POETRY OF SIMPLICITY

 

ALLOWING FOR SPACE - practice

 

In my practice I am merging my knowledge of contemporary dance, Qigong/ Taiji, Yoga, Contact dance, Break Dance, western somatic practices (Body-Mind Centering©, the Alexander Technique, Ideokinesis, Skinner Releasing) as well as Fascia and Dance therapy. All of these practices approach movement with a great understanding of our structure and a spirit of playfulness and research. I find it interesting to let these practice’s frames become membranes, so that rather than staying isolated they can meet, merge and inform/ enrich each other.

I like to allow for space so that one gets the chance to understand better what is already there and to give a chance for things to fall in place. 

 

 

 

UNFOLDING FULL POTENTIAL

 

This practice is about unfolding one's full potential as an individual human being.

(By allowing for space) One can rediscover and learn in greater depth about oneself through movement/ dance. By doing so, one becomes autonomous.

It helps one to be pure, humble and clear in one's actions and ideas.

One can feel light and grounded at the same time. 

Widen one's movement capacity. 

Feel peaceful and excited/ playful at the same time. 

This practice opens one's mind and at the same time lets it find rest and calmness.

It gives clarity on what is really important in terms of health, movement/ action and life.

This is a practice about honesty, appreciation and creativity towards yourself and the people around you. It shares clear propositions and tools of researching balance/ health.

By becoming aware and learning in greater detail about our body (through anatomical information, touch, imagination, movement & imagery) we can understand our body and its requests better. We can allow for more softness, fluidity, time and space so that things can find their place with ease and gentleness.

TOOLS

 

By becoming aware and learning in greater detail about our body (through anatomical information, touch, imagination, movement & imagery) we can understand our body and its requests better.

By giving time/ space and tools for how to listen we  become a better listener.

By giving time/ space and tools for how to look, we become a better observer.

And by giving time/ space and tools for how to sense, we become a better perceiver.

We practice what it means to truly listen, see and feel and if we can archive so in movement, the bigger idea is of course to also do so in life, to get a better image of our current world and try to change it to a better place, on a small scale maybe, but who knows whom it might inspire.

 

Although there is a huge transmission of knowledge in this practice, the Daoist thought of “Becoming less” is all time present. In the end, this is a practice which exists through paradoxes.

I was gonna say that, through studying the above-mentioned practices and eventually developing my own practice, I gained so much,- but actually I could say, I lost so much because I am learning to let go and work with what there already is within.

 

"Becoming lesser and lesser to the point of no interference." (Dao de Jing, chapter 48)

By rediscovering the natural ways of the body we can let go of bad habits, tensions and blockages.