ONLINE:
3 Mondays: Sept 8,15, 22, 2025 | 10 am - 12 pm Pacific Time
Cost:
$108 early registration by August 25th & grads anytime
$120 regular price after August 25th
In a world that feels busy and uncertain, how do we find our footing and reconnect with the wisdom within us that is mirrored through the natural world?
This movement workshop series invites you to explore your body as a sensory gateway and nature as a living portal. Together, we'll awaken and connect to a deeper presence within yourself, honoring cycles of chaos and renewal, reflected in Earth’s rhythms.
Grounded in the Indigenous principle that we are all part of nature, this workshop helps you:
- Remember your multiplicity: Moving in different ways reminds us of the richness of our being. We’ll nurture and enliven our sensing imaginative feeling body.
- Cultivate inner grounding: When life feels shaky, finding a stable center can be a valuable anchor. We'll practice rooting into our bodies, drawing strength from the steadiness of mountains or the deep roots of trees.
- Cultivate fluidity: When uncertainty asks us to be flexible, we'll learn from nature's cycles. We’’ll explore how to yield and adapt, much like water finding its path or the dawn breaking through the sky.
Using the tools of the Life-Art Process, we'll awaken our supportive somatic bodies. We’ll activate various movement qualities found in nature and in ourselves such as rising /falling, flowing/ resisting, rooting/ expanding. Drawing and writing will help illuminate our inner landscapes. Empathic witnessing will deepen our shared experiences. And in our final session, we'll create an art ritual to integrate the wisdom of nature mirrored through our sensing bodies.
No dance experience required, only a willingness to explore! Please have a comfortable space to move and drawing and writing materials on hand.
To get the most out of this online class, please prepare a comfortable space to move in with access to your online device and reliable internet service. If you are using a handheld device, such as a pad or phone, please be sure to use a stand for your device so that it is held securely in place. You will want to have your hands free and be able to move freely and safely during movement exercises without worrying about your device falling. Have art supplies ready at hand for the drawing activity and paper and pen for journaling and creative writing exercises.
Workshops are for ages 18+ only and disability access is not provided.
Joy Cosculluela (she/her) resides in the ancestral lands of the Ohlone people, otherwise known as SF Bay Area. Joy is a performing artist, somatic educator, and artistic director of Wayfinding Performance Group, a multicultural ensemble of artists in SF. She was associate teacher and dancer with Anna Halprin and The Sea Ranch Collective. Joy has collaborated with numerous Bay Area artists and has worked as guest teacher at SF State, University of Washington, Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants, Nature Talks, and BodyMind Centering Association. She holds an MFA Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College, is artistic director of Performance Lab SF and is core faculty at Tamalpa Institute in Kentfield, CA.
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. No partial refunds or transfers available.
