BodySchool Workshops and Courses

On this page you'll find information of upcoming BodySchool workshops and courses that are open to the general public. I also welcome offers from people willing to organise and promote further public BodySchool workshops, or from organisation or companies who would like to offer BodySchool courses to their members and employees - please contact me for more information.

BodySchool Spring 2008 : Finding Our Feet

TEAK Open University 4 op

In this three-weekend course, we'll explore what our feet and legs mean to us and how they relate to other parts of ourselves. To do that we'll learn something of functional anatomy both through looking at images and the skeleton, and through guided touch and movement exercises alone and with others. We'll also share and discuss stories, impressions and observations of ourselves and others.

The idea behind BodySchool is that by increasing our physical self-knowledge and through it improving our ability to sense and feel ourselves as we move and think, we learn fundamental lessons that can be carried over to enhance and support our whole lives. Body School is a pedagogical form which is open to all and situated in an environment where the only goal is learning.

Classes are suitable for anyone with curiosity about what it is to be a whole human, no matter what age or physical abilities

Opetusaika/Dates and Times: La-su/Sat-Sun 8.-9.3., 12.13.4. ja 17.-18.5.2008,
10.00-16.00 (sis.lounastauon/includes one hour lunch) (42 t/42 hours total)
Place: Teatterikorkeakoulu, Haapaniemenkatu 6, 00530 Helsinki, sali/studio 522
Opintomaksu/Teaching fee: 150 €
Ilmoittautuminen/Sign up: www.teak.fi/avoinyliopisto - 29.2. mennessä/before 29.2
Lisätietoja/for more infromation: 09 431 36349 or

BodySchool Summer 2008 : Romania

Five-day workshop in the coutryside of Romania
mid to late July (dates to be confirmed)

The forms that we will work with will be the Feldenkrais Method, Experiential Anatomy and Authentic Movement together with some simple writing exercises. My intention is to weave these forms together around the central themes of “arriving into physical sensation” and “sourcing our inner physical wisdom to act in life”.

Doing this work in a retreat-style environment that is close to nature and away from daily life enables us to go deeper into the work more quickly without sacrificing quality or a feeling of safety. My hope is that you will leave feeling relaxed and recuperated, empowered and inspired to access this inner physical wisdom to improve the quality of your daily life

We can all work in whatever way is best for us so long as we respect each other’s processes – in one sense we are alone with our own questions but by working together in a group we can offer each other the support of our own accumulated wisdom – we can all be alone together

Methodology – to work in the studio then walk out onto the land and explore how we perceive ourselves in it after our studio explorations. I would often end a studio session by moving outside and suggesting tasks to complete in personal time.

Autumn 2008

watch this space!!!

 

• Bodyschool
• Background and Short History
• BodySchool Workshops and Courses
• Notes from BodySchool 2005