WILD & TENDER
How do we bring the full wild truth of who we are into relationship, and stay tender enough to let each other in?
For many of us, these feel like competing impulses. We can be expressive and free or we can be tender, open, careful with each other. But rarely both at the same time. The wildness risks overwhelming. The tenderness risks hiding what’s true. And somewhere between the two, the fullness of who we actually are gets lost.
This weekend is an invitation to explore the whole territory. Through conscious dance, embodied inquiry and practices from Authentic Relating, we will play with what becomes possible when we stop choosing between our fire and our softness — and bring both into the room.
Together we will:
Move freely and fiercely, letting the body’s wild intelligence lead
Show up tenderly in real-time contact, revealing what is true, receiving what is offered
Explore the edges where authenticity and intimacy meet, and ask different things of us
Dance with difference, activation and the beautiful mess of genuine encounter
Discover what emerges when we bring both wildness and tenderness to the space between
You are welcome whatever your movement experience. Come as you are… wild, tender, and everything in between
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Jo HardyEvent MemberI have worked with hundreds of wonderful people over the years as a psychotherapist, coach, mentor, supervisor, trainer, conscious dance teacher and group facilitator. Exploring what truly facilitates lasting transformation is my passion and has led me to study many perspectives, philosophies and modalities of transformational work. Having trained extensively in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Body Psychotherapy (Core Process Psychotherapy at the The Karuna Institute), (Biosynthesis Body Psychotherapy and Chiron, UK) my approach is integrative, phenomenological, process oriented, body based, rooted in mindfulness and informed by gestalt, archetypal psychology and dream work, embodied movement alongside Buddhist and Sufi spiritual practice and contemporary paths of awakening. From 1990 I held a private psychotherapy practice for 20 years and was a senior trainer on an MA program in Contemplative Psychotherapy for 12 years (Core Process Psychotherapy at the The Karuna Institute). Since 2009 I have been faculty, coach, mentor and supervisor for the The School of Movement Medicine + offering mentoring, coaching and professional supervision. Approaches I have studied to some depth – Voice Movement Therapy, Transpersonal Supervision, Facilitation for Leaders (CFOR (Process Work). I have explored and taught conscious dance and embodied movement since 2002 teaching workshops in many places, with a focus on regular programs in China (until covid). I am a 5 Rhythm teacher (Waves and Heartbeat Level), an Open Floor Teacher and TIM practitioner (Open Floor International), Movement Medicine teacher and facilitator The School of Movement Medicine. I love each of the practices and have also deeply inspired and influenced by many years of studying with Suprapto Suryodarmo (Prapto, Amerta Movement) Through engagement in the Transition Town movement (Transition Network) I have offered Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects, Personal Resilience training, Conflict Fundamentals, facilitation skills to support groups to effectively self-organise and co-facilitated several International Transition Network conferences. I have had the privilege of being a working member of ICMTA and Open Floor allowing me to gain experience in Dynamic Governance and enjoy working with amazing colleagues. As I gather years on planet earth what matters to me most is the joy and profound healing of movement and dance, the blessings of holding space, collaborations and connection with super amazing colleagues, playing great music for folks to dance to, the endless number of things to learn and be curious about, walking with my dog and specifically at present the potential of movement practice to profoundly enhance the skills of psychotherapists and coaches in the dance of presence, embodiment and relatedness.
