4 Mondays, April 8 – 29 | 10am-11:30am PDT | $80 for the series
As we go through seasonal changes, how can we invite pleasure, flexibility, and strength in our bodies?
In this series we journey through the body’s landscape and find support as spring arrives. Using Anna Halprin’s somatic approach, we get in touch with ourselves physically, emotionally, and mentally, and discover our inner resources.
“Movement Ritual is a form of self-healing… a gift to myself, of time and space, to do something for myself.” –Anna Halprin
From the ground up, we explore traveling pathways through the spine, our central axis that connects to all body parts. Dancing with gravity, we fold and unfold, awakening our muscles, joints, and fluid body. As we rise and move through space, we listen to the rhythms of breath, let go of unnecessary tension and refresh our imagination.
In opening our sensory awareness, we shift, shape, and carve dances that support and nourish us.
Create a comfortable place to move and have writing and drawing materials on hand.
No dance experience needed, only a willingness to explore!
To get the most out of this online series: Please prepare a comfortable space to move in with access to your online device. Also, have art supplies ready at hand for drawing activities, and paper and pen for journaling and creative writing exercises.
Please note: Tamalpa does not record nor permit the recording of any workshops due to the sensitive and sometimes vulnerable nature of the work, and to protect participant privacy.
Joy Cosculluela, RSME, MFA, CMT (she/her) resides in the ancestral lands of the Ohlone people, otherwise known as San Francisco Bay Area. Joy is a performing artist, somatic educator, and artistic director of Wayfinding Performance Group, a multicultural ensemble of artists in San Francisco. She was associate teacher and dancer with Anna Halprin and The Sea Ranch Collective. Joy has collaborated with numerous Bay Area artists and has worked as a guest teacher at San Francisco State, University of Washington, Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants, Nature Talks, and Body-Mind Centering Association. She holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College, is artistic director of Performance Lab San Francisco and is core faculty at Tamalpa Institute in Kentfield, California. wayfindingperformance.com
Payment: You will be directed to an Eventbrite page to register and pay.
$80/series
Deadlines:
- REGISTRATION closes 1 hour before the first day of the series.
- REFUNDS will only be given if cancellation is received at least 48 hours before the start of the first class. No partial refunds or transfers available. Eventbrite’s registration fees are non-refundable.
