPEN sequence to guide their intuitive process.
Graduates of our entry-level programs gain access to the Reader practice groups.
Badminton Tournament
Every Fall we host the Moving Rasa Badminton Tournament where contestants pair up with other members in the community in costume, fun constraints are placed on the winner’s to support balance, and fun raffles are had!
Men of Water (Seasonal Gathering)
Join with men of color throughout North America in a embodied seasonal ritual of reflection, movement, intention setting to reconnect to nature and our story.
Join with men of color throughout North America in a seasonal ritual of reflection, movement, intention setting to reconnect to nature and our story.
Winter: Hibernation, Rest, and Reflection
Spring: Emergence, Renewal Possibility
Summer: Vitality, Connection, and Heat
Fall: Harvest, Loss, Mourning
Contacting Aliveness
Explore one of the 6 lenses of Moving Rasa in each class! No experience needed!
Join us for Contacting Aliveness at our home location:
Prime Produce in Hells Kitchen, New York
424 W 54th St, New York, NY
6-8:30p on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month
$15/$25/$50
Access / Standard/ Solidarity
Description:
Most people rarely consider how experiences of touch, mobilizing, or imagining actually feel, let alone how they become movement to share with others and the world around them. In Contacting Aliveness classes, we make that exploration playful and practical, focusing on one of the six lenses of Moving Rasa each week. They are Being in the Body, Being in Place, Mobilizing, Touching, Connecting, and Imagining.
Testimony:
“Moving Rasa (Contacting Aliveness class) was a lifting breath and a grounded seat at the same time. It was the kind of communal connection through physical touch that I haven’t experienced in a long time, and I realized I so desperately needed.”
-Stefane - founder of Kaiser’s Room
Breathe Again!
These spaces are for BIPOC people to be in culturally specific somatic healing community with one another through the Moving Rasa framework.
Breathe Again! has been a sustained weekly/monthly practice group for BIPOC since March 2020.
These spaces are for BIPOC people to be in culturally specific somatic healing community with one another.
This is a collective virtual space to discuss and move through personal, social and/or political issues that impact the Global Majority such as:
* institutionalized practices surrounding race, gender, class and culture
* disability and environmental justice
* and other topics as per members interests and/or need
When & Where First Sundays 8-9:30P EST
Rasa Labs
A multidisciplinary 7 class series to explore Rasa with a small cohort under the guidance of Austeronesian professionals.
What is the Rasa Lab?
Rasa Lab is an opportunity to build community and get a taste (Rasa means taste in Indonesian) of many different disciplines through the guidance of seasoned professional in their fields. No experience is needed in movement or any of these fields. From Jan 25th to March 8th, on Sunday afternoons, a small cohort will dive into an intimate exploration of connecting to their own Rasa by journeying together across this Austeronesian landscape. Click here to learn more!
Southeast Asian Men’s Healing Space
A Virtual Healing and Consciousness space for Southeast Asian diaspora men
This is a virtual affinity space for Southeast Asian diaspora men where we get to lean into community with shared life experience to better understand who we are, lift one another up, and co-dream together about what is possible. You will be invited (but not required) to move and dialogue with us.
Testimony:
“It was a wonderful experience!”
“Thank you to Andrew for creating this space for Southeast Asian men to explore what it means to be a man in a way that is embodied and connects mind to body. The thoughtfulness and care were felt throughout the session.”
“Movement of the body connecting to movement in the mind - this really changed how I think about shifting my mindset!!”
Free Tarot Readings
We offer Free 30 minute Movement Tarot readings to support the mental health and well being of the community.
Come get a Movement Tarot Reading for Tarot Tuesdays at Prime Produce. The first one is FREE!
As part of our Community Outreach:
Moving Rasa offers FREE Movement Tarot Readings via Tarot Tuesdays and Tabling
Tarot Tuesdays
Sign up for a Free 30-minute Reading at our home location:
Prime Produce in Hell’s Kitchen, New York
424 W 54th St, New York, NY
How it works
30-minute sessions, by appointment within the 11:30–1:30 window.
Quiet, confidential setting.
You’ll leave with 1–3 actionable next steps.Or
OR Come out and meet us when we are Tabling
Stay connected with us through social media @movingrasa or sign up for our newsletter to get word about upcoming Tabling like the next Indonesian Food Bazaar.
Description:
Movement Tarot is a Southeast Asian diaspora-rooted oracle with a unique twist. We weave imagination and movement into how cards are read. You will be guided to draw a card while considering a question you have been wrestling with in life. The card will also inspire us to move, and possibly to explore the space, leading us into a shared experience of being in the card and your question. When we return to the card, it will read differently because you are different.
Email Testimony:
Audio Testimony of Movement Tarot Readings from Street Labs
“Hi Andrew
I’ve been savoring the weekend following our meeting. Peace and blessings on this week ahead.
I’m so impressed with the design and execution of the Moving Rasa process. I experienced it as an innovative multidisciplinary form (movement, psychology, human connection, and play) where the interactive facilitator and participant relationship supports discovery, processing, explores the stories we tell ourselves, and presents opportunities to enrich those stories and/or generate new stories. While I was given the choice to move, I experienced the practice as an embodied journey while remaining seated. Andrew’s facilitation is thoughtful and gentle as it led me on a creative path of curiosity, insight, and centering. Afterward,s I felt relaxed and balanced.
I’m definitely looking for the best place to fit a workshop for Harlem Wellness Center.
To be continued
Vivian
Movement Mingler at the Indonesian Food Bazaar!
Movement Mingler Indo Food Bazaar
An informal time to come hang out with Moving Rasa in a Southeast Asian diaspora space. We play Once Upon a Rasa, our cooperative movement storytelling game, get movement tarot readings, talk about possible collaborations, and just ngobrol-ngobrol (mingle and chat) about Rasa in our lives. We call it Movement Mingler because it is a casual, low-stakes way to meet and connect with others through movement.
4 players engaged in Once Upon a Rasa: A Cooperative Movement Story Telling Game
This is a multigenerational public space with Christian and Muslim Indonesian vendors selling their delicious food. You will see other non-profits building connections with the community, and if you're lucky, things like an occasional horse dance during an Indonesian holiday or a traditional Balinese dancer performing on stage.
Moving Rasa programs are organized as a journey rather than a menu.
Some people arrive curious and new, others are seeking sustained practice, and others are ready to gather, lead, or bring this work into their communities. Moving Rasa offers different entry points for different people, but we believe transformation happens through relationship over time. Programs are offered virtually, in person, and through special gatherings..
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Accessible entry points for newcomers and those seeking a gentle