Practice is the way of the Body

It is Summer here in the Pacific Northwest! I am the most social I have been in a long time. I didn’t think I had so much extroverted potential! My older kid turned 11 recently and one of his friends at the birthday scavenger hunt party told me that there are introverts and outroverts in the world. He didn’t just leave it at that, he eloquently pointed out many surprising details and nuances around those polarities and I couldn’t help feeling hopeful for this next generation despite ALL ELSE. Of course he knew that the correct term is "extrovert" but "outrovert" made more sense to him.

I started a shaking and dancing practice in Bellingham! Anya Smolnikova introduced me to the one hour durational group shake at the Field Center, VT. I offer it here now with an additional hour of dancing and improvising together. It is fun and made me realize how much I love the practice of practicing together. The playful and easeful ways people come together to practice something they love. I truly feel practice is the way of the body, the way of learning, the way of getting deeper and find depths. I aspire to inspire as a teacher and facilitator, to be a transmitter of movement experience, but depths comes only with practice.

I would like to invite you to my offerings in Bellingham and elsewhere. My workshop in Leavenworth is in just a couple of weeks. It is beginner friendly and on a beautiful piece of land. Sensing Consent - Sensing what is happening is one of the most important skills in CI. I never imagined what can be sensed when I started my journey as a dancer. The exquisite and infinite refinements of touch perception that opens nuances of play and ways to relate was not in my awareness. It can be such joy to create a dance together that stirs from the abundance of nuanced touch.

Here are my offerings for August and September, Nita Little's training and other events I organize, co-teach and/or curate:

August

Bellingham
2 more Fridays 8/8 and 8/15! 9:30-11:30am

Shake! and Dance!

4 Friday mornings 9:30-11:30 July 25 Aug 1, 8, 15 In the dojo, 1101 N State Street $10-$20 each session zelle, venmo or cash Drop in possible but PLEASE sign up. I need at least 7 people each time! REGISTRATION I invite you to start Friday mornings

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Bellingham
Soleil Chappelle and I are co-teaching a Day of Dance - UNTETHERED
Saturday August 9th
10-3pm

Untethered - Falling (up) with somatic awareness, technique, and improvisation

Carmen Serber and Soleil Chappelle Saturday, August 9th 10am-3:00pm Aikido Peace Education Center Sliding scale: $60 - $100 Registration Somatic Awareness and Movement Technique with Carmen 10am-12:00pm Head, eyes, throat, heart, diaphragm, solar plexus, pelvis, limbs and feet. We dance the relationship to gravity, allowing all those parts

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Leavenworth
August 16 and 17
Camping and provided meals are an option. Beautiful outdoors dance space. Come and dance with Carmen at Clear Heart sanctuary. 

Sensing Consent

Our senses begin as potential. They develop in response to experience. –Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen 2 day workshop in Leavenworth, WA. August 16 and 17, 2025 Registration: https://medicinenmotion.com/products/sensing-consent Sensing Consent If we desire to dance with integrity and consent with a partner, we also need to be

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Bellingham
August 29 - Sept 2
Nita Little teaches Dance Research Practices for Somatic Communication in a 4 day training. This is the only training on the West Coast!

Dance Research Practices for Somatic Communication - Training with Nita Little

August 29 - September 1, 2025 10:00am - 4:30pm each day Sliding scale: $340 - $550 Payment plans and 1 Work exchange spot are available. Please reach out. At the Peace, Education and Somatic School (previously called the Aikido Peace Education Center) in the Masonic Hall, downtown Bellingham,

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September

Bellingham
4 Mondays 5:30- 7:00pm
Beginner Series

Unfolding into Contact Improvisation

September 8, 15, 22 and 29 5:30-7 followed by the JAM 7-9 $60 including the JAM Drop in possible. We can make this series happen if at least 5/6 people sign up in advance. Registration Pretzel, Bradford Gerber, Rajendra and I are excited to offer this series to

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Bellingham
Our next seasonal JAM: Falling into Fall JAM
September 12-14 featuring Sabine Parzer in a daylong workshop.

Falling into Fall JAM

September 12 - September 14 2025 Registration The Falling into Fall JAM in Bellingham is a Contact Improvisation weekend hosted by Carmen and Rajendra Serber, featuring a special workshop with Sabine Parzer. We are lucky to have Stu Phillips, Michal Lahav and Boots as additional facilitators. Music by Serge Gubelman,

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