The Art of Giving & Receiving: Cacao + Contact Dance + Sound Healing

1409 Botham Jean Boulevard,Dallas TX 75215

17 December, 2022

Description

The Art of Giving & Receiving: Explored through Cacao + Contact Improv Dance + Sound Healing 🍫Cacao Cerrmony 💃🏼Contact Improv Dance 🎼Sound Healing What to expect? We will begin with a guided drop-in and cacao ceremony. A safe consensual container will be created, so that we can feel empowered and supported in our dance. We first will explore various aspects of movement alone, then together. We’ll learn some techniques to further our understanding of dynamic movement with another. We will wrap up our evening with some free flow movement and sound healing to integrate. The Art of Giving and Receiving Giving is a big part of the holiday season for most. As we enter into this time, we have created this container to really dive deeper into the art of both giving and receiving, through somatic experience. What is it to give from the heart? What is it to receive graciously? How do we expand our capacity to receive? How do we develop generosity of spirit in our giving? The art of giving and receiving goes far beyond physical gifts. We are constantly using our receptive and giving energy in our day to day lives. We will use contact dance as a way to experience through the body these qualities and how we are expressing them, with ourselves and others. What is Contact Improvisation? It is an in-the-moment dance with another, involving non-verbal communication between bodies moving through physical contact. It is a meditation on presence and body awareness, as well as a play of physics using gravity, momentum, and inertia to inspire dancing together. Every moment is a collaboration with a focus on “listening” through the skin surface at the physical point of contact. What is Cacao? Cacao, from the Theobroma Cacao tree, is a gentle yet powerful superfood that has both physical and spiritual benefits. Also known commonly as “chocolate,” it’s known for its richness and is gifted around the world for all sorts of occasions. We will use it in the workshop ceremonially, to assist us in giving and receiving from the heart, with authenticity of emotion. What is Sound Healing? Sound healing is a form of healing that uses music, different sounds and vibrations to heal the body, mind and spirit. It works on two principles: That different emotions vibrate at different levels, and that blocked, or unexpressed emotions, are the main source of dis-ease. Facilitated by Chris Campbell and Suzanne Zephyr We look forward to sharing with you some of our favorite practices and ways to play together.