Embodying Ecology: Nature as Choreographer with Ken Otter, Ph.D.

Founded in 1978 by dance and expressive arts therapy pioneers Anna Halprin and Daria Halprin, Tamalpa Institute is internationally recognized for its unique approach to movement, dance, and expressive arts therapy and education. We offer classes and programs throughout the year for people who wish to incorporate the embodied creativity of the arts into their personal lives and professional practices.

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Explore ways to make and remake ourselves and the world, attuned to and in kinship with the web of relations that make up our earthly life.

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Founded by Anna and Daria Halprin, the Tamalpa Institute offers classes and programs throughout the year for people who wish to incorporate the embodied creativity of the arts into their personal lives and professional practices.

ONLINE: 4 Thursdays: June 5, 12, 19, &amp; 26, 2025 | 10am - 12:00pm PDTCost (includes eventbrite fees): $144 With early reg by May 20th, and for grads anytime $160 after May 20thTamalpa does not record nor permit the recording of any classes or workshops due to the sensitive and sometimes vulnerable nature of the work, and to protect student privacy.Questions or concerns: Email<a href="https://www.tamalpa.org/about-us/contact" title="https://www.tamalpa.org/about-us/contact" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a><a href="https://www.tamalpa.org/about-us/contact" title="https://www.tamalpa.org/about-us/contact" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Workshops at Tamalpa</a>To be alive is to move. In fact, all of nature is an ensemble of rhythmic movements attuning to one another in a field of play and adaptation. This class series serves as a reminder that we too are part of this living ensemble. Drawing upon the teachings from Anna Halprin - sensing, moving, and making art with living places becomes a pathway to be conscious participants in this ensemble, rekindling our identity as Nature. In other words, embodying ecology.In this class series, we bring our everyday human movement into creative improvisations with our immediate surround to awaken the felt sense of being nature. In doing this, we allow these relations choreograph our movement into dances of participation and belonging. With this renewed consciousness, we then explore ways to make and remake ourselves and the world, attuned to and in kinship with the web of relations that make up our earthly life.About Ken:It was experiencing the environmental work of Anna and Larry Halprin over 40 years ago that moved me to drop everything and immerse myself in the transformative power of the Life/Art Process, first as a student and performer, and then as a teacher. Enacting the Life/Art Process to awaken our inherent belonging and participation to the whole of nature has been an integral part of my life and work ever since.Ken Otter, MA, PhD: Ken has four decades of LAP practice and teaching as well as 15 years of study, practice, and teaching of life and leadership coaching. He holds an MA and Ph.D. degrees in the fields of human and organizational learning and change, and a certification in coaching from Columbia University in New York.Workshops are for ages 18+ only and disability access is not provided.Please note: Tamalpa does not record nor permit the recording of any classes or workshops due to the sensitive and sometimes vulnerable nature of the work, and to protect participant privacy.REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Registration will close 1 hour prior to the start time of the first class.Refunds will only be given if cancellation is received at least 48 hours before the start of the first class. Eventbrite's registration and processing fees are non-refundable. No partial refunds or transfers available.

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