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some current workshops...
authentic movement
- deepening embodied consciousness
- opening to the Mystery
- strengthening the witness as sacred container
authentic movement can be a practice of meditation in motion. it is a discipline
of witnessing the experience of being embodied through attending intimately
to the body's shape, movements, sensations, imaginations, feelings and thoughts,
as they arise and shift with eyes closed, in a meditative state. the form offers
us to be in the roles of "witness" and "mover" alternately. in either role,
each is attending to deepening their awareness of their own experience. in
the practice, we also investigate accurate and artful enunciation of our own
embodied experience as both a communication and integration tool.
the sacred space jam - devotional improvisation
this workshop teaches a unique devotional practice which engages the expressions
of music, movement and voice and the natural blending of them all. we practice
to enter the collective-mind after attuning to higher vibrations through the
individual mind. we become attuned to receive the dance/music creation of the
moment in spontaneity, and we reflect on this experience as a blueprint for
receiving guidance in the life-walk. this workshop is for all levels of experience
in music and dance, and offers itself to deep and spontaneous healing, collective
ritual and wild play!
alexander technique in motion
this technique teaches the innate freedom of the joints, primarily the occipital
joint at the skull and along the spine. Embodying the prinicples offers a new
ease of movement and sensitive listening to the body's natural and most integrated
ways. combined with movement practices, it is experiential anatomy. these self-awareness
and choiceful posturing skills greatly support all movement/dance practices,
voice, and all body-work modalities.
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movement medicine arts
during over a decade in professional dance and performance art, keren's
main art form evolved into the "ritual". and, the ritual, in keren's
way, always includes the movement and music.
even while immersed in a field of modern dance for performance,
keren and her colleagues were pioneers in engaging spontaneous
choreography, ritual sensibilities and the awareness of
the spirit moving the form, practicing and performing in
all kinds of new ways. while, however, she realized these
ways were not new at all. they were natural and ancient
and inter-cultural.
at this time, keren continues to teach and practice forms
of "sacred dance", which are not of any particular culture.
they are sacred movement practices because they resource
the spiritual influx and circulation as primary in the
immediate formal creation of the dance. additionally, these
practices aspire to serve a larger spiritual presence in
the individual, the group and the society.
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more workshops...
post-modern dance
this dance-technique training is based in awareness of experiential anatomy,
including wisdoms from yoga, bmc and the alexander techniques. we learn the
easeful and natural functioning of the body's anatomy and physiology in the
highly athletic dance. through releasing extraneous effort and holding in the
tissues, power exudes and we find a great freedom in movement, sublime moving
experiences and fierce-full-out dancing. included in the class/workshop are
practice exercises, improvisation and choreographic processes.
yoga and integrative movement
a fluid practice of asanas with attention to alignment, easefulness in stability,
free breath and energetic connectivity. we also use moments of integrative
movement, between asana segments based in the wisdoms of alexander technique
and authentic movement. chant concludes each class.
movement medicine ritual
in this workshop we learn and practice creating movement-based rituals that
are powerful medicine in marking transitional or transformational occasions
in our life-cycle. through guided exercises and discussion, we investigate
the inner and "organic" urge (ie. of the body deep at the core) to give form
to potent experiences by making - crafting - a ritual. we learn how our attention
and intention cast the circle for the ritual, then we craft it with movement
and music at the foundation. we engage both pre-conceived and spontaneous formal
structures. organic materials/objects, dances, movement and music, silence
and stillness are all forms and symbols that may be used in the creation of
our collective ritual.
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