The theme of this study is ‘What the nature of somatic/psychological experiences reported by trauma survivors through movement education is.' The problems of this study are: first, to investigate the relation between the somatic characteristics of trauma survivors and their movements and second, to study on the process of their life changes and the meaning of their experiences reported by them through participating in the movement class. Five study participants, among the educators who participated in the Korean Tamalpa Institute’s program, “Remembering the Body” from June to December of 2013, conducted the narrative study from January to March of 2014. Through this study, first, it was found out that the trauma survivors, due to their physiological responses by traumas, had tended to unconsciously block senses arisen in the somatic area and the areas of emotion and perception had been also blocked therefore the sphere of their lives had become limited. Second, they reported that, as the circulating relations among the soma, emotion and perception in the trauma survivors started to develop, they realized the soma, emotion, thinking, relationships, and other life’s contexts such as that in workplace were all connected and changes occurred in them simultaneously. Third, through movement education, the trauma survivors obtained new somatic experiences and they discovered some points where the somatic movement experiences at the studio could be integrated into the metaphoric movement experiences in their lives. Fourth, when the responses by traumas occurred, they understood the traumas’ physiological theory, not by verbal expressions, but through movement.

In this study, the teacher researcher participated in the dance education workshop as a learner to expand the awareness of the value of dance education. I revealed the story of my experience as a learner, and shared the principles and values of dance education found in the experience. For this, the teacher researcher participated as a learner in the dance education workshop organized by S-group and conducted a 'self narrative study' that explored my experience narratively. The principles of dance education found in the workshops experienced by teacher researcher are as follows. I was able to explore the principles of ‘community learning’ which enables people to communicate with others, and ‘active learning’ that the learners experienced and realized by themselves. The values of dance education found in this workshop experienced by teacher researcher are as follows. The experience of interacting with and others has allowed learners to develop their knowledge processing and problem solving skills while understanding others' movements, and to develop their self-management and creative thinking skills while telling their own stories. This body dialogue also allowed them to enhance their communication and community competence. Based on the results of this study, we can find the possibility of human education and competency education of dance education. We suggest the systematic implementation of dance educator and the development of related governance awareness opportunities for expanding the value of dance education.