Explore presence, deep listening and creative movement.
Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) blends movement, meditation and improvisation to cultivate awareness, connection and self-discovery.
What to expect:
This three-hour no-experience-necessary workshop begins with facilitated material that orients us to the practice:
Learn about the practice’s purpose, structure, and benefits.
Develop tools for clear consent, non-consent and boundary-setting to create a safe and supportive space.
Clearly and tangibly introduce key practice components: seated meditation, solo movement, relational and open improvisational movement.
Then we will move into a 60-minute CDP session which consists of:
20 minutes of seated meditation – arrive into stillness and present-moment awareness.
20 minutes of solo movement – continuing the inquiry from seated meditation, we move intuitively, following internal impulses without judgment.
20 minutes of open improvisation – engage in shared, nonverbal improvisation as part of a group.
We end with time for shared reflection and togetherness, discussing insights, experiences and takeaways.
Who is this for?
This workshop is open to all bodies. No prior experience with dance or meditation is needed, just curiosity and a willingness to explore.
About Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP)
Developed by Barbara Dilley (dancer, meditation teacher and former President of Naropa University), Contemplative Dance Practice is an invitation to explore how awareness unfolds in and through the body.
Contemplative Dance Practice is a form that offers three sequential practice sections:
Seated Meditation Practice – In which we arrive into stillness and present-moment awareness.
Continued Exploration – In which continue the inquiries from our seated meditation practice by engaging in intuitive movement, following internal impulses without judgment.
Open Improvisation – A shared, nonverbal improvisational space where we engage with movement while attuning to the group and environment.
CDP is not about performance but about deepening our relationship with movement, attention and community.
Join us for practice, learning, togetherness, attunement, embodiment, movement, stillness and discovery.
About the Facilitator
Nick Smith is a facilitator, organizer, meditator, dancer and body worker focused on improvisation, somatics, touch and relational practices. Nick offers one-on-one movement classes, body work sessions, organizes events and teaches regularly throughout the Bay Area.
https://www.grapes.dance/
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