Somatics + Dance Practice
Rooted in principles from somatics, contemporary dance and hatha yoga, class engages with gentle, mindful movement that increases movement capacity, attends to the body’s wisdom and encourages joy and creativitiy.
The goal is to develop your relationship with your subtle and dynamic body to support a life of connection and aliveness.
Class draws from the wisdom of various practices including Hatha Yoga, Barteneiff Fundamental Movement Patterns, Contact Improvisation, Transformative Touch Somatic Therapy, Feldenkrais Method, Klein Technique and Body-Mind Centering, Contemporary Dance and Creative Movement. Class is gentle, inquisitive, constructive and fun! It is intended for mature bodies and/or bodies desiring a slower and gentler movement practice.
Class begins with quiet centering and proceeds into center and across the floor exercises from yoga, somatics and dance. Class culminates with a short dance/movement phrase or movement improvisation. Music will be used and not used, depending on the needs of the day.
:: Some Core Principles ::
Weight needs to drop to find the rebound up
The body’s evolutionary design has integrity
Listening to the sensation and impulses of the body broadens our connection to life
Body has creature intelligence that precedes mentation
Organization and Freedom support one another
Humans evolved to move and dance together; it’s wired into us
