Dear Friends,
For me spring is about:
WAKING UP!
BURSTING FORTH!
BREAKING OUT!
And! COMING ALIVE!
T.S. Eliot calls April ‘the cruelest month’ and I can see why. It takes the implacable force of nature’s hunger to push perennials up through the hard, cold earth towards the sun’s light, and to swell magnolia buds inside their casings until they break open, revealing huge many-hued blossoms. The sacred cycle of life, death and rebirth manifests continuously around and within us.
I feel my own body quicken, eager to reach for new challenges. But, just as the shoots, leaves and flowers all reach for the sun, never losing the support of their deeply planted roots – I must maintain my own connection to what holds me – the generous embrace of the earth and the love of my community.
For all of this – I am infinitely grateful!
With love,
Tannis
Marcia Jones and I are thrilled to announce that we will be holding an
Ecstatic Solstice Celebration on the Beach!
We will start by doing an Ecstatic Body Posture – dance the 5 Rhythms then watch the setting sun.
Friday June 21st
7-9 pm
Spanish Banks ( exact location to follow)
There will be live musicians
$20 suggested donation
Please RSVP to Tannis
tannisis@shaw.ca/604-267-9951
Open to the wisdom of the body, the earth, our ancestors, and spirit.
Learn to journey to the realms of Non-ordinary Reality using ‘Ecstatic Body Postures’. Dance the ecstatic into this world with the 5Rhythms®. Ecstatic Body Postures are a sacred technology used by our elders thousands of years ago to commune with the world of spirit. Now, to regain access to these realms, practitioners hold a posture from and early indigenous culture. Accompanied by drum or rattle, they enter a visionary trance state.
Integrating your trance experience with 5Rhythms® dance brings medicine that opens a doorway to the soul.
No previous experience required.
Marcia Jones is a certified 5Rhythms® teacher, shamanic practitioner and somatic therapist. Her passion is facilitating movement to heal and transform the body-mind. She witnesses and honours the sacred wisdom of the body in classes and private practice.
Healing artist Tannis Hugill, is a certified teacher of Ecstatic Body Postures. Also a dance and drama therapist, spiritual director and creator of ritual theatre, her passion is witnessing the healing wisdom of spirit as it moves through our amazing bodies.
Ongoing Workshops
Contact Tannis for dates and locations.
Authentic Movement
In this introduction participants will learn the form of Authentic Movement. They will explore the roles of mover and witness to gain a deeper understanding and acceptance of their embodied experience in all areas of their lives.
Authentic Movement and Performance
Using Authentic Movement to access and manifest deeper levels of our selves, we may enrich our presence in performance, enhance creative exploration, and increase awareness and trust of the body. The form of Authentic Movement is especially useful for dancers and actors.
Moving Prayer
Our need to pray is as ancient and central to life as our breath. In this workshop, we listen to the prayers moving in and through our bodies using guided visualization and structured movement improvisation. By joining body, mind and spirit to dance our prayers, we celebrate ourselves and the earth as miracles of Creation.
Moving with Spirit: Ecstatic Body Postures and Authentic Movement
Learn to journey to the realms of Non-ordinary Reality using Ecstatic Body Postures and integrate the teachings of spirit into conscious awareness with Authentic Movement. Discovered by anthropologist Felicitas Goodman, Ecstatic Body Postures are a sacred technology used by our elders thousands of years ago to commune with the world of spirit for healing, divination, and ritual celebration. Now, to regain access to these realms, practitioners hold a posture from an early indigenous culture, accompanied by drum or rattle, and enter a visionary trance state. In this workshop, we will explore both practices to connect with our ancient roots and the guidance of spirit. Transformed by these gifts, we will feel our place in the web of life and a compassionate acceptance of all being.
Embodying the Roles We Play
This workshop begins by embodying our unconscious realms through Authentic Movement, inviting the emerging parts of ourselves to dance their roles. Then, using the playful tools of drama therapy, we will discover and enact the stories that wish to be revealed.
Hunger Spirit and the Body
A split between our bodies, minds, and spirits can leave us feeling profoundly starved. This workshop uses movement, art, and creative writing to investigate personal and cultural issues which prevent us from nourishing and loving ourselves. We will discover and enter the body’s wisdom, creating a path to heal.