Eirini Bataki is based in Athens, Greece, where she facilitates groups of Expressive Movement - Rio abierto (Open river) method, offers somatic therapy sessions and as well as body oriented counselling and movement workshops for adults, teachers, adolescents and children. She is certified in "Body oriented Counseling and Movement " by the Rio abierto school in Italy (2009) as an Expressive Movement & Body oriented Counselor and Massage therapist (2005-2010), with subsequent intensive trainings in Argentina, Uruguay and Spain. She has followed the introductory training in the Bodynamic- Somatic Psychology and Analysis System method and has completed the 5-year Somatic Psychotherapy study programm of the Greek Center of Biosynthesis in Athens( 2019-2024). She is also currently pursuing a BA in Psychology as a second university degree and also holds a BA in German literature from Athens University, an M.A in European Studies and has significant experience in European project management in the field of education and cultural heritage. She speaks fluently English, German, Italian and Spanish.
Since 2010 she facilitates groups for adults, teachers and adolescents both in Athens and in Chania/Crete and she participates in international conferences (European Democratic Education Community 2018) and Conscious Dance Festivals (Conscious Dance Festival 2022&2023). In her work she integrates the skills she has collected after 20 years of experience and trainings in various dance and conscious movement systems (Contact Improv, Skinner Releasing Technique among others), in the balancing of our energy centers (chakras) through dance and her intensive studies in somatic therapy.
Past workshops and classes:
- The intelligence of Touch, Epidaurus, Sept.2025, Biosynthesis Therapists Meeting
- The path of Trust, Sept.2023, Epidaurus, Biosynthesis Therapists Meeting
- The river of Life: Rio abierto workshop at Conscious Dance Festival, Jun. 2022 ans 2023, Lesvos
- Dancing with the intelligence of our Articulations, Sept. 2021, Epidaurus, Biosynthesis Meeting of Therapists.
- Making our life a piece of Art! Expressive Movement and Art therapy. February-June 2019, Crete.
- Awaking playfulness: Workshop for teachers at the European Conference for Democratic Education, Eudec, Crete, 2018
- The flow of giving and receiving: Workshop for teachers at the European Conference for Democratic Education, Eudec, Crete, 2018
- Moving classrooms: integrate Expressive Movement in you teaching, workshop held at the national conference for Education and Culture, Crete, 2017
- Integrating dance and movement in the teaching of foreign languages: June 2015, Sept& June 2016 ( 3 workshops for foreign language teachers)
School projects on Crete:
- Art and Dance for a better communication, 2019 (adolescents)
- I explore myself through Dance and Music, 2018 (adolescents)
- Expressive Movement and Improvisation, 2015 (adolescents)
- Discovering myself through Movement, 2014 (adolescents)
- Expressive Movement for kids (4-8years old)