The Magic = Science

PhDJ

PhDJ is a high level embodied leadership training brought to you by renowned international DJ Tasha Blank, with a colossal crew of somatic geniuses, party makers, award-winning artists and ass-kicking coaches. 

It also happens to turn our students into unmistakably badass DJs.

Our comprehensive 8 month training will arm you with everything you need to stand in front of a huge crowd with the kind of knowledge, presence, skills, artistry and command that turns audiences into congregations and dance floors into houses of healing. 

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  • We teach the core competencies that make the world's best DJs:

    • DJ + Tech Skills  

    • Set Crafting + Artistry 

    • Nervous System Education 

    • Somatic Studies 

    • Ritual + Ceremony 

    • Branding + Marketing

    • Making it in the Real World 

    • Building Your Ethical Dance Cult

  • Dance + music have changed and maybe even saved your life. You know a powerful dance floor can provoke mind-bending bliss, how the right music and environment create the conditions for magic. You understand that leadership is about more than just playing hits and you’re ready to grow as a human being.

  • Expect intensive development of your craft, personal and creative breakthroughs, regular epiphanies, crunchy confrontation with your own edges and invitations to catapult beyond fear into the greatest expression of your embodied leadership through DJing.

    Direct mentorship from Tasha Blank and the PhDJ Team will lovingly challenge you in all the right places.

    This is not an online course. It’s a comprehensive professional and artistic training that makes way for a whole new level of you.

    If you want to get even more of a feel for what we do here, listen to our grads speak and check out live sets from any one of our alumni or team. 

    You can find all that and more on our website here.

Starts September 2025.

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DJ Skills for Conscious Dance Teachers

Do you want technical skills as deep as your embodied leadership and somatic understanding?

I know how much work you’ve put into serving this path, and I want you to feel as confident commanding your decks as you do facilitating a dance floor.

DJ Skills for Conscious Dance Teachers will connect you with a community of colleagues dedicated to this vocation AND to the tech that’s kept you intimidated for far too long.

Learn more here.

Starts March 1, 2025.

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DJ Essentials

A thorough technical foundation that covers every single tech skill I use as a DJ.

Whether you just got your first controller or you’re a dance facilitator who’s been hacking it with playlists, this course is designed to give you the confidence and fluency you need to push every button with grace.

This easy to digest course will give you both a theoretical and practical understanding of the technical craft of DJing so you can create seamless transitions and tightly woven musical adventures.

  • We’ve made the hard skills you need to rock this path simpler than you think:


    • Get to know your DJ gear (knobs, sliders, and buttons)

    • What you actually need to know to get started

    • Understand waveforms, beatgrids, tempo and mixing essentials

    • Why you never have to use the sync button again

    • Music Organization 101

    • How to build a set that takes people on a ride + brings them somewhere new

  • Apart from a laptop and headphones you’ll need DJ software and hardware.I’ll teach you both Rekordbox software paired with Pioneer DDJ-FLX4 hardware, and Traktor software paired with the Traktor S2 or S3 hardware. They are industry standards and they offer powerful features and flexibility, making them perfect for both beginners and pros. Throughout this course, I’ll show you how to navigate both, so you can choose the one that suits you best.

    • 6-week in-depth video series covering everything you need to learn the essential technical skills that make the world’s best DJs

    • Step-by-step breakdowns that turn the big leap of learning to DJ into simple, digestible and accessible steps on both Native Instruments and Pioneer gear

    • Practical exercises and homework to integrate and improve skills

    • Bonus modules on the history of DJing, mindset, creative exercises, demos, and more

    • Our DJ Essentials Crate This crate includes some of my favorite tracks and essential tools to help you practice and create amazing sets.

    • Additional resources to help you on your journey, including recommended reading and additional resources

Coming 2025

Nervous System Mastery for DJs

Harness the power of Neuroscience to transform your sets.

If you want to create environments + experiences that change lives, the quickest route is science.

The nervous system controls virtually every function in our body and brain. It determines how we move, respond, heal, feel, express and behave. 

As DJs, musicians and performers, the impact we seek to make on our audiences — that joy, freedom, connection and release everyone is looking for — lives in the nervous system.

Catch the replay here.

    • Common misconceptions and popular myths about what the nervous system is, how it actually works … and how it kind of explains everything  

    • Embodiment tools for applying this knowledge to your own well being as you navigate performance anxiety, hyper stimulating environments, lack of sleep and the many other dysregulating elements of party, club and festival culture

    • The truth about “grounding” and how to access it no matter how you feel 

    • The role of nutrition in balancing your system to access greater presence 

    • Understand how rhythm, frequency, and sound waves impact the body and brain

    • Practical tools that elevate your DJ sets and live performances, plus when and how to use them 

    • How to create experiences that blow crowds away and inspire feedback like “I feel like you played that set just for me,” “That was pure medicine,” “I've never danced like that before,” “I've never felt so liberated,” “I need to go home and integrate what just happened,” and “Where can I dance with you next?”

    • DJs who want to level up from simply playing tracks to creating experiences that hit on every emotional and physical level using neuroscience to take crowds into deeper, primal, life-changing territory

      • AND DJs who want the tools and knowledge to help THEMSELVES navigate the (very nervous system dysregulating) world of nightlife, festival and club culture 

    • Live Performers who want to craft experiences that shape the vibe, energy, and emotional state of the audience in real time — with greater command of their own access to power, energy, magnetism and ground 

    • Movement Facilitators who want to create safer, more consistently cathartic and transformative experiences for their dancers

    • Producers looking to create tracks that inspire potent physiological responses and make music that doesn’t just sound good, but also feels right

    • Music Lovers who are curious about the hidden science behind catharsis and crave a deeper understanding of why music moves us so deeply

    • Anyone who wants to connect with a global community of like-minded creators committed to catalyzing transformation through music and movement


    • Interactive Practices: You’ll engage in embodied work designed to integrate the science on the level of your felt senses.

    • Set Design Toolkit: Downloadable resource guides to help visualize and structure transformative sets. 

    • Continued Education: Downloadable audio sessions with Tasha including somatic meditation, breathwork, guided dance practices and DJ sets that to support you in embodying and deepening your exploration.

Our first workshop happened in November 2024.

Catch the replay HERE.

Stay tuned for our next one.

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