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En Corps et Toujours
2025-2027
The En Corps et Toujours project, led by Tatami Talks in partnership with FEDEC, aims to rethink movement-based teaching practices in order to better support individuals who have experienced gender-based and sexual violence.
Gender-based violence affects a large part of the population, with lasting impacts on survivors’ relationships with their bodies. Research shows that well-adapted body practices can play a significant role in the recovery and healing process after experiences of violence.
A large number of professionals still feel unprepared: what adaptations should be made when body-based practices involve people who have experienced violence? How can we create a safe environment and prevent the reactivation of trauma?
In light of these observations, developing a trauma-informed approach to physical and body-based practices is particularly relevant. Considering that individuals who have experienced violence may be present in all practice spaces, it is essential to adapt our teaching methods accordingly.
Project objectives
- Build a community of professionals committed to creating safer and more inclusive practice spaces.
- Test and share trauma- and violence-informed teaching methods through the development of a pedagogical guide for professionals wishing to work with vulnerable groups.
- Foster lasting cultural change within the fields of circus, acroyoga, and body-based practices.
Target audience
Professionals or practitioners in the field of movement (acroyoga, circus, dance, acro-dance, etc.) who wish to deepen their understanding of how to welcome and support individuals who have experienced violence.
This project offers a framework for reflection on the development of respectful and inclusive body-based practices that integrate the principles of consent and the prevention of violence.
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Tatami Talks
The Tatami Talks association was founded by athletes within the acroyoga community who, confronted with gender-based and sexual violence in their environment, wanted to take action.
As practitioners on the ground, they have been running awareness initiatives on consent and the prevention of GBV in acroyoga, sports, and education since 2022.
Since 2025, they have been implementing social projects aimed at developing psychosocial skills through sport. They use acroyoga and other movement practices as tools to foster self-confidence, trust in others, communication, and consent.
The name Tatami Talks reflects their approach: the tatami, a symbol of safety in physical practice, also serves as a space to sit and engage in dialogue.
Speakers
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Marion Plouzennec
Having spent five years as a trainer in the fight against food waste in retail, Marion began engaging in the prevention of gender-based and sexual violence in sports through her practice and teaching of acroyoga. Trained in education on relational, emotional, and sexual life, she is conducting research on combating GBV in sports at the University of Grenoble-Alpes in 2024. Through this work, she discovered trauma- and violence-informed physical activity. She now works as a trainer for Tatami Talks in the fields of sports and education.
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Mathilde Patoureaux
Trained as a lawyer, Mathilde has extensive experience in managing humanitarian projects and coordinating training initiatives. She has shifted her focus to combating gender-based and sexual violence by joining the Observatory on GBV in Higher Education, where she delivers awareness-raising lectures to students and trains student association leaders in detecting violence and organizing safe events. She discovered Tatami Talks through practicing acroyoga and is now part of the training team, serving as the head of the association’s research division.
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Learn more about En Corps et Toujours
> Contact Sarah at sarah.weber@fedec.eu.
En Corps et Toujours is a project led by Tatami Talks, in partnership with FEDEC, and co-funded by the European Commission's Erasmus+ programme.