The Ecological Body with Sandra Reeve The Ecological Lens
Dates: 30th September - 6th October, 2023 Location: An Talamh, Skreen, Sligo, Ireland (Map below) This is a week-long workshop introducing ecological movement. Learn to be a part of an interconnected environment rather than apart from it Our bodies are conditioned by an alienated view of themselves as being at the ‘centre’ of the world, or at the pinnacle of a hierarchy of usage -- ‘apart’, with a fixed sense of self and attempting always to control the environment. . Those same bodies can be trained to reconnect with a corporeal, embodied sense of themselves as being ‘part of’ an interconnected environment. Movement and attitude are intertwined We are already very late, perhaps a century late, but now is the time to become aware of our impact on our surroundings and the impact that our surroundings are having on us. Each day I shall propose ways of moving that will stimulate an experience of connection, an attitude of curiosity, participation and inter-learning through the visceral awareness of our environment and our ever-changing contexts. Gradually the world becomes a shared habitat rather than owned territory and each day we have the possibility to create together, each from our own unique source. Within the group process, I give attention to supporting the development of your own particular movement skills. |
Participant feedback:
"... the beauty of movement is that it bypasses the verbal, so let it be enough to say that working with Sandra invariably leaves me feeling energised and all of a piece. And it is fun!"
"Move Into Life makes me do just that. The movement practice enables me to experience thoughts, feelings and physical sensations more clearly. For me it is connected with freedom and joy; a way to realize what life is and can be like."
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Exploring niche, pattern and emergence
Niche, pattern and emergence are the lenses that we reference throughout the week, giving a structure for future practice. As the week progresses you also choose whether to move from a sense of daily life, healing, education or performance. The week finishes with shared individual and small group movement pieces to crystallise each person’s experience within the group. Working mainly in Therese O'Driscoll's beautiful wild garden, but also on the rocks by the sea, we will study movement in any condition throughout the week – in our daily life, during workshop sessions, in our communication with each other. This brings us into contact with broader and deeper themes in our movement and therefore in our lives. The workshop cultivates an awareness of oneself as ‘part of a group’ in a particular place rather than as an ‘individual’ in the environment. Through movement we cultivate a condition of being present to and within changing circumstances. We study our relationship to change itself as the only constant in life. All is in movement. |
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Participant feedback:
"This is a beautiful workshop to explore the cultivation of wholeness. It gives time and space for the noticing and changing of deeply engrained patterns in an atmosphere of respect, mutuality and equal value to every movement, every plant, every animal and every other human."
"This is a beautiful workshop to explore the cultivation of wholeness. It gives time and space for the noticing and changing of deeply engrained patterns in an atmosphere of respect, mutuality and equal value to every movement, every plant, every animal and every other human."
This workshop begins from a sense of the collective and guides each person to find their interdependent place ‘within the scheme of things’ through their moving body.
Maximum: 14 people
Some experience of Move into Life or Amerta Movement is useful. Please call or email Sandra to discuss this if you would like to come but are new to this style of work.
This workshop will be hosted by Therese O’Driscoll , a friend and movement colleague for many years. Visit her website here for psychotherapy, supervision and movement work and events in Sligo.
For further information and to book a place, please contact:
Therese O’Driscoll:
odriscoll.therese@gmail.com
+353 (87) 2712000
Timing: To allow people to travel, the workshop starts at 2pm on Saturday, 30 September and finishes at 4.30pm on Friday 6th October. The week will include one evening session.
Cost: €550 for the 7 days (excluding food and accommodation). Deposit: €100. Please use the box below to book and pay your deposit.
(The balance will be due when you come to the workshop and I'll send you details before then of how to pay.)
Accommodation:
Shared, self-catering accommodation is available locally at at The Water's Edge, Aughris.
Cost €650 for 7 nights + share of electricity charges. Sleeps 6 with some sharing or 4, each with own bed.
Please book for this with Therese O'Driscoll ASAP - a deposit of €50 to her paypal account will secure your place. (contact details above).
Alternative accommodation:
B&B at The Beach Bar, Templeboy. Please book direct.
Other Self Catering and AirBnB options available locally. Please explore Aughris, Skreen and Sligo in your searches. Therese is available for help on the various options.
Maximum: 14 people
Some experience of Move into Life or Amerta Movement is useful. Please call or email Sandra to discuss this if you would like to come but are new to this style of work.
This workshop will be hosted by Therese O’Driscoll , a friend and movement colleague for many years. Visit her website here for psychotherapy, supervision and movement work and events in Sligo.
For further information and to book a place, please contact:
Therese O’Driscoll:
odriscoll.therese@gmail.com
+353 (87) 2712000
Timing: To allow people to travel, the workshop starts at 2pm on Saturday, 30 September and finishes at 4.30pm on Friday 6th October. The week will include one evening session.
Cost: €550 for the 7 days (excluding food and accommodation). Deposit: €100. Please use the box below to book and pay your deposit.
(The balance will be due when you come to the workshop and I'll send you details before then of how to pay.)
Accommodation:
Shared, self-catering accommodation is available locally at at The Water's Edge, Aughris.
Cost €650 for 7 nights + share of electricity charges. Sleeps 6 with some sharing or 4, each with own bed.
Please book for this with Therese O'Driscoll ASAP - a deposit of €50 to her paypal account will secure your place. (contact details above).
Alternative accommodation:
B&B at The Beach Bar, Templeboy. Please book direct.
Other Self Catering and AirBnB options available locally. Please explore Aughris, Skreen and Sligo in your searches. Therese is available for help on the various options.
Pay a £100 deposit and book a place on the workshop |
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