In Soul Motion™ classes we are supported to rest into ourselves, bring our awareness to the breath, body sensations, gravity, and the support of the earth, and to unfold simple movement from this place
of embodiment and listening. We take time to come home to ourselves, to accompany our ever-shifting, in-the-moment experience of living. From this ground of embodied connection at home, we are supported to open the doors to resonant
improvisation with others and the movement shapes in space among and around us.
In Soul Motion™ practice, we travel through four landscapes: 1) Dance Intimate “I am One” - the dance of discovery; 2)
Dance Communion, “I am One with” - the dance of dialogue; 3) Dance Community, “I am One with All” - the dance of diversity; and 4) Dance Infinite, “I am One with All One” - the dance of devotion.
Within the Soul Motion™ tradition, we explore several central platforms. 1) Pause Presence: rest, relax, empty, restore, and engage; 2) Echo Inspiration: attune, resonate, offer, receive, and recreate; and 3) Orbit Orientation:
open movement and perception to a 360 degree field, lift and soften the gaze, move through the open spaces among the movers in the room, play the movement range from the center of the body that is heart and hara to the the fullest extension into space.
In Soul Motion™ classes, the facilitator offers support for students to travel the landscapes and explore the platforms. A class may emphasize one landscape or traverse all four; while all three platforms are always available,
teachers may chose to focus on one to explore in more depth.
During classes Soul Motion™ teachers offer spacious support for exploration, and a clear inquiry for discovery, within creative
structures for play. Participants are encouraged to find freedom in the form, to unfold creative variations, and to drop the project from time to time and then return to it for a fresh look.
An opportunity offered by this tradition
is to extend the inquiries and discoveries crafted on the dance floor into our everyday dance: bringing playful, creative, conscious awareness to how we practice living and being, alone and together, in the day to day.
No prior dance or movement experience is necessary. All are welcome.
For more information about Soul Motion, please visit www.soulmotion.com