Therapist | Facilitator | dancer

Chloe Calderon Chotrani

 

Chloe created Body as Earth, a space remembering the body as land and culture, grounded in somatics rooted in knowledge older than empire.

Therapist | Facilitator | Dancer

Chloe is a somatic therapist, trauma-informed facilitator, and professional dancer whose work moves across continents, cultures, and cosmologies.

With over a decade of international experience, she brings together healing practices, decolonial  attunement, and trauma sensitivity into the spaces she holds.

Of Pakistani–Filipina–Singaporean heritage, Chloe works with an awareness of ancestral depth, offering care that is relational, grounded, and context-aware.

Chloe is trained in Craniosacral Therapy (Body Intelligence, PACST-accredited) and Chi Nei Tsang under Mr. Chi Chai. Her work is informed by trauma-aware facilitation, decolonial somatic education, and ongoing relationship with ancestral and land-based knowledge systems.

She works with people navigating chronic stress, that lingers in the body, and the weight of personal and collective conditioning admits the poly crisis.

Chloe is engaged in mutual aid efforts with Indigenous communities in the Philippines as an alliance partner with Tayuksidi Collective in Palawan. Her practice extends into questions of land, care, and continuity; beyond individual healing.

Her movement lineage spans underground street dance communities in Metro Manila, Odissi Temple Dance with Chowk Productions in Singapore, and contemporary performance. Her practice lives at the edge where performance meets ritual, and where the body holds memory shaped by history.

Her work is a commitment to staying in relationship — with body as land and culture as a direct form of ecological repair.

(therapist | facilitator | dancer)

Chloe Calderon Chotrani

created Body as Earth, a space advocating for the wisdom of the body as a conduit for the deep change we seek in the world.

Chloe is a somatic therapist, trauma-informed facilitator, and professional dancer whose work bridges continents, cultures, and cosmologies.

With over a decade of international experience, she brings a rare synthesis of movement mastery, therapeutic depth, and cross-cultural attunement to every space she holds.

Drawing from a rich lineage of Pakistani-Indian-Filipina-Singaporean heritage, Chloe moves through the world with a nuanced awareness of ancestral complexity, offering care that is relational, grounded, and globally resonant.

She has immersed herself in world movement traditions—from the underground street dance scenes of Metro Manila to the sacred rhythms of West African folk dances, and the contemporary stages of New York and Singapore. Her artistry lives at the edge where performance becomes ritual, and the body becomes a site of memory, healing, and transformation.

Chloe is trained as a Craniosacral Therapist (Body Intelligence, PACST-accredited), and draws upon deep mentorship in trauma-sensitive facilitation, somatic education, and native wisdom traditions. Her work meets people at the thresholds—where mind, body, and spirit feel fragmented—and gently invites coherence.

She supports clients navigating chronic stress, inflammation, burnout, neurodivergence, and the residues of collective trauma, guiding them back into relational presence with themselves, others, and the living Earth.

In addition to her clinical and artistic practice, Chloe is actively involved in mutual aid projects supporting Indigenous communities in the Philippines. Her commitment to embodied justice extends beyond the treatment room or studio, into community-based initiatives that center relational repair, earth sovereignty, and intergenerational resilience.

As a performer, she has represented the Philippines on international stages, collaborated with artists across Singapore, London, Malaysia, Indonesia, West Africa, and North America, and trained in diverse traditional forms. Currently, she is an Associate Artist with Chowk Productions, an Oddisi dance company in Singapore. She holds a deep respect for the subtle body and sees movement as a language of soul.

With deep presence, Chloe invites the wisdom of the body to be at the forefront of her loving labour. Her facilitation is rooted in a commitment to Earth-rooted healing, cultural sensitivity, and ecological repair. 

You can learn more at: www.bodyas.earth/chloe

Collaborations & Clients

corporates, hospitality & collectives

  • Artists of Colour Council, New York
  • Altered States, Singapore
  • AlUla Banyan Tree, Abu Dhabi
  • Arts Equator, Singapore
  • Banyan Tree, Singapore
  • Banyan Tree, AlUla, Saudi Arabia
  • B Supreme, London
  • Channel News Asia, Singapore
  • Chowk, Singapore
  • Evidence Dance Community, New York
  • Gati Dance Forum, New Delhi
  • Movement Research, New York
  • P7:1SMA, Singapore
  • Post-Museum, Singapore
  • Romançon Dance Company, Manila
  • Soma Clinic, Singapore
  • Terra Luna Yoga, Singapore
  • TOPAZ Arts, New York

residencies & festivals

  • Climate Leaders Retreat, Plum Village, Indonesia
  • Da:ns Lab, Singapore
  • Dance Nucleus, Singapore
  • Ecole Des Sables, Senegal
  • Garden Gathering: Women & Children, Hong Kong
  • IdeasCity, New Museum and NTU-CCA, Singapore/New York
  • Mental Health Film Festival, Singapore
  • New Curriculum for Old Questions, NUS Museum, Singapore
  • Objectifs, Singapore
  • Ubah Rumah, Indonesia
  • Festival, Koh Pangan, Thailand
  • OMI International Collective, Hudson, New York
  • Singapore International Festival of the Arts, Singapore
  • Wonderfruit Festival, Thailand
  • Zürich Theatre Spektakle, Zürich

Cultural, Arts Institutions and Foundations

  • Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore
  • De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, Manila
  • Objectifs, Singapore
  • Esplanade – Theatres by the Bay, Singapore
  • Ground-Up Initiative, Singapore
  • National Arts Council, Singapore
  • National Gallery Singapore
  • NTU – Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore
  • School of Oriental and African Studies, London
  • IdeasCity Fest (Guest curated by IdeasCity, New Museum), NTU-Center for Contemporary Art, Singapore
  • INDENT: The Body & The Performative, Delhi
  • INSIGHT: Science and Psychedelics, Berlin

Accreditations & Certifications

  • 100H Fascia Universe: Advanced Somatics Training with Livin’ Inspired, Bali (2025)
  • Chi Nei Tsang, Abdominal Massage Mentorship with Master Chi Chai, Thailand (2025)
  • Reworlding Fellowship, Brave Earth: Centre for Applied Cultural Transition, Costa Rica (2023)
  • Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Certification, Body Intelligence (2022)
  • Solidarity in Nature Fellowship, NTU-Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore (2021)
  • Trauma Informed Relational Somatics, Soma Clinic, Singapore (2021)
  • Trauma Sensitive Facilitation, Trauma Centre, Australia (2018)
  • 200H Yoga Teacher Certification, Yoga Alliance, Tirusula, Singapore (2017)
  • Black Dance Forms: Resistance and Engagement, Ecole Des Sables, Senegal, West Africa (2016)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, University Of London, UK (2015)
  • Contemporary Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK (2014)
  • Bachelors of Arts (BA) in Arts Management, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines (2012)

Fields of Study

Study as a way of nourishing the vivid life force that learning offers. A continuum of knowledge teaches how much we don’t know in this life. Current fields of interest:

  • Decolonizing Therapy
  • Trauma Informed
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Craniosacral Therapy
  • Somatic Education
  • Embodiment Facilitation
  • Abdominal Massage
  • Curriculum Building
  • Community Building
  • Public Speaking
  • Cultural Sensitivity
  • Social Impact
  • Grassroots Organising
  • Copywriting
  • Arts Management
  • Curation & Events
  • Traditional ecological wisdom
  • Indigenous philosophies

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy in Singapore

June 21 - 30, 2025

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy is a method of gently realigning the body’s dynamics to release tension, restore balance, and support holistic healing from chronic pain, stress, and emotional volatility.

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy (BST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that works with the body’s natural rhythms to reorganise from misaligned or overworked states into more fluid, available, and spacious states of internal harmony. 

Rooted in Craniosacral dynamics, BST focuses on the spine—the core of the central nervous system—helping to address chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, and the lingering effects of trauma.