Ecological Body - Ecological Movement with Sandra Reeve The Ecological Lens
Dates: 12th - 18th September, 2026 Location: Westhay Garden, Stonebarrow, West Dorset This is a 7-day workshop introducing and exploring ecological movement. 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 a fluid part of an interconnected environment. Each day I shall propose simple, practical movement tasks to stimulate an experience of interconnection, inter-being, an attitude of curiosity, participation and inter-learning through the visceral awareness of our environment and our ever-changing contexts. Working mainly in a beautiful wild garden on the cliffs above Charmouth we study movement in any condition throughout the week – in daily life, during workshop sessions and in our communication with each other. Gradually we learn to move more fluidly with change, embodying less resistance or grasping and reacting less to it. The world becomes a shared habitat rather than owned territory. This sense of belonging and sharing is profoundly ‘ecological’. 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." |
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 I reference throughout the week, giving a structure for future practice. As the week progresses you also begin to identify the primary source of your movement, your primary interest right now: does it lie in a sense of performance, a sense of health and healing or within a sense of the sacred ? or simply within the freshness of freedom of movement in the garden?
The week finishes with shared individual and small group movement pieces to crystallise each person’s experience within the group.
Niche, pattern and emergence are the lenses that I reference throughout the week, giving a structure for future practice. As the week progresses you also begin to identify the primary source of your movement, your primary interest right now: does it lie in a sense of performance, a sense of health and healing or within a sense of the sacred ? or simply within the freshness of freedom of movement in the garden?
The week finishes with shared individual and small group movement pieces to crystallise each person’s experience within the group.
Some movement experience is necessary for this workshop - please call or email to discuss this if you're unsure.
Cost (excluding accommodation): £450 (7 days)
Accommodation: To keep costs down, I have provisionally booked one cottage for this course. If you are interested in securing a place, both on the course and in a shared or single room in a cottage, let me know as soon as possible. Accommodation will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. A shared room in a shared cottage will reduce your expenses considerably.
See the Charmouth village website or TripAdvisor for alternative accommodation.
Cost (excluding accommodation): £450 (7 days)
Accommodation: To keep costs down, I have provisionally booked one cottage for this course. If you are interested in securing a place, both on the course and in a shared or single room in a cottage, let me know as soon as possible. Accommodation will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. A shared room in a shared cottage will reduce your expenses considerably.
See the Charmouth village website or TripAdvisor for alternative accommodation.
Book your place and pay a £50 deposit.
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Your booking is secured with a £50 deposit (non-refundable if you cancel).
If the workshop is cancelled for any reason, any payment you have made will be refunded in full. You will be asked to pay the balance by bank transfer or in cash at the workshop. |
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