somatic dance
Are you ready to dance like no-one is watching?!!
Join this journey of reconnection, expression and deep release!
Dates: October 18, November 15, December 6
Time: Saturday, 3-5 PM
Venue: The Loft Dance Studio, Bloomfields, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin
Early Bird- 20% off when you book before Oct 3rd!
Enjoy guided movement practices and open invitations to connect, and explore your moving body.
Somatic Dance is a practice of moving from the inside-out, tuning into your essence, a journey into authentic expression and freedom!
In this way we honour our authentic expression, we:
+ Unwind and unlock masks, tension and stress,
+ Process what has no words,
+ Empower our creative agency and choice,
+ Dance ourself into new possibilities
+ Connect, Nourish & Express our truth, our integrity & unique expression
This is a liberating, awakening, uplifting dance experience that seeks to bring us into connection with our Self, our community and our power as a collective body!
Are you excited, do you feel the call?!
Come and join this empowering dance practice!
For beginners and experienced dancers of all backgrounds.
Workshop Outline:
Each workshop will offer a different journey that will nourish, inspire and refresh your body, mind and spirit through a fluid blend of movement practices –
> Somatic Movement journey from floor to standing
> Contemporary Release Technique
> Contact Improvisation Fundamentals
> Running Blind Inclusive Dance Practices to literally expand your dance (proprioception, kinaesthetic + spatial awareness)
> Authentic Movement
> Embodied Constellation Scores
> Sharing Circle + Community Connection
Inclusion + Community:
Our workshop is accessible, integrated and inclusive to everyone.
The venue has a lift and beautiful open dance floor.
Workshops are fully verbally guided for participants who have a visual impairment.
Support workers and guide dogs are welcome.
Please contact me about your access needs.
Testimonials
“I am so blessed to have been able to take part in such beauty and the FUN oh my God! You opened my eyes. Laura’s skill including the needs of everyone was amazing and whatever we needed she provided. Everyone needs to do this, it is a coming back to Self. This was a profoundly positive experience.” – Sandra
“I have learned to ‘just be’, to be in my heart and come out of my head. I feel connected earthed. I appreciate my body more and I am grateful for all that I have. More than I expected. A very powerful experience… benefitting soul and body.”- Adrianna
“Incredible, Mind-Blowing, Freeing, Beautiful, Full of Love. Laura is incredibly gifted and very inspiring. This was pure joy! It is for anyone wanting to feel free! I feel strength and so much love and gratitude for this rediscovery.
It feels like something was re-opened and that some boxes in my mind that had been hurting can gently close. It is time for my heart to lead again and that feels beautiful. My body feels free, alive, connected, rested, earthed, creative, wondrous, delightful and delighting!” – Niamh
“Enlightening, re-connecting and relaxing. Laura makes it a very special experience. I feel energised, refreshed, rested, reconnected, grateful, open and relaxed.” – Geraldine
Your Guide, Facilitator:
Somatic dance practice integrates the best of Laura’s diverse dance and movement background across many dance forms, disciplines and techniques over the last 20+ years!
She integrates her passion, research, experience and study as a professional dancer, performer, movement researcher, therapeutic dance and somatic movement practitioner, innovator of inclusive dance techniques, creator of the Soul Dance process and Embodied Constellation work. She has trained and studied with inspiring teachers from across the world, continuously expanding and deepening her approach to the dancing body, in the recent 5 years developing water dance practices for groups and one to one sessions.
Responsibility:
Every person’s practice will be led by their own intuition and you will be fully responsible for your physical health and wellbeing.
These workshops are designed to support you whether you dance, simply imagine the movement, or experience the inner dance within your body as you surrender your weight to the floor.
On days you do not feel like moving- trust that feeling and see where this brings you, what it unfolds- your body will bring you on a vast and insightful journey irregardless of whether you move or not!
Bring:
Water bottle to stay hydrated.
A notebook incase you feel to write or draw at any stage.
Wear comfortable clothes that you can move in.
Exchange:
35 euro per person per workshop – pay using “book now” button below
Contact me with any questions- email laura@healingyoga.ie