What is the Emotional Tour™?

Femme!® is a fusion movement class for men and women that guides participants through a series of emotional expressions to unleash their physical power and discover release.  It fuses primal movement, sensual dance, meditation, creative visualization and celebration of the human form. Inspired by African, Tribal and Free Dance interwoven with the somatic and primal healing arts, Femme!® creates sacred, safe spaces and invites everyone to reclaim and boldly display their power.

Femme!® offers a uniquely meditative take on movement, fitness, and wellness, Femme!® is set to live drums uniting elements of dance and meditation. Femme!® participants take an emotional tour through joy, rage, and more to reach a place of catharsis and empowerment. Built on a heart-rate system, Femme! starts out slow and gently builds to a peak—physically and emotionally—before coming down. Touch, vocalizations, and a live drum circle ease the transitions along this journey and build community.

Founded by healer, dancer, and entrepreneur Bernadette Pleasant, Femme!® has more than 60 certified instructors across the United States, Canada, China and the United Kingdom. 

Why Emotional Tour™?

In today’s world we are bombarded with experiences that draw us away from a pleasurable sense of ease in our minds and bodies. Everything from daily stressors, to fatigue, to trauma can leave us feeling tense, depleted, unhealthy and out of balance. That’s why Femme!® was created. They are fun, sexy, liberating practices that take us on a journey back to ourselves.

Femme!® reconnects us to our innate power; coaxing us out of our heads and back into the sensual strength of our bodies. They integrate primal and universal traditions with contemporary movements in a way that gives us a feeling of reconnection to ourselves. They remove the voices of judgement, reduce stress, inspire creativity and activate our inner juiciness.

The Femme!® movements are designed to: lubricate our joints, activate muscles, titillate the skin, release endorphins, ease the mind and energize our entire bodies with a sexy sweat. The experience also gives us permission to be free, play and explore.

It’s not about linear dance steps or traditionally masculine approaches to exercise. It’s not about “fixing” anything. Instead, these experiences are an invitation to be fully engaged in our own natural rhythms. No matter where we are, we are encouraged to “bring” it! Bring all their “stuff” to the experience and leave feeling full, more expanded, empowered and in love with ourselves.

Femme!® are inclusive, affirming practices that welcome students of all ages, shapes, sizes, genders and levels of fitness and ability.