Contact Beyond Contact
Dance and Healing journey
Discover deeper connection and new ways of communicating — with yourself, in your relationships, and in life.
What if dance can be a language to understand relationships and life?
Every movement tells a story. A gesture, a pause, a breath, a heartbeat—each expression carries the wisdom of our transformation to be.
In Contact Beyond Contact, we listen to the language of the body, mind, and heart, to connect from within, and explore the diverse colours of relationships.
Contact Beyond Contact (CBC) is a transformative, psychosomatic practice that combines movement, dance, healing modalities, meditation, somatics, and mindfulness to foster profound connections with yourself, others, nature, and the world we live in. It becomes a way of living.
Rooted in the understanding that the body holds stored emotions, tension, and unprocessed experiences, CBC allows you to process your emotions by creating a safe-space for healing, insight, and authentic connection.
More than just a physical experience, CBC offers a gateway to deeper layers of awareness, emotional maturity, and growth. Through relational improvisation practices, mindful touch, breathwork, we use dance as a mirror for life — revealing unhealthy and healthy patterns, relational dynamics, and our inner truths. The practice includes moments of reflection, allowing you to integrate what arises and relate it back to your everyday life and relationships.
Whether you're new to movement practices or already experienced, CBC offers a powerful path to reconnect with your body, mind, and heart to transform from within and experience meaningful heartfelt connections in a safe and supportive space.
Deepen connection with yourself, a beloved one, or community.
Individual Sessions
Honour your process with a one-to-one session.
Book a one-to-one session designed around what you desire the most to find your true essence and receive personal guidance in a safe, supportive space. Together, we explore the themes that matter most to you — whether it’s your relationship with yourself, a loved one, your family, or work. We will be exploring diverse life dynamics, patterns, and behaviours to receive insights and clarity. Through somatic healing and movement practices, you will reconnect with your body’s wisdom for your heart and mind to find your true purpose.
Relationship Sessions
Reconnect, Relearn, & Deepen your Relationships.
CBC can also be especially powerful to explore a relationship, with a partner, friend, family member, or someone with whom you share a close relationship. In these sessions, we focus on understanding what needs to be transformed to reconnect, communicate from your heart, and gently work through relational dynamics in a safe environment. The sessions will support you in primarily trusting yourself, find your core values, heal from within, and express your truth to one another. This session can sculptured for a couple, or larger groups if there is a relationship with more than one person.
Group & Team Sessions
Explore belonging with friends, family, or colleagues.
Group sessions offer a powerful shared space for connection, inspiration, and growth. Whether you join with a group of friends, family, or colleagues for team building, or join a scheduled group class, the group dynamic enriches the experience of your own individual and collective transformation. It invites you to witness and learn from others while staying rooted in your own values and journey. These sessions nurture a sense of belonging, offering a safe and supportive environment to explore how we related in life, having dance and movement as a compass to express, and connection from an authentic place.
How do you dance with life?
Dance is my passion since I was little and it has become a way to express my inner world and connect more deeply with myself. Dance reflects the dynamics of my inner world, offering a mirror to how I relate, connect, and move through the relationships I create and encounter each day.
The CBC practice has guided me through a major shift in life: it helped me follow my heart, deepen my relationships, and live with a sense of presence and authenticity.
After experiencing such profound transformation and healing, I felt a strong calling to share this work with others. CBC offers a safe and supportive space where people can feel, explore, and transform at their own pace. It is a deep honour to witness and hold space for the unfolding of each unique journey.
Eline has completed all four levels of Contact Beyond Contact training through Unity Space in Athens and Guatemala. She has continued to deepen her practice by assisting, sharing, and studying globally with Vangelis, the creator of CBC. As a certified CBC Level 1 Teacher, Eline is qualified to facilitate a 7-day CBC - FTC Level 1 course.
Eline creates a safe and nurturing environment where each participant is invited to be their own true self, explore, learn, and grow in body, mind, and heart. Her approach combines gentle and clear heartfelt guidance inviting you to your own deep self-inquiry, always rooted in the power of love, movement, connection, and expression.
Connect. Express. Transform.
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Contact Beyond Contact is a powerful tool for everyday life. Group sessions weave its core principles, such as presence, conscious & mindful touch, awareness of our energies, heart space, and embodied communication into daily experience. Individual sessions offer a more personalized and focused space to deepen this exploration in alignment with your unique needs in life. Here, we apply the essence of CBC to your unique life dynamics, supporting you in cultivating deeper embodiment, emotional maturity & clarity, and relational depth in a safe and supportive environment.
Whether you're exploring this work one-on-one or with a partner, friend, or family member, these sessions offer a safe and grounded space to deepen trust and authentic connection, open compassionate communication, navigate relational patterns with awareness, and heal through embodied presence and touch.
Private sessions are sculpted to your needs and can include elements of somatic guidance, embodied coaching, and mindfulness-based practices.
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Body Awareness :: Learn to listen to your body and discover which emotions, patterns, or blockages may be held in your body.
Emotional Release :: Movement and true connection support the release of stored emotions and blockages, allowing space for healing and clarity.
Mental Clarity :: Listening to your mind & thoughts to fine tune your decision making to reach your higher purpose in life.
True Connection with others :: CBC nurtures connection not only with yourself but also with those around you and the world. It creates a space for authentic interaction and meaningful connection from the heart.
Self-Expression :: The practice encourages you to explore your unique way of moving and expressing yourself, beyond judgement and limitations.
Community :: Experience a sense of belonging through shared movement and presence. CBC invites you into a supportive space where you can grow alongside others, be seen as you are, and feel held by a community rooted in authenticity and care.
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Introductory Session
In the introductory Session, you’ll be introduced to the core principles of CBC. Here you learn new ways of communicating through movement, as a solo and in relationship with others, and in group dynamics. A session also includes enough time and space to reflect on daily life. These sessions are designed to help you feel comfortable with the techniques and give you space to explore in a playful way. You are being invited to become more aware of your body, heart- space, mind & thoughts, and your emotions.
Deepening & Theme Session
In this Session we explore specific themes, such as ‘Family Transformation’, where we work with the family system that has sculpted our way of being in the world. We also offer weekly series such as ‘True Connection’, in which we deepen our capacity to connect with others and express our authentic selves. The deepening sessions allow you to dive into your personal process with guidance and support, creating space for real transformation.
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You are welcome to join group sessions such as the introductory classes ‘Connecting in CBC’, or deepening sessions ‘Family Transformation’, or weekly series. Check the ‘Upcoming Sessions’ to see the upcoming group classes.
I also offer personalised sessions, tailored to your personal process, themes, and desires. If the idea of exploring this form of transformative dance & healing practice in a group feels overwhelming, then perhaps a private session could be for you. It provides a supportive space for personal attention and integration at your own pace and in alignment. -
Contact Beyond Contact is a practice created by Vangelis Legakis and is an accredited training by Unity Space. For more information, deepening into the practice or joining the Facilitator Training Course reach out to education.unityspace.org
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The Contact Beyond Contact Training exists of 4 levels. With each level their own focus and healing modalities.
Do you want to develop yourself through dance and healing modalities? Or deepen the relationships with yourself and others? Then Contact Beyond Contact is for you! This training is a profound way to develop yourself, and your relationships, as well as it is for professionals in somatic, yoga, dance, and theater. After completing the training Level 1 you can start facilitating your own classes.
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What if I have no experience with dance or somatic practices?
No prior experience is needed. All sessions are accessible, and you’ll be guided step by step. It's about listening to your body, ming, and heart — it is to be curios and present rather than focusing on technical aspects.
For some in depth class, there is experience in CBC needed, if so, this will be stated in the event details.
I feel concerned to be in a group and dance with others, what can I do?
It’s completely natural to feel concerned — many people feel this way when joining for the first time. Group classes are mindfully built up. You're always invited to move at your own pace and listen to what feels right for you. If a group setting feels too overwhelming right now, I also offer one-on-one sessions. These private sessions provide a safe space to explore, build confidence, and reconnect with your body in an empowered way. And of course, you’re welcome to reach out in advance with any questions or concerns — I’m here to support you.
Do I need to be physically fit to join?
No, the practice is gentle and adaptable to all capabilities and movement levels. You’re always invited to move in a way that feels nourishing and respectful of your current state.
What should I wear or bring to a session?
Wear comfortable clothes you can move in trousers and simple t-shirts or long sleeve shirts, the sessions are done barefoot. Bring a water bottle, and perhaps a notebook if you'd like to journal after the session (no notes can be taken during the session).
Can I book a private session instead of joining a group?
Absolutely. One-on-one sessions are a powerful way to receive personalised support and move at your own rhythm. They’re ideal if you're working with a specific theme, seeking deeper guidance, or prefer privacy to express your emotions and current state.
