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"Boundaried and boundless
Alive and aware,
In this my human body
I am at one with The All that Is.
Breath in my body,
Breath of Sky,
Movement in my body, movement of sand and water,
Weight in my body, the density of creation is alive in me.
Alive in stone, wood, the heavy waterlogged weight of bull kelp.
Inner, outer and in between,
I am alive and
Aware in The All That Is." - Kate, September 2011 retreat
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Somatic Expression Retreats Assisted by Kate Cleary
and Leadership Training at Sea Ranch
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Courses:
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Summer Residential Retreat, July 28 - August 4, 2012
Retreat begins Saturday @5pm and ends
on Saturday @1pm
$975 - early registration by May 4
$1050
- regular registration
Price includes tuition, shared accommodations, and food
Fall Residential Retreat, September 16-23, 2012
Retreat begins Sunday @5pm and ends
Sunday @1pm
$975 - early registration by July 15
$1050
- regular registration
Price includes tuition, shared accommodations, and food
Leadership Training, September 24-28, 2012
Training begins Monday @1pm and ends Friday @1pm
The Leadership Training is open to people who have completed a Somatic Expression in Nature retreat
$650 - early registration by July 15
$725
- regular registration
Price includes tuition, shared accommodations, and food + hand-outs and a follow-up Skype session with Jamie
To register for a retreat, send a $200 deposit to hold your place: Jamie McHugh, PO Box 249, Sea Ranch, CA 95497
Credit cards and payment plans also accepted.
Contact Jamie for details.
We are nature. Our bodies are a microcosm of the outer landscape. Leaving the modern world temporarily behind, we take the time to encounter the living dreamscape of our bodies and the natural environment in order to renew and regenerate. Each day begins somatically, exploring your inner landscape with breath, vocalization, contact, movement and stillness. Then, we venture out into the landscape, using the somatic tools as springboards for opening up your sensory mind, interacting with your surroundings, and allowing spontaneous expression to emerge. These embodied interactions with the environment are a moving meditation for becoming more present to both life within and without. Click here to read more.
Away from the distractions, constraints and schedules of daily life, this immersion in your interior and in the natural environment offers creative inspiration as well as pragmatic resources for ongoing somatic self-care. Dwelling within the creature comforts of Sea Ranch and the raw vitality of the coast, you are able to relax and enliven your body/spirit.
We conclude our time together with a special ceremony conducted by a local healer at the Pomo Indian Roundhouse to re-integrate back into life.
Click here to read an article from Conscious Dancer magazine about Somatic Expression in Nature.
leadership training: This training is dedicated to providing an in-depth reflection on the explorations in the natural environment, as well as spending time deciphering the specific somatic tools, the expressive articulation, and the creative method used. Lawrence Halprin's RSVP cycles will be used as a model for generating innovative leadership strategies that can foster creativity and cultivate group cohesion through a person-centered process. Practice and theory will dance together as we follow a sequential progression of accumulating tools and developing resources to take people deep inside themselves as well as simultaneously bringing them out into relationship with the larger body of nature.
Having taught these environmental workshops for the past 24 years, I am now interested in training a new generation of practitioners to use this work in the world. The map for exploring the natural environment can be applied in various settings, making the work applicable to a wide cross-section of people. I have found this approach to be of particular interest to environmentalists, movement educators, dancers, and helping professionals in exploring a creative approach to somatics and the expressive arts in nature.
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