Category: gestalt
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Body Poetry: Learning to Crawl, Learning to Fall
You must have the neutral demeanor of a martial artist for all Butoh exercises, because that means you are open to the most authentic expression arising in the moment, and you are unfiltered. The moment you try to make something of it it is false, it is contrived actually, and the body will always betray…
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Protest Art
It wasn’t until I started studying shamanism that I began to understand how deeply shamanic Butoh really is. It brings you face to face with the fullness of your corporeality through poetic imagery, through symbolism and archetype. It deconstructs your concepts of yourself – if you allow it – until nothing remains but the dance.…
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I Sing The Body Electric
This is the fierce, unapologetic, uncensored passion of butoh based shamanic embodiment – this is our Body Poetry. Be the poem, beloved, embody it with every cell of your being, without pause to think or correct, without second thought or doubt – I dare you to be that fearless, I dare you to be this…
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The power of Embodiment in the face of tragedy
Embodiment is a powerful practice – and it is a practice for days just like today. When we are practiced and fluent with these techniques we can respond holistically, we can notice and tend to what we need to self-regulate and then we can really be of service to others. In the spirit of this…
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But what is “Body Poetry” anyway??
Body Poetry is: condensed corporeality essential embodiment human expression expressive flesh poignantly real holistic reality What if you could dance all of that? That is exactly what we will be exploring in this 6 week workshop of butoh based shamanic embodiment. It is all those things, and none of them, and it is what you…
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Body Poetry: Come As You Are
During my morning moving meditation practice, I was envisioning everyone who would join, and en-join embodiment. The Zen Center itself is carpeted, not ideal necessarily for a full out dance class, but this will actually be more like a “full in” – a going full in to your embodiment, and letting the movement flow from…
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20 years in the making
Do you ever feel like, “one day I’ll know enough about such and such to write a book or teach?” For some reason teaching always came naturally, and I have no problem dancing in a kimono in front of hundreds of people – but actually finishing and publishing a book – not so easy! Celebrate…
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I dare you to be MORE embodied
Many people I know are asking: “What can I do? How can I make a difference in a world filled with violence, injustice, and confusion?” The answer is complex, but I believe it starts here, in the body, with you.
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Decolonizing Research through Performance Ethnography
Is performance ethnography my true academic home? What do other researchers in this field feel about Indigenous Research Methodologies? How do embodied cultural practices threaten or uphold cultural continuity? How does the Shaman function in relation to embodiment, intersubjectivity and relationality – is there a universal shamanic praxis at play?
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But WHY?!?
I needed a new container to hold all of my wildness, my art, my writing, my research, my dance, my music, the uncontrived expression of my highest potential and my uncompromising aspirations for the world. “The Savage Shaman” became the container that would hold all of that, and keep me accountable, honest, and creative.