Welcome to Neuroscience of Dance

Feeling overwhelmed in class? Struggling to memorize choreography? Disconnected from your body?

Whether you’re battling mental blocks, emotional fatigue, or inconsistent performance, you’re not alone and you don’t have to push through it alone either.

Dancers, educators, and creatives often carry invisible burdens:

Difficulty focusing or staying present in movement
Emotional stress and anxiety affecting performance
Memory lapses with choreography or technique
Lack of motivation, creative burnout, or body disconnection

These aren’t flaws in your discipline.
They’re signs of deeper patterns — rooted in the brain, shaped by emotion, and stored in the body.

We Help You Understand and Heal the Deeper Layers Behind the Movement

At Neuroscience of Dance, we combine cutting-edge science with compassionate practice to help you reconnect, refocus, and reclaim your power in dance and in life.

Our Core Areas of Support:

🧠 Cognition & Brain Function in Dance
Learn how focus, memory, and learning really work — and how to unlock your full cognitive potential in the studio and beyond.

🧬 Dance Therapy & Somatic Integration
Heal through movement. Release emotional blocks, regulate your nervous system, and build a deeper, safer connection to your body.

🧘 Dance Psychology & Mental Skills
Discover tools for emotional resilience, performance confidence, and mindset mastery — based on real psychological frameworks, not quick fixes.

How We Help:

✔️ Workshops – Immersive group sessions that dive deep into specific topics with real-time support
✔️ Consultancy – Personalized guidance for teachers, dancers, choreographers, or wellness professionals
✔️ 1:1 Sessions – Tailored approaches for mental, emotional, and somatic breakthroughs

This is your space to move differently — with clarity, compassion, and science on your side.

Led by Neuroscientist, Somatic Psychotherapist and Dancer

Sofia Amaral Martins

To help you move through the blocks keeping you stuck and into your most focused, embodied, and empowered self.

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Sophia Martins

in the dance world, is an international Somatic Psychotherapist, Neuroscientist, Dancer, and Dance Teacher. Nominated for the One Dance UK’s Applied Dance Science Award in 2021 and the IADMS Dance Educator Award in 2022, Sophia has been recognized as a Healthier Dancer Practitioner. Her journey began with postgraduate research on the brain mechanisms behind dance, working alongside a leading researcher in the field. Her work has been published in “Dance Data, Cognition, and Multimodal Communication” and presented at numerous conferences.

Through her Neuroscience of Dance project and Dance Integrated Healing Method, Sophia offers neurocognitive and dance healing tools. For the past five years, she has supported dancers and teachers globally through individual sessions and workshops, focusing on injury recovery, neurological rehabilitation, memory and equilibrium struggles, teaching techniques, mental well-being, and dance as a healing practice. Her expertise also extends to parents, mental health professionals, and students of dance science.

Personally, Sophia is a dynamic individual who loves cats, coffee, playing the piano, and writing poetry. She embraces her mixed background, is part of the LGBTIQA+ community, supports the BLM movement, and emphasizes neurodiversity in her teachings as a dyslexic advocate.