Beyond Technique Towards Expression
With DAVID KAM
It’s not always just about technique, it’s how moving makes you feel. A playful, reimagined approach to creative sequencing for both teachers and students.
When we move from this place, we steer away from the risk of boredom and auto-piloting in practice. Day one of this weekend sets the tone for moving from a place of feeling where every return to practice feels like another opportunity to play with full presence.
The morning masterclass focuses on our experience of proprioception and the expressive possibilities of our shoulders and armline. As we open up these areas, we expand our capacity for various forms of weight bearing and bind using our hands. We will develop an embodied awareness of our shoulder alignment in particular by understanding where our arms are in space at any given time.
The afternoon explores the space of expression. A playful, reimagined approach to creative sequencing for both teachers and students. We will systematically explore how we can adapt yoga asana towards our respective areas of curiosity and individual experiences of pleasure. After all, each of us are unique beings, bodyminds who enjoy expressing movement in different ways.
The traditional sun salutation is our starting point, upon which we dissect the infinite possibilities for expression both within asana and between asana (vinyasa). We leave with as many variations of sun salutations as the number of participants present. Great for those seeking to establish a confident self practice or teachers working on intentional creative sequencing.
Inspired by Victor Frankl
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
Celebrate movement as practice, purpose and perspective with David over a weekend of exploring movement beyond asana, embodying the philosophies of yoga off the mat.
The weekend is carefully designed to welcome curious minds across varying physiques, neuro-divergences and dis/abilities, where you are empowered to tailor towards your respective edges of challenge and comfort from the restorative to the dynamic.
Each day begins with a masterclass practice. Using traditional yoga postures (asana) as points of departure and somatic enquiry, we will move through fluid, multidimensional sequences to condition towards complexity and mobilise towards longevity. There will be opportunities to move, roll, crawl or invert beyond the confines of your mat. A brave space of collective un/structured play to expand your capacities for pleasure and self-expression.
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The masterclass is followed by a lunch break before a 3 hour workshop where we delve deeper into a specific focus with opportunities to explore movement with detailed feedback and engage in rich discussions amongst like-minded movers.
Join the full weekend for a moving experience of freedom, expression and wild permission.
Dates: Friday 8 March 2024
Time: 12.00 - 18:00 (with mid afternoon food break)
Location: Studio Fly | Croeselaan 209, Utrecht
Price: (including VAT) €89
Join all three days: €199
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