Elemental Movement: Earth - Conscious Dance & Somatic Meditation Workshop

ALL AGES

Reconnect ground and flow into the New Year. This workshop is designed for those seeking to strengthen their connection with themselves their health and their sense of identity through mindful movement.

Movement is a language and flow is your unique code. This class offers a guided and playful space to break free from structured dance allowing intuition to guide your movement and expression. Come as you are—no previous dance or meditation experience required!

The class will be divided into two parts:

1. Grounding & Exploration:

We’ll begin with an open circle to land into our bodies and set intentions.

Through interactive exercises you’ll explore basic movement principles inspired by martial arts boxing Qigong and yoga designed to play with movement while engaging in exercises that emphasize body awareness balance and flow.

2. Open Dance & Integration:

An open dance session where you’ll be free to mix match and experiment with the concepts taught flowing to a wide variety of beats and rhythms that evoke different emotions and inspire movement.

We’ll finish with a closing circle meditation and stillness to ground and integrate the experience supporting your transition back to everyday life.

Element focus for this session: Earth

The element of Earth represents a grounded foundational container that holds space and creates pillars of structure in our lives.

In this workshop we will begin low and slow tuning into the internal architecture of our bodies that holds everything in place. From this awareness we will begin to explore movement 

using straight lines that convey directness focus and intention. Then we will expand towards creative expression by contrasting structured order with playful chaos.

Benefits of ‘Somatic Meditation’ for well-being:

- Do you experience endless mind chatter disconnection from your body or challenges with expressing yourself? Deepen the connection with your somatic intelligence while playfully practicing self-expression in an open honest and supportive environment.

- Learn to recognize and honor your body’s needs boundaries and the messages it is communicating to you.

- This practice will help you feel more grounded and connected improving your day-to-day life by reducing mind chatter and creating space for honest self-expression.

What to Bring:

- Water bottle

- Comfortable clothing for movement

Host or Publisher Electric Sunshine