SHAKE THE DUST™
Let go of what holds you back.
Shake the Dust is a transformative, embodied practice of the body, heart, and mind, and a form of activism through movement. It's more than a workout: each session is an invitation to shake off what no longer serves, personally and collectively, and to reclaim your body as a powerful tool for change.
Guided by a poetic theme and an epic playlist, we move through waves of shaking, jumping, resting, dancing, and intuitive flow, woven with elements of yoga, Pilates, somatics, and bodyweight strength. Movement becomes a statement: a place to sweat, release, and build a resilient body while grounding into a set of values and a vision for a better world.
This is a practice for all. Whether you're a yogi, a seeker, or simply ready to move with purpose, Shake the Dust is your invitation to take up space, break patterns, and come alive.
What makes it land
It's grounded in somatics, without overcomplicating it. The facilitation invites rather than commands. The music doesn't sit in the background, it leads, and every transition pulls you deeper. Sequencing becomes a journey, the room becomes a world, and the playlist becomes the pulse of everything. You move continuously without burning out, letting movement feel intuitive instead of rigid, and something in you gets to soften, crack open, or fully let go.
What you'll learn to lead
This training teaches you to hold and guide Shake the Dust. You'll learn to build the arc of a session through up-regulation, resourcing, and rest; to hold a perpetual movement container that carries a group from first shake to final stillness; to design a soundscape that leads the room; and to facilitate from somatic presence rather than performance, through the lens of nondual Tantra, Somatics, and direct realization. You'll leave able to hold the room, ride the music, and guide others to take up space and come alive.
Start today
Every round includes pre-recorded material you can begin with right away:
A Welcome
The Embodied Pilates course on-demand
Pre-recorded Shake the Dust classes
A beautiful, extensive brand-new manual and lots of classes to try immediatel
Both formats lead to the same 50h certificate.
Upcoming trainings
Same training and certificate, Online or in-person
Live Online on Zoom · 26–31 Dec 2026 · End-of-Year Special
€699 · Payment plan available
Six days live with Satu to close the year with a bang, special soundscapes guaranteed.
35h live on Zoom + 15h independent study.
9am–4pm CET (lunch 12–1), except 31 December, 11am–4pm CET.
Please check your timezone works with CET; if not, get in touch.
In person · Samsø, Denmark · 18-23 May 2027
From €1740 · Deposit €500
Join Satu in-person on the most magical island of Samsø.
36h live in person + 15h independent study.
Includes accommodation, food and teacher training (online content and in person) and an extensive manual.
Shake The Dust LEVEL UP 20h Live Online on Zoom · 3–4 Oct 2026
From €259
For certified Shake the Dust guides, or those on the path to certification.
Once you're guiding, Level Up is where you refine the craft. A focused training to deepen your facilitation, sharpen your presence, and expand how you hold space in FLOWSTATE-based classes, returning to the foundations of your work and taking them further, into more clarity, more confidence, and more trust in your own timing and intuition.
Join Satu live online to take your facilitation further.
15h live on Zoom over 2 days, plus 5h of self-paced homework, integration, and reflection
The in-person location:
Mellem-rummet, Samsø, Denmark
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Mellem-rummet Retreat is a spiritual sanctuary. A retreat from the usual duties of everyday life, a break for contemplation and reflection. A wonderful energy-filled setting with a beautiful teaching hall and spiritual space "The Dojo". Mellem-rummet has arisen from an intention to create a life-affirming and meaningful foundation, a supportive framework and space where there is an opportunity to rediscover oneself and the world we have been given. We believe that people in the modern world need breaks for peace and quiet, where it is possible to find answers to the most essential questions in life. Answers that are far greater than those offered by everyday life. Mellem-rummet is open to everyone – people who need a special space for contemplation, reflection, change and balance. Click below to find out more.
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Trains depart hourly from Copenhagen Central Train Station to Kalundborg where the ferry leaves for Ballen on Samsø (Island)
Trains can be booked via https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Ferry can be booked via https://www.samsoelinjen.dk/
Ferries go twice daily (1hr 50 mins crossing) so please check the ferry schedule
MELLEM-RUMMET is situated 8 km from Ballen port (about 10 mins drive) so you will need to get a taxi from Ballen port or the Telebus is quite cheap. Call and book to match the ferry times -
Mellem-rummets address: Holmslund Holmevej 3, Tanderup, 8305 Samsø