BODY QUEST 21-27 October 2023
It will be a journey to recover the lost or forgotten parts of ourselves. We will explore our own geography, contours, folds, textures, we will taste the skin, rediscover what our eyes can see and let the heart be the guide of our movements and words.
Body Quest is dance, poetry, yoga, movement, ritual & nature. It takes us where we belong, to this body. This workshop is born from the collaboration between Inalu Antoli, somatic yoga and creative movement teacher and Alessia Medusa, dancer, psychologist and dance therapist. We will meet in Lunigiana, a beautiful region of Tuscany in Italy.
The tools used will be a combination of practices including:
SOMATIC YOGA, the asanas or body postures are tools to develop strength, flow, explore our breath, our connection to the earth, the support of gravity and develop the capacity to reconnect with our senses.
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT, a practice to direct the attention within, to listen and move following natural impulses. An invitation to receive and perceive our movements, reconnecting with the pulse of life and creativity.
BUTOH, Japanese dance, allows you to explore your inner landscapes and bring them out through dance. In the practice we are called to awaken the senses to receive more of what surrounds us, our environment, the world we live in. Butoh dance allows you to explore your deeper nature, feelings, images, ideas, and it uses dance, movement and the imagination in these explorations.
BODY MAPPING, is the process of creating maps of the body using artistic techniques such as drawing and movement. It allows a cartography of one's body. It leaves a trace of oneself on the paper.
We will explore the surrounding nature and experience outdoor movement practices. We will have a final ritual performance day.
WHERE?
Casale in Lunigiana - Celebrare la vita , a workshop centre in Lunigiana.
The Lunigiana is the far northern tip of Tuscany, a rural and mountainous area, its landscape is dominated by the upper section of the Appenines. Fresh air, wide landscapes, trees, forest, river. Casale in Lunigiana is a cozy place where people live communally. in this spirit, rooms are shared as much as meals and body practices.
WHO ARE WE?
Alessia Mallardo: Dancer and dance therapist. I have always been interested in exploring that border territory between light and shadow. I cultivate art by creating performances, participating in festivals and happenings of dance and contemporary art, working for public and private institutions with projects for children and animating dance workshops inspired by Dance Therapy and Japanese Butoh.
In my performances and workshops I inevitably bring my own experience, so that something of my personal history touches the history of others. I too have a body; I too feel joy, anger, pain; I can therefore understand the other and share my world, shed light on buried emotions, on the invisible”.
www.alessiamallardo.it
Inalu Antoli: Yoga and Creative Movement Teacher.
I am especially interested in our capacity to resonate with nature and life through the moving body and our dance to be a vehicle of expression of all that we are and can be.
I dance and move to find meaning, connection and to invite deep aliveness. Caring for the body, nourishing the soul & our relationships and learning to be human are essential aspects of my life. I have studied Shiatsu, Macrobiotic Nutrition and Ayurveda. I have followed the Buddhist teachings for many years and practiced meditation and many dance forms. I have been teaching and offering workshops for the last 15 years. I love when we come together and inspire each other to be who we are and thrive in this world.
www.somaticsoul.org
The retreat includes:
-6 nights accommodation in shared rooms in ´Celebrare la Vita´, a workshop centre in Lunigiana, Tuscany countryside
-Yoga, Authentic Movement, Body mapping and Butoh sessions (5 to 6 hours daily)
-3 nutritious vegetarian meals daily created Italian expert hands
-transport to and from the nearest train or bus station to the retreat centre
755€
695€ early bird for bookings before 15th September 2023
200€ deposit…
If you´d love to take part in this retreat, we have some scholarships available which can reduce the cost for you and allow you to join us.
Please contact us directly and we will give you more details.
bodyquesting@gmail.com
inaluyoga@gmail.com
medusabutoh@gmail.com