Mid MOtion Collective
“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance, when you're perfectly free. ” ~Rumi (Sufi mystic) |
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All events are in Columbia, Mo. unless otherwise noted. SeptemberSaturday, Sept. 26 , noon -10 p.m. (Victoria reading and improv dance at 3 p.m., Mid MOtion event at 5:15 p.m.), Earthdance, Courtyard Square, Boone County Courthouse, 8th & Walnut, Columbia Wednesay, Sept. 30 , 4-5:30 p.m.; 7-9 p.m., Body Wisdom, special guest Masankho Banda, Gaines Oldham Black Cultural Center, KOPN Radio, More details October - NovemberMondays, Oct. 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 7:30-9 p.m., Body Prayer, Jasmine facilitates, Elm Street Yoga DecemberSunday, Dec. 20, 5:15-7 p.m., Trance Dance, Victoria facilitates, Elm Street Yoga
Regular Workshop OfferingsTrance Dance Trance Dance is a form of ritual that uses music, rhythm and breathing to induce a moving trance. It is a movement prayer, a demonstration of reverence, a call for personal transformation, a connection with the healing powers of Spirit, an internal journey. The primary focus of this type of movement is to support healing and to open up one’s relationship with Spirit. Please bring a blindfold and a water bottle. Fee: Sliding scale $10-$20. Bring someone new and split sliding scale $15-$25.
Body Prayer Body: the physical structure that we inhabit. Prayer: the act of communing. Body Prayer: the act of communing with our physical being and our Spirit. Using rhythms as a basis for sinking into our flesh and bones, we try on try on rhythms and movements, encounterothers in that dance and play with how different breath and movement patterns reveal the language of our body and Spirit. In essence, we encourage the "monkey brain" to chill out and let the language of the Soul emerge in our movement.Strongly influenced by (but not officially trained in) the work of Gabrielle Roth (5 Rhythms™) and Vin Marti (Soul Motion™), Jasmine facilitates this experience. Fee: $40 - $60 sliding scale for four-week session. In[Voke] Motion In[Voke] Motion is facilitated improvisational movement inspired by intention. It is an opportunity to play with movement and to explore the whole body: the physical, the spiritual and all connections within. When we invoke motion as a divine presence, we do not merely move our physical bodies, but we engorge our cells and engage our spirit with an awareness energy that feeds, inspires and moves us into a deeper Self. In[Voke] Motion is conscious of both space and body. It offers the opportunity to heighten the awareness of the range and shape of our own kinesthetic energy. It invites us to move more freely within the confines of our own skin and within the vessel of the community. It is a tool to explore and play with limits and possibilities. In[Voke] Motion develops a more fluent use of the language of the body. Fee: $25 - $75 sliding scale for five-week session.
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