Lavender & Moon:
Contemplative Movement
6 Week Group
Let’s start the new year with space for reflection, movement & consistent community connection
What’s the structure?
In our 6 weeks we will explore Contemplative Dance Practice and Authentic Movement. This group is for people who already have experience within these practices, as there won’t be formal teaching.
Why join a group?
Because meeting with a regular group of people is important
Because moving our bodies is important
Because going inward and reflecting is important
Because committing to a scheduled practice hugely increases the likelihood of practice
Because life moves fast and there’s so much richness in slowing down
Structure for Contemplative Dance Practice days:
1) Brief arrival & Check-in with the group
2) 20 Minute Meditation
3) 20 Minute Personal Awareness / Movement Practice
4) 20 Minute Open Space
5) Open Writing if time
6) Check-out with the group
Structure of Authentic Movement days
1) Brief arrival & Check-in with the group
2) 10 minute personal movement warm-up
3) 10 minute Authentic Movement round 1
4) 10 minute Authentic Movement round 2
5) 10 minute Authentic Movement round 3
6) 10 minute Authentic Movement round 4
5) Open Writing if time
6) Check-out sharing with the group
“Contemplative dance practice is a time and space to hold and to evolve personal and group awareness of body/mind.” — Barbara Dilley
This is for you if…
You thrive doing contemplative practice in community
You have a busy life and you struggle to make time for contemplative practice
You care about being more present
You want time to be in your body
Your life is full of stimulation and you want to slow down
“The center of the work in the discipline of Authentic Movement is about relationship: between a mover and an outer witness, between the moving self and an inner witness, between the self and the collective, the self and the Divine.”— Janet Adler
Dates & Information:
Mondays, January 12, 26, February 2, 9, 16, 23
3 - 4:30 (ish)
Closed container, no drop-in
Limit to 10 people
Pay-what-you-wish!
Accessibility: We will be meeting in a dance studio up a couple of flights of stairs. There is no elevator. The studio has some chairs and pillows.
Sign Up for Lavender & Moon:
Thank you for taking a minute to answer these questions.
Questions? Email: Michelle.a.Huber@gmail.com
A note from Michelle—
I have been practicing the forms of Authentic Movement & Contemplative Dance Practice for over a decade, but I’m not a formally trained teacher in either. I want to create space for regular practice in community.
What people are saying about classes with Michelle:
“Michelle is skilled, warm-hearted and open. She creates a rich and wonderful space for our inner worlds to be revealed. We have time to connect in ways that are gentle and also to experience the discomforts that arise as humans meet our edges and challenge our assumptions. This can be done because Michelle creates a container that is rooted in humility, honesty and kindness.”
“I am taking away a better sense of who I am and what I have offer, and a greater appreciation for others and their gifts. I am taking away a better capacity to check out my assumptions and be more curious about others without trying to change them”
"Michelle holds such a warm, open, honest space. In this container, the group was able to open to rich, revealing, and transformative processes in every session."
“Michelle taught us how to connect the constellation of our bodies into something fluid and knowable. The classes are a much needed lesson in the wisdom of the body, the benefits of slowing down, and how sometimes the smallest movements have the greatest impacts.” - Oona Robertson
“Warm, open, curious, inviting. Supportive and safe. A great blend of spacious and engaged. Skilled.”
“I love working with Michelle! She is such a good listener and instantly makes me comfortable!” - Melissa McClung, Filmmaker
"Michelle's classes are fun, relaxing and I come away feeling more connected." - Heather Tauck