Our bodies are full of wisdom. The intelligence of life which evolved over billions of years also lives in our own bodies. However, this wisdom has been covered over by layer upon layer of unsupportive, if not outright oppressive cultural, ancestral, familial and personal stories. Our dominant culture prioritises ‘rational thinking’ over feeling and the sensory experience of our bodies. And an entire industry is focused on making us feel that we are not enough, deeply disturbing our connection to the body.

Through our movement practice, we can reclaim our connection to the landscape of our body, inhabit ourselves more fully and find our way back to the support, guidance, vitality and joy inside ourselves. As we begin to be more ‘at home’ in our bodies, we start to bring healing to our disconnection and increase our capacity to meet life’s challenges from a place of resource. We bring our habitual patterns into consciousness and thereby open the door to change.

Embodied practices are a resource in times of challenge and change, because they help us to remember and connect to the greater holding that is available to us from the ground, from the Earth and from Spirit. They are also vehicles for awakening to the systems of oppression that we live in and that live in us. Our intention does not end with personal healing but recognizes that the personal and the collective are deeply intertwined and that one is not possible without the other. To become embodied means to wake up to our responsibility of learning and unlearning, and taking the actions available to us to create liberation and change.

The movement and dance practices offered under the banner of Being of the Earth invite you to connect more deeply to your body, express what’s alive in you, and reconnect to your innate capacity for resilience, presence, and aliveness.

This kind of dance is not about following steps or performing. There is nothing to get right or wrong here. Instead, we practice reclaiming the intelligence of our moving bodies as a resource for healing, as a different way of knowing, as a pathway to nervous system regulation, and a tool for change. Becoming more embodied is part of playing our part in creating a more just, equitable and flourishing world for all beings.

When we move with awareness and intention, we support ourselves to release physical and emotional tension, restore balance, and return to a state of greater safety, integrity and creativity.

Integrating principles of nervous system science, trauma-informed therapeutic modalities, and dance, Being of the Earth movement spaces welcome your whole self in whatever state, mood or circumstances you may find yourself.

The practices we use help you to gently explore your inner landscape and respond to life’s challenges with more creativity, flexibility and capacity. Through rhythm, breath, and embodied presence, we attune to what is here and let our bodies find expression for it. Over time, we strengthen our capacity to listen to our innate knowing and the intelligence of our system, as well as to all we are connected to in the web of life.

Dance is a way to come home to yourself and to the world, again and again. It is a way to tap into the full spectrum of our aliveness. And what we learn on the dancefloor inspires us to show up differently with ourselves and each other, out in the world.