The Institute
Training the next Applied Natya therapists.
An institutional lineage that began in Delhi and now continues in California: the Sumangali Institute, the Imatter Institute, and today the Applied Natya Theatre school and Applied Natya Therapist™ certification.
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Ways to train
Applied Natya Therapist™
For clinicians, movement educators, and artists who want a rigorous, trauma-informed method for bringing rasa and embodied practice into their work.
Applied Natya Theatre
A three-year curriculum in Natya Theater as a mental health framework, with a formal admission and graduation process. Now being established.
Body of Emotions for educators
The workshop presented at the CETA Teacher Conference, adapted for schools, arts organizations, and helping professionals.
The curriculum
Three things every trainee learns.
- 01
Somatic literacy
Reading the body's signals with the rigor of a clinical interview.
- 02
Clinical attunement
Holding a nervous system safely: pacing, containment, and consent.
- 03
The grammar of Natya
Adavu, abhinaya, and rasa used as working clinical method.
Lineage
- 2014
Sumangali Institute
Founded in Delhi. Applied Natya Therapy™ is first taught publicly.
Imatter Institute
Her second institute, also founded by Dr. Dimple.
- Today
Applied Natya Theatre and certification
The school and the Applied Natya Therapist™ certification, based in California.
Research
The method is studied as well as taught.
Dr. Dimple’s doctoral research examines Dance/Movement Therapy in the treatment of Complex PTSD, work she has presented to the dance therapy research community. Applied Natya Therapy™ is positioned within that evidence base, as an andragogy for adult learners that integrates the Natya Shastra with contemporary psychology.
Publications, posters, and talks on this research are available on request.
Ask about training
Tell her about your background and what you want to bring the method into. She will reply with the next cohort dates and what the certification involves.