METAMORPHOSIS of the Movement Cycle

Online body poetry cycle
A six weeks Art-in Motion course centered on coming back to the roots of conscious movement practice, to nourish body wisdom awareness, presence, and creativity as a natural force.

Metamorphosis
of the Movement Cycle

A 6- weeks
Art in Motion
online series

“The body contains many secrets, connection to it increases your vitality and sense of presence. Moreover, body awareness is a basic element of living in the moment.”
– Arnold Mindell


7th of October – 11th of November 
sunrise (group 1) 10am-11.15am BST
sunset (group 2) 7pm-8.15pm  BST

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What is this new Metamorphosis cycle about?

Metamorphosis is an invitation to connect to the wisdom of the body-soul through dance, movement and free-flow writing. This time, we will explore in-depth the Movement Cycle of Open Floor, through weekly online inner space rituals.

We have designed this Art in Motion series to support you dance through your autumn (or spring if you live in the southern hemisphere). We aim to explore and support our ways to activate & settle, to regulate our nervous system, to engage and relate with curiosity and awareness with our inner phenomena and outer world.

“The Movement Cycle is a useful intellectual and embodied map of how physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy moves through time and space. The Movement Cycle shows how, with awareness, we can support this cycling of energy to become a rich, meaningful, and creative learning experience. The four phases of our movement meditation spiral are continuous and never-ending.”– extract from the Open Floor curriculum

#6 sessions


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Is this course for me?

This series is for you, if you need to resource and want to sustain an embodied life. Come dance and pull insights from the Movement cycle into your daily life!

Metamorphosis is open to all bodies willing to explore. Whether you are new to Open Floor movement practice or wish to expand your understanding of the various stages of the Movement Cycle, feel welcome.

Each 75min sessions will involve: movement, writing/journaling, and self-enquiry.

Note: The hours you are attending are accountable  for the pre-requisites of Open-Floor International teacher trainings and special programs such as the Ground Floor Lab, Therapy in Motion, Art in Motion, Embodied S*xuality Labs, etc.

Registration : please fill the form here below.

Any question, please email us : vtich@icloud.com and/or anais@anaistamen.com

ENERGY EXCHANGE

Please take some time to read the following document and select the most fitted amount according to your financial reality. Contact us if you need clarity or assistance.

Price for 6 sessions: 120-80€. AbunDANCE, you feel it!
Drop-in: 20€. Please note that the last session on the 11th of November is not open to drop-in.

How to pay? Through Wise, Revolut or bank transfer.


REGISTRATION

Please fill in your details below.
If you have any question or if you don’t hear from us after 2 days, please email us : vtich@icloud.com and/or anais@anaistamen.com

METAMORPHOSIS
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TESTIMONIALS

Testimonials

It’s unique what you do
and each time it’s different, which is really great, it’s always new.
I want to continue!

A good place to come when you are wounded.

“I want to express my gratitude and wonder on how deep this session was. The texture of the music, the expertise and skills, the instructions you gave with the music… It was so progressive and I got into such a deep place, I never been there, really. it was amazingly healing. I was able to laugh, to cry and to release things I had never been able to. It was really shamanic work of immense quality and depth.”

ABOUT US

About Villy :

Villy is fascinated with paradoxes, her favourite – the conscious wild leap between identities and forms. In her work she is inspiring people to cultivate and maintain presence in liminality. 

Villy is a qualified Open Floor teacher, a psychologist and a homeopath and holds a master degree in Creative Writing.
villytichkova.com

About Anaïs :

I am a movement researcher, oracle, massage therapist and writer, living in South Portugal.
My spaces are dedicated to community well-being and personal blossoming.
My invitation?
Diving in the luminous cracks of our fertile darkness, and nourishing the mycelium within us and around us. How to build community within ourselves and among each others? How to cultivate presence, connection and acceptance ?

Since 2017, I offer regular class of my own modality, grief rituals, explorations in nature, in silence…
anaistamen.com
soundcloud.com/anais_openhearts

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Move & Include – Open Floor International Fundraiser

July 19, 2025 @ 8 h 00 min July 20, 2025 @ 8 h 00 min WEST

Open Hearts Dance

March 28, 2025 @ 18 h 00 min 20 h 00 min WET

€12 – €20 or swap

Open Hearts Dance

March 14, 2025 @ 18 h 00 min 20 h 00 min WET

Open Hearts Dance is a hybrid conscious dance space, following Open Floor‘s movement cycle and resources. It takes various expressions, merging dance theater, butoh, contact improvisation, authentic movement, into a collective ritual.

We let all the influences interwoven inside us and in between rise in the moment. In this sense, the space is very much co-created by the dancers their presence in the now, and the interactions between what I pick up from them and vice-versa.

It is a safe time-space where we can can get in touch with our “inner dancer”, and all our parts, through acceptance and exploration of our emotional landscapes.

Since 2017, this space has been dedicated to the rawness of our heart-soul expression and bodypoetry. A journey through individual expression and collective invocation.

What do we do ? We start by warming-up, and guided embodiment explorations (solo, duo, or group), then a spacious soundscape of lived-mixed music to journey in-through-with our body-mind-heart-soul, then comes integration with light energy work.

We focus on sensing, feeling, experiencing, exploring the movements of our heart-mind-body-soul. Our breath is our rhythm while music support us.

When we allow it to happen, it is a dance journey to our true essence.

No prerequisites. Open to all bodies willing to dive-in and explore.

Contact :
+351 966 486 923
or + 33 782 269 919 (T/S/W)
anais (at) anaistamen.com
Telegram group link

Booking: contact me to get the address and book your spot

€12 – €20

NEBULA

March 2, 2025 @ 9 h 30 min 12 h 30 min CET

NEBULA
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Reciprocity-based

Mycelium – Open Hearts Dance in Lisboa

Mycelium
An Open Hearts Dance Journey
23-24 November
Espaço da Penha – Lisboa (Metro Arroios)
Reservation necessary (early booking appreciate)

 

How to embrace the complexities of our being and give attention and voice to all our parts while nourishing center and ground ?

What supports my unfolding ? What wants to unfurl ?

How to can I be all of me while I am in connection, while I am part of a group ?

How as a group can we integrate all of our individualities ?

How to create enough safety and braveness in ourselves and as a group to pause and feel ?

 

A devoted time to

… nurture presence, authenticity and loving kindness to ourselves and our surrounding
… reflect and integrate your last cycle while opening to the unknown.
… resource yourself through bodywisdom, bodypoetry, contemplatives and creative practices, and gather insights for inner and outer growth.
… get inspired by others and cultivate belonging

 

For you…

Dancers and dance lovers willing to explore and dive into their own self-inquiry and movement research

All bodies, shapes, age, gender and beyond gender.

 

What to expect ?

Guided and free movement explorations (solo or in duo or group) based on Open Floor movement practices, contemplative somatics, Authentic Movement and body poetry.

We will be moving / dancing, witnessing, drawing, writing, sensing, sharing verbally, and on some occasions we may use touch/hands-on (optional, with consent awareness).

If you have any special needs or questions, please contact me.

Read more about Open Hearts Dance further down (scroll down)


Practicalities

Time-line

Saturday 23 : 10am – 6pm
Sunday 24 : 10am – 5pm

Price
sliding scale to adjust to your financial situation.

Rebalancing: 140€ – Support others to join
You have investments and can afford travel/go on vacations.


Supportive: 120€ –  Support others to join
You have a stable income or access to financial support.


Sustainable: 100€ – Ensure the sustainability of our work
You can afford occasional treats.


Accessible: 85€ – Supported by the dance community
Y
ou live on irregular low local incomes.

Lunch not included.
Swap welcome.
There are a few work-exchange spots available.

 

The bright and comfy dance studio of O Rumo do Fumo – Espaço da Penha, that will host our journey


What is Open Hearts Dance ?

Open Hearts Dance is a hybrid conscious dance space, inspired by 5Rhythms and Open Floor movement practice, that takes various expressions merging dance theater, butoh, contact improvisation, authentic movement, into a collective ritual.

We let all the influences interwoven inside us and in between rise in the moment. In this sense, the space is very much co-created by the dancers their presence in the now, and the interactions between what I pick up from them and vice-versa.

It is a safe time-space where we can can get in touch with our “inner dancer”, and all our parts, through acceptance and exploration of our emotional landscapes.

We focus on sensing, feeling, experiencing, exploring the movements of our heart-mind-body-soul. Our breath is our rhythm while music support us.

When we allow it to happen, it is a dance journey to our true essence. We become the dance, we are dance(d).

Since 2017, this space has been dedicated to the rawness of our heart-soul expression and bodypoetry. A journey through individual expression and collective invocation.

Testimonies

I am grateful for what I could release through the connection with my body. I felt very safe and protected.”
C. – OHD participant, October 2024.

I really appreciated your guidance and presence. It was wonderful.
A. – OHD participant, October 2024.

It is not a session, it’s a ceremony
Z. – OHD participant, Dance faciliator and body-worker, September 2024

You are the soundtrack of my life !”
A. – OHD participant, apprentice of Somatic Dance facilitation, June 2024.

You brought the desert back to me. You have a unique way to bring the music to our bones“.
N. – OHD participant, May 2024.

 

About Anaïs :

I am a movement teacher living in Alentejo, South Portugal.
 
My spaces are dedicated to community care and well-being, and to personal blossoming into acceptance. In my research’s playground, my favourite questions are : how to dance with paradoxes and polarities, dive in the luminous cracks of our fertile darkness, and build bridges and rainbows between our parts, and between us? How to build community within ourselves and among each others? How to cultivate presence, connection and acceptance ?

I am known to offer eclectic and surprising soundscapes that stir up life-force-fire and support to tap into devotional alternate states of consciousness.
  
I offer a bi-monthly class of Open Hearts Dance, my own modality since 2017, and hold space for grief rituals, blindfolded journeys, authentic movement, exploration in nature, and silent contact jams. 
 
I am the parent of 2 young beings who needs bigger shoes than me.
 
I also offer soul and body-work, and express my heart through writing, photography and performative arts.

You will find more about by universe here on my website. `
Feel welcome.

How to book ?

Please fill this form 🙂 or contact me

MYCELIUM
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Grief Ritual Online 27/09

September 27, 2024 @ 11 h 00 min 13 h 00 min CEST

info here

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Organiser

Zoom – online