Dying Octopus: An Embodied Exploration (at Skinship Berlin)

Is it a ritual on death and dying? Is it a bunch of kids playing shape-shifting and enjoying themselves as water creatures? Is it a tool for whole-body sensuality? Is it an embodied metaphor for grieving everything that is withering or falling apart, both in ourselves and in the world at large? Is it a Continuum class?

…It might be a bit of all of these things. Through sound, breath, and movement, we will learn a score to playfully and sensually embody our inner octopus, and then go into a collective ritual where we move through its life cycle and dying process. And we‘ll experience everything there is to experience on the way.

✨ Continuum is a somatic practice of self-exploration (founded by Emilie Conrad) that uses sound, breath and movement in order to connect deeply with ourselves and our fluid nature. It is a way to nurture ourselves, to open up spaces for curiosity and play, to loosen the grip of our habitual tensions and movement patterns, and to access the self-regulatory capacities of the body. We can slow down, calm the nervous system and find deep rest; and we are invited to experience the ongoing processes of our bodies as wordless cosmic poetry and creative expression.

✨ Language: The workshop will be held either in English or in German, depeding on the needs of the group. Please let me know if you have a specific need or preference.

✨ Venue: The event takes place at the studio of Skinship - a touch-based place for kinship, in Berlin Friedrichshain.

PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS IS A QUEER-CENTERING SPACE - created primarily as a saf(er) space for LGBTQA folks. As long as you know and respect that, everybody is welcome, regardless of gender identification or sexual orientation, if you see yourself as an ally. If you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Jo Koppe is a Berlin-based queer somatic explorer, facilitator and authorized Continuum teacher through the Continuum Teachers Association.

Find out more:

https://jokoppe.mailchimpsites.com

https://www.continuumteachers.com/teacher/koppe

[Images: dear-sunflower on Unsplash; Björn Scheele]

Host or Publisher Jo Koppe