This workshop will be a creative exploration on returning home to the body and to the heart of what matters in your life through movement and art making. There is a potent connection to be made between our physical, emotional and imaginative experiences. As we make this connection, movement can serve as a metaphor and a [...]
Recharge and Renew! Gently move your yoga, play, meditate, relax, and dance your yoga in Megha’s beautiful home studio in the beautiful Berkshires. Enjoy a weekend of user-friendly gentle yoga, qigong on the lawn, Let Your Yoga Dance, moving meditation, relaxation, and sharing with wonderful new friends! All levels welcome! Go home feeling completely refreshed! [...]
heart Waves is the foundational map of the 5Rhythms, the dynamic movement practice of being in your body, created by Gabrielle Roth and practiced by tens of thousands worldwide. It sets us free to explore the dance of moving and being moved. We come to the Wave to feel, to be held, heartened, informed, lightened, [...]
How does your life shape your dance? How does your dance shape your life? How can movement inspire and renew your creativity? In the Tamalpa Life / Art Process, movement and life are intertwined. The body contains our life experiences and movement is our primary language. When we dance, we say something about our lives. When [...]
Daria Halprin with guest artists/musicians Jahan Khalighi, Miles Lassi Throughout times movement, dance and the expressive arts have provided individuals and communities with a means of soulful expression, healing and connection with spirit. This workshop will generate opportunities for participants to find such meaning connected with the real issues in their lives. The Halprins approach to [...]
Running up to the Chamonix Yoga Festival, we invite you to join us in France for this week-long Teacher Immersion. Whether you're new to Vibrance or already trained or experienced, this program offers a range of educational experiences to keep you living a vibrant life! We highly recommend a dose of Vibrance as your medicine for [...]
Throughout time movement, dance, and the expressive arts have provided individuals and communities with a sense of soulful expression, healing, inspiration and connection with community and spirit. In our lives today, we need to reconnect in these ways. In this workshop, movement, drawing, poetic narrative, individual and group dance, reflective exchanges, performance and witnessing practices will [...]
In this Life/Art Dances workshop, we begin with a dive into the internal landscape of the sensorial body using guided somatic-based movement as a source for creative exploration and self-discovery.
The Nia Technique is a movement practice for the body, mind and soul. It is a cardio-dance, fitness practice that blends energizing music with simple choreography. Moves are infused with the power and precision of the martial arts; expression and fun of the dance arts; and the mindfulness of the healing arts. Nia can be easily [...]
Ebb, retreat…flow, emerge! Come and immerse yourself in movement, arts, creativity, fun and relaxation at Isis Oasis Retreat Center in beautiful Geyserville, CA (1 hour north of Mountain Home Studio). Each morning will start with Movement Ritual (a gentle form of awakening, stretching and strengthening the body as created by Anna Halprin), followed by breakfast and [...]
This workshop introduces participants to the scoring process and the RSVP Cycles, developed by renowned dance pioneer Anna Halprin and distinguished architect Lawrence Halprin. This unique process is designed to generate individual and group creativity, what energizes it and how it functions. Through scoring, participants will experience working with somatic movement and Tamalpa Body Part Mythology. [...]
“Imagine how alive you would be if your kinesthetic sense were to be heightened and cultivated beyond its present consciousness.” ~ Anna Halprin Join us in replenishing your energy, experiencing new ways of moving, and finding time and space for your creative self. Drawing on Anna Halprin’s somatic body of work, Movement Ritual and Dance Explorations, [...]
Time: Thursday, May 2 (eve) Sunday, May 5, (noon) This will be a tribe reunion, combining great fun and exploration into the art of taking a Let Your Yoga Dance class and turning it into a workshop of 2 hours to three days! Advanced Let Your Yoga Dance Teacher Training event: How to Lead Let Your [...]
Find out what your body has to say in this introductory class to the Life/Art Process – Tamalpa’s unique approach to expressive arts that explores the wisdom of the body as conveyed through movement/dance and imagination. This workshop will blend somatic and kinesthetic awareness with creative exploration in a combination that brings art and life together [...]
How can we live our lives with more creativity? How can we make art with more meaning? In the Tamalpa Life/Art Process, movement and life are intertwined. Our bodies communicate our life experiences through movement, and this movement has the potential to connect us with the creative forces within. It can also open us up to [...]
Whether in preparation for performance, personal growth, or just to have fun, this class will introduce participants to Anna Halprin’s unique approach to dance. Using the Tamalpa Life/Art Process, we will focus on developing fundamental tools of kinesthetic awareness and innovative choices in scoring, movement, and improvisation. Dancers of all levels are welcome! [...]
How do you deal with your professional knowledge? What’s your relationship with your intellectual property? Does it ever feel like your supply is going to run low? Some people think that creativity is a zero-sum game. As if there is a limited supply in a bucket, and it’s in danger of running out. But really, creative [...]
Have you ever talked about the good old days? Do you ever find yourself comparing how things are now how they were then? What’s your relationship to change? It’s all too easy to make pat assumptions about times gone by. And the looking glass mirror of age distorts the view in both directions. On one hand, [...]
This is a lively recap of the Body Intelligence Summit. We're both excited about the themes and throughlines that appeared and devoted most of this call to connecting the dots between the wide range of participants in the summit. Lamara and I produced the Body Intelligence Summit together with Gay & Katie Hendricks and the [...]
Partner dancing improvisational maestro Wren LaFeet tells us how it all got started and where it's going. Subscribe to the Conscious Dancer Podcast on iTunes
A delightful conversation with Cynthia Winton-Henry about leadershipo, play and improvisation, the pillars of InterPlay. Subscribe to the Conscious Dancer Podcast on iTunes
A one-on-one conversation with the energetic founder of JourneyDance, Toni Bergins. Subscribe to the Conscious Dancer Podcast on iTunes
