Embodiment & Movement Day
In America today, we're more disconnected and disembodied than ever. We often find ourselves living from our heads and in our devices rather than from our hearts and in our bodies. We walk around, anxious, stressed, and numbed out, holding onto way more than nature ever intended us to. And the worst part, we’re doing it often in isolation.
So many of us have grown to fear physical connection, a fundamental human need. In the wake of the pandemic and an epidemic of loneliness, we've become more sharply aware that we are starved for presence, community, and physical connection.
Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be that way. We can come back to ourselves, to our hearts, to community, and the parts of us that we have been disconnected from through safe, non-sexual touch, movement, somatics, and shared presence.
Join us for an Embodiment & Movement Day, a full-day community event designed to create a connective and safe place to explore, learn, and connect through different embodiment and movement modalities and consent work.
This is a space to soften what’s been hardened, to move what’s been stuck, and to remember what it feels like to be at home: in your body, and in community.
The day culminates in a live DJ jam session, where we welcome the different types of embodiment and movement explored in workshops to be combined in a safe, full-community container.
* Participants must attend at least 1 workshop to participate in the jam.
*** For a full list of workshop descriptions, please visit https://collectiveffervescenceboston.com/touch-movement ***
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Schedule:
9:30am: Opening Mindful Movement: Trauma Sensitive Yoga with Grant Rizvi (20 min)
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Workshops Block 1 (90 min):
10-11:30am: Compassionate Touch with Tim Lewandowski and Becca Phillips
10-11:30am: Vibrating into Vibrant Aliveness: TRE with Matt Krolick
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Workshops Block 2 (90 min):
11:45am-1:15pm: Reiki Dance: Energy Healing through Movement with Dani Bentz and Daniel Montoya
11:45am-1:15pm: Thai Partner Massage with Lee Ann Song
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~1:40-2:10pm~ Community Discussion on Consent and Reduction (with BYO Lunch) moderated by Gaia Sophia, Becca Phillips, and Noah Kowaloff
2:15-2:35pm: Sonic Shake-Up with Wren Medina (20 min)
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Workshops Block 3 (90 min):
2:45-4:15pm: Contact Beyond Contact with Nathaniel Mahieu
2:45-4:15pm: Embodied Vocal Expression with Selah Almquist
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Workshops Block 4 (90 min):
4:30-6pm: Mirror and Merge: A Contact Improv Workshop with Gabbi Fiedor
4:30-6pm:
Soul Dance: A Journey Into Tantric Energy Alchemy with Shün
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~6-7pm~ Dinner Break
7-9pm: Open Jam with Live DJ music from Smalanskas