Expressive Movement: Back to Basics - special event with Charles Weyer

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Expressive Movement conscious dance: Back to basics.

The Expressive Movement wave follows a wave of 5 phases; Presencing, Expressing, Releasing, Dreaming and Integrating. These 5 phases are the building blocks of a movement meditation practice that invites you to focus on your dance as an embodied tool to enable greater presence, responsiveness, receptivity, conscious awareness, authenticity and freedom. We are returning to the fundamentals of the movement practice of the Expressive movement wave. Returning to the medicine of the DANCE itself….back to the basics of ‘stillness, breathe, surrender, presence, listening, awareness, impulse, sensations, sound, tones, rhythm, frequency, beats, curiosity, imagination and responding with movement, playfulness and creative action. Being the dancer, rather than being danced.

Back to the body: We will be focusing our attention on the physical and relational aspects of the wave, the shapes, the form, the container, the framework, rather than the elemental, archetypal or spiritual parts. Thus, a deeper exploration of the phases of Presencing, expressing, releasing, dreaming and integration in terms of dynamic movement in relation to the Self and others.

We will:

Place emphasis on the physicality, the pure embodied expression of each phase…

Opportunities to move beyond comfort zone and into the realm of the unknown.

Explore and experiment with form, Extend range of movement, Expand repertoire of expressive and creative self-expression.

Find NEW ways to move and express, activate our senses, play with speed, tempo, levels, space, parts of the body, moving together.

Find new ways of moving through the space (Moving in NOVEL ways creates new neural pathways).

Moving in different ways and moving different parts of the body releases the density in those parts.

If we stay stuck in moving in the same ways, we are not receiving the full benefit of the practice.

Moving in new ways, allows for greater flexibility in life.

At the same time, leaving the dance free of a suggested theme and thus not encoded with a specific energy, leaves us free to lean into what it is we need to dance with. We will practice the skills in terms of the form of the wave and then go into ceremony (in the main dance) with our personal intentions and move with whatever has presented itself in the warmup/Presencing phase that needs to be danced…the dance organically emerges from stillness into form...

There is no wrong or right way to move, simply follow the impulse of your body. No dance experience required.

Charles Weyer and Conscious Wifi

After a career in professional martial arts, Charles started to explore movement and facilitated his first Secret Sunrise in 2016. Since then he has explored altered states and neuroscience as tools for transformation and started a successful coaching business. The Conscious Wifi experience is a guided active mindfulness session, combining meditation, movement and gamified practices to connect with the inner-self and others in a safe and and natural setting. It can be described as a holistic, counterculture movement that inspires creative expression, freedom, health & peak performance through coaching and events. 

What to expect? A journey that inspires the inner child to come out and play while activating the body and mind. The result: High Vibrational attunement and feeling a sense of playfulness, joy and wonder.

The event:

What: opening circle, Conscious Wifi experience with Charles Weyer, followed by a Expressive Movement dance with Tonia and closing.

When: 21 May - 3:30pm start to 8/ 8:30 pm ( arrival from 3pm is ok)

Where: Namaskar Wellness hub, at the Embassy, corner of William Nicol and Mulbarton avenue, Lonehill.

How much: R333

Bring: Yoga mats, blankets, pillows, WARM and comfy clothes, water, wear comfy clothes to move in.

Refreshments: Ceremonial grade Cacao and nourishing vegan food will be served at extra cost.

RSVP: TONIA on 0845056624

See you on the dancefloor !

Love from,

Tonia & Charlie

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