SomaWorks BraveSpace℠

Event Details

This event finished on 19 February 2020

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Connecting deeply with oneself, others, and spirit is a vulnerable and courageous act. It’s also a source point for meaning in our lives. SomaWorks BraveSpace is a communal practice of moving in order to feel our bodies, getting out of our heads and into our hearts. In BraveSpace we are willing to be uncomfortable in order to grow.

In BraveSpace we recognize the importance of navigating our edges with respect, and thereby choose a culture of consent in which we communicate authentically, listen steadfastly, and take generous action. We will inhabit our bodies through movement meditation to find inner guidance. We will explore contact improvisation as a medicine that can help us stay boldly ourselves while harmonizing with others. We will also study how to bring these potent practices to our work, relationships, and self-healing. Whether a beginner or a lifelong dancer, you will come out of this workshop with new tools for freedom, and an increased ability to carry BraveSpace with you everywhere you go. And, if you are willing you may find yourself dancing in the streets as you continue on your path.

We will meet 4 Wednesdays over 2 months from 6:30-8:30pm. This will be a closed group–you must sign up for the entire series. Cost is $150. No experience is required, although those who have participated in other workshops are welcome to continue as ongoing participants.

Here’s an experience of a past participant:

What is the most important thing you’ve learned or experienced through our time together?

My time participating in Brave Space helped me as I worked to radically redefine what I want out of a co-created space between myself and others. The ritual of coming together in the Brave Space provided an environment and experience that helped me process the happenings of my everyday life. It complemented my other processing spaces with structured, embodies activities. Using movement, I was able to lean into a felt sense of intuitively navigating both the relationship I’m continually developing with myself along with helping to sort and filter the interactions I have with those around me.

How would you describe what we’ve been doing together to someone who hasn’t experienced it?

We’ve been using movement to deconstruct how we understand ourselves and our attunement with others. From there, we’ve built intuition and skills in how to feel into boundary setting and respecting. Brave Space fosters clarity in it feels inside our body to interact with others around us: when we greet someone on the street, walk into a crowded party or sit down to have a difficult conversation.