Your guide to yourself through movement

Woman with arms outstretched standing on a wooden deck, wearing a light blue outfit, smiling, with greenery in the background.

I am Natālija Rižka.

For years, I thrived in the corporate world — leading global IT projects with passion and energy, inspiring people along the way.

I’ve traveled around the world — climbing mountains, free-diving in the ocean, hiking through the wild, and dancing at Burning Man — always seeking to experience life in its fullest expression.

I became a certified fitness trainer, ran daily, and tried almost every kind of sport.

Life gave me challenges — brain concussions, a broken leg, divorces, crises. Each time I fell, I rose stronger. Friends call me Phoenix for always rising again.

Yet despite all the adventures, challenges and achievements, something inside whispered: there is more.

Dance had always been with me — from childhood joy to late nights on beaches and clubs in Bali, where I arrived after another concussion and divorce. There, dance became medicine, I was coming back home to myself - releasing, rewiring. And as I moved, eyes closed and free, I began to spark something in others too — reminding them of their own freedom.

That is when I realised — this is my gift, my life force.

I turned to Dance–Movement Therapy (DMT), a science-based discipline born when therapists saw that words alone were not enough to heal. Movement reaches where language cannot, because the body does not hold the same barriers as the mind. Through intentional movement we can release emotions stored in the body, shift old patterns, and find new ways of being — with more clarity, freedom, and joy.

Today, I guide individuals, couples, groups, and companies into safe, transformative spaces where movement becomes medicine.
My workshops are not about performance — but honesty, listening, and discovering the parts of yourself beyond words.

I believe dance and movement are a path back to ourselves.

To live fully. To rise again. To unfold our true potential.

Let’s move together,

Yours, Natālija

DMT Education & Mentors

  • Psychologist, Dance–Movement Therapist

  • Author and facilitator of dance–psychological trainings

  • Member of the St. Petersburg Association of Dance–Movement Therapy (SPbADMT)

  • Creator of the dance–psychological immersive performance “Dance Therapy”

Two women standing indoors, one holding a certificate, both smiling, dressed in professional attire, against a beige patterned wall, with a wooden floor.
  • PhD in Psychology,

  • Dance–Movement Therapist

  • Poet, and Dancer

  • Founder of the Integral Dance approach for therapy and personal development

Certificate of participation awarded to Natalija Rizka for completing an integrative dance therapy program titled 'Presence, Co-presence and Movement' in Vilnius, Lithuania, held from July 11 to 14, 2025, signed by Alexander Girshon, Ph.D.
Certificate from Alexander Girshon's online school awarded to Nataljia Rizka for completing a 10-hour course titled "Music is God" from May 4 to May 18, 2025, with a signature and course instructor's name.
Certificate from Alexander Girshon's online school awarded to Natalija Rizka for completing an 18-hour online course titled 'The Art of Seeing Movement' from July 12 to August 7, 2025.
A diploma certificate issued to Natalija Rižka for completing training in creating and conducting dance-movement trainings, issued by the Institute of Practical Psychology 'IMATON' in Saint Petersburg, with some text in Russian, including the signature, a round blue stamp, and details of the training program.
A certificate awarded to Natalja Aleksandrovna Rižka from the Institute of Practical Psychology Imaton, recognizing her completion of a 30-hour training program in dance movement therapy for emotional and social support, signed by director O. I. Muzar, with an official stamp and contact information at the bottom.