Expressive Arts Exploration: 

In this container, we come together to connect and express ourselves through movement. We practice witnessing ourselves and each other in our expression, we practice bridging the gap between conscious and unconscious realms, reconnecting to play, to imagination and our inner child. We practice being with the unfolding present moment and embodied presence. This will have elements of something called, Authentic Movement (which has its own structure and rules of how to practice), but we won’t adhere to it all. For example, traditionally, when you are the mover, you have your eyes closed and the focus is internal; eyes closed is optional and we will play with this. Traditionally there is no music, which can allow for deeper listening and less external influence of your movement, but in this container we will explore with and without music. We will also explore elements of expressive arts and somatic practices such as meditation, art making and journaling. 

The basic structure of this practice will look like this:

~ Gather/opening circle 5-10 min

~ Guided Meditation/Movement practice 10 min

~ Unguided Movement practice 30-40 min

~ Creative forming ~ Drawing and or writing time 10 min

~ Sharing/closing circle 5-10 min

This event will be free and open to beginner and experienced movers, but will be a LGBTQ+ only space.