Dance of Awareness Wave | BodyMind Healing

DANCE OF AWARENESS WAVE (2.5 Hour Class)

Date: Saturday 22nd March

Times: 10am - 12.30pm (doors open for warm up at 9.45pm, please arrive ready to start by 10am. No admission after 10.10pm)
Venue: Findhorn Village Centre, IV36 3YR
Cost: £20 in advance up to 24 hours before the event/£25 cash on the door

TO BOOK: please email me via the contact form and I will send you payment information. Booking is advised as venue has limited capacity.

(Please Note: Payments made in advance are non-refundable but you can transfer your place to another person.)

I have attended two Dance of Awareness classes and have found both to be quite transformative. Both
classes offered an opportunity to explore movement and express myself freely. While the structure of the
Dance of Awareness Cycle stayed the same, I felt an improvement in my confidence and ability to dance
with other participants the second time. Experiencing this brought me great comfort. We don't always
realise how far we have come on our journey until we experience something like this. Thank you Lucy!

Kim Grant, Therapeutic Photographer/Content Creator

What To Expect
We will begin with a warm-up, followed by an opening circle and a brief introduction to Dance of Awareness (DoA). Over the course of the Wave, we will move our way to music through the 6 phases of the Dance of Awareness cycle - Sensing, Grounding, Expressing, Releasing, Connecting and Completing. There will be some structure and guidance introducing some of the key themes underpinning DoA but mainly this is an opportunity to come home to your body and let your dance unfold.

What Is Dance of Awareness?

Dance of Awareness is an embodied movement practice that explores early developmental patterns through a dynamic movement journey. It invites a rich and joyful exploration of what it is to be a body in the world, moving in response to inner awareness and outer connectedness. It draws on several influences: Post-Reichian body psychotherapy; Five Rhythms; Authentic Movement and Mindfulness Practice. Set to music, the Dance of Awareness cycle takes you through six sequential phases: Sensing; Grounding; Expressing; Releasing; Connecting and Completing. Informed by ideas from psychodynamic theory and developmental psychology, the cycle is designed to evoke childhood stages of development from pre-birth to around 5 years. Throughout the process there is a strong emphasis on body awareness which provides the ground for our experience. By revisiting imprints from our formative years, we can celebrate strengths and resources that have evolved, let go of self-limiting patterns from the past and discover more authentic ways of relating to others.

Practicalities

These sessions are suitable for all adults over 18 years of age. No previous experience of dance or embodied movement is required. There are no steps to learn and you are encouraged to move in a way that feels right for you. All abilities are welcome. Access to the centre is on on one level and there is a disabled toilet. Please wear clothing that you are comfortable to move in. Dance barefoot or in indoor shoes. Bring water to drink. The room has underfloor heating but it is recommended you bring a blanket for still times in the session. There is limited parking in front of the centre and Findhorn village can get very busy at times so please leave enough time to find a parking place.

About Lucy
I am a relational body psychotherapist and have been working with individuals and groups for over 25 years. I have an MA in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy and have done extensive further training in Somatic Trauma Therapy and Embodied Relational Therapy which emerged from Reichian body work and body-centred psychotherapy. I am a full member of the European Association of Body Psychotherapy (EABP). When I discovered Dance of Awareness, I immediately knew I’d found a home for myself: it brings together two things I feel passionately about, conscious dance and body psychotherapy, and in 2017 I qualified as a licensed facilitator. Most recently, I became a certified breathwork practitioner and run regular groups in Conscious Connected Breathwork in Findhorn.

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