Moving into 2023
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Below are my offerings in Bellingham and Berkeley/SF for the next couple of months. But first my inspiration for 2023:
In my last movement practice I journaled that I want to explore my life as a beast. I want to embrace it – my own non-human self, my mammalian nature and with that especially all the traits that aren't appropriate in our culture and are considered unkind or even "bad". I wrote that my beast has this lifelong wish of wanting to be seen, that it is tired of being invisible, motionless and small; that she is not interested anymore in being sneaky and does not want me to be surprised by her presence. I want that too. I love and am afraid of some aspects of the beast but mostly I thrive when I feel her rushing through me – her pure glittery beastliness, her glory, her cruelty, her violence, her mercilessness and her undoubtful benevolence in all her actions. I started to imagine all of the participants' beasts, they sit right next to them. Enormous beings, not related to size or gender, tender, yet ferociously powerful and so still. I want to be in relationship with all of those beasts. I want to be torn apart and put back together, I want to smell their fur and scales, their breath and maybe touch their teeth. I want to be scared, so I can be brave. I want to be in awe. I don't want to hide from all those beasts, from life, I want to lure them out to play with me, bite me, love me, sting me, throw me around like a ball, drop me and catch me. They for sure aren't afraid to show me who they are. I feel good in that dreamlike imaginative state that I wrote myself into and am thinking that we might confuse the concept of guardian angels with guardian beasts.
I love movement. Dance. I am inspired what it transpires and what I am learning is true for my life.
Thank you for being here and reading.
JANUARY
January 13-15
Winter JAM in Bellingham! It is happening! Facilitation by Rajendra and Carmen Serber and Michal Lahav. Music by Serge Gubelman and Yam Sweets.
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January 30 - February 2
morning moving scores
Berkeley, California
4 mornings 10am-noon
I am visiting the Bay Area again and beside facilitating and giving sessions, this time is also a nice vacation for me. It is nourishing and luxurious to be able to go to a dance studio 4 mornings in a row and share those scores with you! Come and join me!
FEBRUARY
February 1st
Contact Improv class
The Center, San Francisco, California
7:30pm-9:30pm
Contact: Merrick Jacob
February 3 - 6
The Single Moment - One year immersion into Contact Improvisation
Berkeley, California
3 day Workshop (2nd of 4)
full (but please contact me if interested)
This time I will propose perspectives of anatomy and embryology to explore with the intention to expand our curiosity through practice and play. The first weekend was dedicated to fascia – the connective tissue that holds us together. This time we sense into our bones, experience what supports proprioceptive awareness in our joints, find our juicy psoas and celebrate improvising together. I am happy to announce that Abby Crain will facilitate a 2 hour class on Saturday.
With this year long immersion, I aim to create a container where the participants meet in between the 'Single Moment" weekends to deepen their interest beyond the material provided in the workshop to encourage self study and peer learning.
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MARCH
March 10-12
Spring JAM in Bellingham! Save the dates.
March 1 - June 26
We will be inviting new people to our fabulous movement practice. Please reach out if interested.
Bellingham, WA
5pm-8pm
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Craniosacral Therapy
Bellingham, WA
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