Grief Ritual – online

original artwork : Maria Louceiro

Grief ritual in movement
Online
Friday 27.09
10am-12 BST (Lisbon/London time)

A dedicated held time for you to grieve and praise, to mourn and dance all the colours stirred and revealed.

Whether you are grieving the state of the world, someone dear to your heart, honouring a gate in your life,… there is place for you and your emotions.

We will circle together, honouring individual and collective grief, with emphasis on body-wisdom and presence, more than storytelling.

What to expect : movements and dance, with and without music, guided and free, some sounding, some journaling, some humour too. Lots of space for your own process and rhythm.

Blending contemplative practices, Authentic Movement and Open Floor movement practice, to create a safe explorative container.

With gentleness, loving kindness and reverence for what is.

Reservations : anais@anaistamen.com or telegram @openheartsdance (early reservations are always very appreciated).

Heart gift : 15-25€ or swap.
If you experience financial scarcity, please contact me and feel welcome for a smaller contribution.

What to bring :

  • Water to drink
  • Your journal if you have one, some paper, a pen, some colours
  • Any comforting object (special blanket, pillow, precious stone to hold in your hand, etc…).
  • Elements of nature – more info about that when you register (so don’t wait for the last minute ! )

Preparing your dance space :

You will need :

  • A space vast enough to move in the comfort of your home, in nature, or any other undisturbed safe place
  • A computer. It’s much better to connect via your computer than your phone to have access to all the features of Zoom. Phone is ok if that’s what you have access to.
  • A good soundbox, sound-system, or wireless headphones
  • Comfy layers of clothes you enjoy to move in and with.

Looking forward to sharing this space with you.

BODYSILK

BUTOH EXPLORATION

Guided version

Prepare a nice dancing spot for yourself, where you feel safe and comfy, play this track and explore. Repeat as much as you like.

Music : Richard Skelton – The Complete Landings
02 Noon Hill Wood
04 Threads Over The River

Kit for autonomous research

If you don’t like to be guided, here is a music-only track and the text of the Butoh-Fu (danced invitation) :

BODYSILK

you are silk
a spider is stretching you very slowly
in the space
each movement leaves a silver trace in the space
as you reach the end
you roll yourself back into a cocoon
in the cocoon you become an unborn human baby
you discover your limbs, your mouths, your hands, the sole of your foot
in the space
your hands discover your face for the first time
your face is ancient
you feel time
you feel all your life under your hands
your hands explore your body
hold, rest, feel
they perform their own ritual of honoring time
on your body
honoring your life

Bodypoem

Spontaneous solo home dance practice + spoken words.

These words emerged during a dance & poetry session held by Villy Tichkova.

I am not I
I am it
the infinite field of grasshoppers
the infinite ripples of water circles
the infinite song in your mouth

I am it
the wind
the grasshopper
the pebble

I am it
your breathe
my breathe
the eyelids of my babies
opening to the world

the wolf
the deer
the gold

I am it
the unspoken
the bare truth
the raw light of love

I am it
your no
my yes
and everything in between

(25th March 2024)

____________________________

My skin is the sky*
an infinite shadow of dust, leaves and pebbles. Some feathers maybe. Fallen grace in the absence of gaze. I would remember the sound of joy if you would scream my name.
(…)
Home. Nest. My skin as a soft nest for you for me.
(…)
LAUGHING EMPTY.
LOVING EMPTY.
FUCKING UNDERSKIN TATTOOS.
FUCKING UNDERSKIN TATOOS.
(…)
I wish you could witness the gold on my heart skin.

(25th March 2024)

Notes :

* this sentence is not from me
** “underskin tatooes” is a reference to Audre Lorde in “Zami, a new spelling of my name”, who describes the memory of her lover as emotional tattoos left on her skin forever.

Bela Escuridão

Rituais-performance de luto com dança e poesia

Libido Fundamentals – Open Floor

UPDATE : THE GROUP IS FULL

LIBIDO FUNDAMENTALS
Open Floor
Embodied Sexuality playshop
with Monika Körschner

23.24.25 February
Alentejo (Portugal)

Dancing with the flow of life force, 
exploring sexual energy as a source of creativity, vitality, presence & aliveness.


A 3-days dive, moving, experiencing & relaxing in being together
in a closed group, 
in the safe womb of Monte Maravilhas’ yurt, 
in the heart of wild Alentejo

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Our creative sexual energy is an essential part of our body’s natural expression and movement potential.  Open Floor LIBIDO FUNDAMENTALS invites us to sense, move and integrate more fully this life force in all areas of your life. 

From the first cells that evolve us into being, to the deep surrender of our last exhale, our lifespan is infused with libido. When sexual energy is acknowledged, supported and expressed authentically, our potential for healing is immense and empowering. We honour our whole self. 

Dance awakens this potent energy in ways that can be electrifying, joyful, overwhelming, frightening, mystifying, and everything in between. Because sexuality is so often underground, ignored, or unconsciously acted out, the exploration of this territory tends to be intense, liberating, intimate and powerful. 

Through Open Floor conscious dance we create an safe, sex positive environment to engage in this complex, mysterious and in-depth investigation with curiosity, mindfulness and compassion. We seek to understand how sexuality is shaped by culture, narratives, and social conditioning, and we explore ways to liberate ourselves as we move towards erotic wholeness

WHAT HAPPENS IN A WORKSHOP?

We explore this lively, sometimes latent energy of libido with curiosity and mindfulness using the Open Floor Core Movement Ressources.

We open up physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual terrains of our life force.
Next to intensive movement practices we will explore through related exercises, enquiries, sharings, and specific transmissions to deepen and integrate our experience. 

There is no explicit sexual content or exercises.

Have a little taste of what you may encounter with this introduction film about Open Floor’s work on Embodied Sexuality :

WHO IS IT FOR ?

LIBIDO programs are open to all adults regardless of their gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and relationship status. We strive to co-create an environment that is inclusive, curious and expansive, and honours the experiences each person’s presence.

To participate you need some experience with conscious dance forms such as Open Floor, 5Rhythms, Movement Medicine, Biodanza, Open Hearts Dance with Anaïs, etc. This to ensure a base that allows you to deepen your experience. 

Embodied Sexuality programs are for those who :
* are looking to cultivate erotic intelligence and expand their capacity to love life
* are interested in an embodied and healthy exploration of their sexuality
* want to unpack the multilayered dynamics of attraction and attachment, as well as the cultural and social conditioning that inform our personal and collective stories, both past and present
* want to intentionally connect through movement with the source of their desires to experience greater fulfillment and satisfaction in relationships of all kinds
* want to harness the energy of libido for creative pursuits.

LIBIDO FUNDAMENTALS is a pre-requisite to the Open Floor Teacher Training.

ABOUT MONIKA :

Monika Körschner  is an accredited  5Rhythms® and OpenFloor teacher and teaches dance as a conscious practice in the Netherlands and abroad for over more than 20 years. The last 12 years she specialized in Embodied & Conscious Sexuality.

You will find more info about Monika and her work on those pages :
Monika’s website 
About Monika’s Embodied Sexuality workshops 
Video about Embodied Sexuality by Open Floor International 

PRACTICAL INFO :

Dates & Time :
Friday 23/02 : 10am-6pm
Saturday 24/02 : 10am-6pm
Sunday 25/02 : 10am-6pm

Venue : 
Monte Maravhilas
Saõ Martinho das Amoreiras (Alentejo – Portugal)

Energy Exchange :

Prices exclude food and accommodation.

– price before the 15th of January : 218€
– price after the 15th of January : 238€

If you experience financial difficulties, we offer 3 spots on supported price.
Priority is given to local dancers.
If you wish to contribute to the solidarity funds, to lower the costs for those with low income, your gifts is most welcome.

Lunch :

We will share a potluck lunch everyday on-site, in Casa Amarella. Each participant bring food to share. For people coming for abroad, there is a mini-market in the village and we will help to provide what is needed.

Inscriptions & questions :


anais@anaistamen.com
+33782269919 (Telegram / Whatsapp / Signal)
+351966486923 (local phone)

Accommodation on-site :

10€ / night in your own tent or van. Access to sanitary, hot shower and kitchen.
80€ / 4 nights (Thursday to Sunday nights) in a beautiful shared house Casa Amarella (1 double bed, 4 single bed in twin room). If you want to book a bed in this house, please reach out early.

All over-night guests have access to the swimming pool.

Monte Maravilhas

Registration form

The group is full. We don’t take registration anymore.
Thank you for your interest.

Registration and Cancellation Policy

Registration is required to participate to the workshop.
You are definitively registered when you have filled the form for registration. Then you will receive a confirmation of your registration with the details for the payment, and later you will receive an email with further practical information.

Payment is made by via PayPal or via bank transfer.

Please consider your registration carefully, as cancellation fees apply if you cannot come or changed your mind.

If you cancel, regardless of the reason, the cancellation conditions below apply :

  • At all times, regardless of the reason for cancellation (including Covid19 reasons) : a cancellation fee of € 50 applies.
  • Cancellation less than a month before the workshop : 25% of the workshop price
  • Cancellation less than 2 weeks before the workshop : 50% of the workshop price
  • Early termination of the workshop and/or missing classes : no refund possible.

Please cancel via e-mail, SMS or telephone with Anaïs.

Should there be a waiting list and someone from that list can join, or you find someone to take your spot, you will only pay the cancellation fee of €50.

If there are insufficient registrations, the workshop can be cancelled up to 1 or 2 weeks before the start. The amount paid will then be fully refunded. This also applies if the workshop is cancelled for other reasons.

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Blindfolded journey

Blindfolded journey with live music

Sunday 26th of November
6pm-8pm
Monte Maravilhas
São Martinho das Amoreiras
+/-20€ (adjusted to your financial reality)

Reservation necessary (at least 24h before please)

Blindfolded dance is a direct gateway to meet ourselves in a profound and raw authenticity.

In the potent space of darkness, we are revealed to ourselves in full light, encountering the whispers of our heart & soul, our longings, needs, limitations,… A more truthfull way to move and interact emerges.

I am pleased to co-create another safe and gentle container to explore by yourself or in connection, with the enchanting live soundscapes of Yoav.

For more information about us :

Yoav @TapanYo

t.me/IAmMedicine

Anaïs

anaistamen.com/dance

soundcloud.com/anais_openhearts

If you have any questions, and for reservations, please contact me

Looking forward to feel you there.

SUBTLETIES


live music blindfolded dance journey into softness

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with Zsofi and Anaïs
Sunday 6th of November
6.00-8.30pm
Monte Maravilhas

*

For our 3rd edition of SUBTLETIES, we will weave a journey through (our) (own) darkness with a bewitching soundscape to support our deep dive within.

Welcome in a safe space to meet yourself, whether you feel like exploring solo or in connection.

Like always, we invite receptivity, gentleness, and all colours, all shapes, that our energy wants to explore and embrace in the now.

Looking forwards to feel you in this space

♥️

Reservation necessary. Limited spots.

Anaïs @openheartsdance
+33 782269919 (T/W/S)
+351 966 486 923

or Zsofi
+36204635220 (T/W)

Sliding scale : 15-25 €
(adjusted to your financial reality)

*

ABOUT US

Zsofi :

I am a massage and dance therapist and a musician. I learnt dance therapy and many different conscious bodywork during the last 17 years. I have been working as a therapist, giving workshops and retreats since 2008 combining traditional tools with intuition and sound therapy. As a musician, beside playing in different bands, I have been practising the healing aspects of sound during the last 10 years by offering sound-journey concerts, sound massages, and learning and working in the Voice Being – Unlearning school with Shai Dayan.
http://matanamusic.com
https://youtu.be/16ki4Hky_Zo

Anaïs :

I am a dance space weaver opening the field for more dance and movement in Alentejo since 2017. I love facilitating poetic and transformative journeys through many channels, always rooted in our body wisdom and presence. I am passionate about energy flows and connection to Spirit through movement and touch. I am a certified shiatsuki since 2008, educated or intiated in ancient holistic practices such as Traditional Chinese Medecine, core shamanism, and and ancient form of tantra from Kashmir.
I offer my gifts as a space holder, channel, poet, bodyworker and birthkeeper. I am an afropean queer mother of 2 children.
www.anaistamen.com
soundcloud.com/anais_openhearts

♥️

#dance#blindfolded#livemusic#odemira#saomartinho#movement

SUBTLETIES

live music blindfolded dance journey into softness

subtleties flyer

with Zsofi and Anaïs
Wednesday 19th of October
6.00-8.30pm
A Mandorla
Boa Vista dos Pinheiros

Next Wednesday, we are opening again the space for a deep and subtle journey through our inner landscapes, supported by the magic powers of sound and music.

We will explore and activate the main energy centers of our physical body, through voicing, moving and gentle self-touch, and we safely journey into the infinite womb of darkness trough a blindfolded dance journey, remembering our primal instincts of listening and sensing through other channels.

Our wish is to create a safe space for self-exploration and connection to on self, to others, and to the vastness.

We invite receptivity, gentleness, and all colours, all shapes, that our energy wants to explore and embrace in the now.

Looking forwards to feel you in this space.

Reservation necessary via :
Anaïs @openheartsdance
+33 782269919 (T/W/S)
+351 966 486 923
or Zsofi
+36204635220 (T/W)

Heart gift :
Sliding scale 15-25 €
(adjusted to your financial reality)

ABOUT US

Zsofi :

I am a massage and dance therapist and a musician. I learnt dance therapy and many different conscious bodywork during the last 17 years. I have been working as a therapist , giving workshops and retreats since 2008 combining traditional tools with intuition and sound therapy. As a musician, beside playing in different bands,  I have been practising the healing aspects of sound the last 10 years by offering sound-journey concerts, sound massages, and learning and working in the Voice Being – Unlearning school with Shai Dayan.
http://matanamusic.com
https://youtu.be/16ki4Hky_Zo

Anaïs :

I am a dance space weaver opening the field for more dance and movement  in Alentejo since 2017. I love facilitating poetic and transformative journeys through many channels, always rooted in our body wisdom and presence. I am passionate about energy flows and connection to Spirit, through movement, shiatsu, core shamanism and ancient form of tantra. I offer my gifts as a space holder, channel, poet, bodyworker, birthkeeper and mother of 2 children.
www.anaistamen.com

#dance#blindfold#livemusic#odemira#saoteotonio#amandorla

I am free

Spontaneous and very quick creation for an Open Floor Teacher Training’s assignment.
Spoken words, nature sounds & drums, movement. February 2022.

Self-practice

Alentejo, 2019, self-prcatice – Authentic Movement