Move Your Body, Boost Your Brain (BYOB Liverpool)

About This Event

Move Your Body, Boost Your Brain: Dance Movement Therapy for Healthy Ageing

On Thursday 10th April 2025 | 12:00PM Start

Venue: The Liverpool Lighthouse

Free to attend, but booking is essential. Suitable for Adults.

Join us for an inspiring public event where cutting-edge motion capture technology meets the transformative art of Dance Movement Therapy! Explore how this innovative combination fosters well-being and supports healthy ageing, all while delving into the fascinating neural mechanisms that help our brains age gracefully.

What’s Happening?

Through live demonstrations, expert talks, and interactive sessions, you'll discover how movement-based interactions can promote joy, connection, and vitality at any stage of life. 

• 12pm-1pm: Public Lecture* - Professor Frank Rohricht, Consultant Psychiatrist; Body psychotherapist; Honorary Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Wolfson Institute for Population Health, Queen Mary University, London will give a talk on the proven benefits of body-focused therapies for mental health. *Note this lecture is being delivered remotely.
  
  
• 1pm-2pm: Buffet lunch and Networking 
  
  
• 2pm-2.30pm: Brief Talks - Dance movement psychotherapist Professor Vicky Karkou and neuroscientist Dr. Valentina Cazzato will reveal how movement-based therapies can boost your brain power, improve mental well-being, and even help slow down the effects of aging!  
  
  
• 2.30pm-3.30pm: Interactive Session - Explore how movement fosters connection and well-being in therapy. You’ll also get a glimpse of motion-tracking technology, which helps analyse movement patterns and key moments like synchrony and mirroring. 
  
  
• 3.30pm-4pm: ‘Try It Yourself’ - Exploring Movement with Motion Tracking. 

Whether you are curious about technology, passionate about the arts and the brain, or simply looking for new ways to improve your well-being, this event promises to move you—body and mind!

Find out more about the Neuroscience Meets Dance In Therapy (NMDT) Network

About BYOB Liverpool
In celebration of the BNA2025 Festival of Neuroscience coming to Liverpool – the Liverpool Neuroscience Group, BNA, & partners will be organising an exciting programme of free, neuro-themed public events between March – April 2025 in and around Liverpool - come along, but remember to Bring Your Own Brain!