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Latest workshop
moving from the inside
Date: Sunday
3 October 2021
Time: 2pm-5pm
Venue: North Fremantle Community Centre
Would you like to feel more present and experience greater somatic attunement? This workshop draws on the guiding principles of Authentic Movement, a relational practice between mover and witness. Listening deeply to inner sensations and experiences and responding through movement in a witnessed and safe space, can give rise to sublime moments of alignment between feeling and expression. These moments can be a unique and powerfully transformative experience.
The workshop will begin with a guided somatic warm-up followed by Authentic Movement. We will spend time integrating what has arisen through writing, drawing and shared conversation. No prior experience is necessary - Brenda welcomes all levels of readiness.
Previous workshops
moving from the inside
Date: Sunday
18 April 2021
Time: 2pm-4pm
Venue: North Fremantle Community Centre
Would you like to feel more present to your inner life and experience greater somatic attunement? Feel an increased capacity to respond to others in your personal and professional life? This workshop draws on the principles of Authentic Movement, a relational practice between mover and witness. Being present to feelings, sensations, and experiences as they arise, and responding through movement whilst being witnessed, is deeply affirming and powerfully transformative. In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to move and witness others moving in a safe, contained space. Following the guiding principles, you will refine inner and outer attention. This will support deeper bodily connection and presence whilst strengthening relationship with others.
The workshop will begin with a guided somatic warm-up followed by Authentic Movement. We will spend time integrating what has arisen through writing, drawing and shared conversation. No prior experience is necessary - Brenda welcomes all levels of readiness.
feeling our feet
Date: Sunday
31 January 2021
Time: 2pm-5pm
Venue: North Fremantle Community Centre
In this workshop, we will engage with the exquisite structure of our feet through experiential anatomy, somatic movement, images and shared stories. The bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves in our feet are fundamental to stability, movement, and agency. Immersion in their architecture will increase awareness of the crucial role feet play as a dynamic base of support for our verticality, allowing macro and micro adjustments with every step.
No prior experience is necessary - Brenda welcomes all levels of readiness. Her workshops offer a space for rich inquiry, personal and professional growth.
our sensory body
Our sensory body plays a vital role in how we perceive, relate to, and interact with the environment and those around us. This workshop will focus on seven sensing systems that enable us to perceive movement, touch, taste, smell, sight, sound, and proprioception. Mindful of the interrelatedness of the senses, and our perceptual experience, we will engage with their function and specific qualities through experiential anatomy, somatic movement, and shared discussion.
No prior experience is necessary - Brenda welcomes all levels of readiness. Her workshops offer a space for rich inquiry, personal and professional growth.
Date: Sunday
8 November 2020
Time: 2pm-5pm
Venue: North Fremantle Community Centre
moving from the inside
I was really inside my body … exploring my interior world … movement propelled by what I found and felt there - Brenda D
Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27 Sept 2020 (4 weeks)
Time: 2pm-4pm Sundays
Venue: North Fremantle Community Centre
Would you like to feel more present to your inner life and experience greater somatic attunement? Feel an increased capacity to respond to others? This series of workshops draws on the principles of Authentic Movement, a relational practice between mover and witness. Being present to feelings, sensations, and experiences as they arise, and responding through movement whilst being witnessed, is deeply affirming and powerfully transformative. In these workshops, you will have the opportunity to move and witness others moving in a safe, contained space. Following the guiding principles, you will refine inner and outer attention. This will support deeper bodily connection and presence whilst strengthening relationship with others.
Each workshop will begin with a guided somatic warm-up followed by Authentic Movement. We will spend time integrating what has arisen through shared conversation, writing and drawing. No prior experience is necessary - Brenda welcomes all levels of readiness.
cellular awareness
Through breath we settle, find steadiness and connection with one another.
This workshop is an introduction to our cells and the practice of cellular breathing - a somatic approach to the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in our cells. The technique supports cells to function optimally, generating more energy through a focused uptake of oxygen. We will begin with a guided warm-up followed by a spacious somatic movement exploration of this cellular exchange. Focusing on inner sensation and bodily perception, we will engage with the intelligence and beauty of our cellular breathing bodies.
If the challenges faced this year have left you feeling tired, depleted or distanced from your life, the nurturing practice of cellular breathing offers psycho-physical comfort, supporting you to rest, recuperate, and find renewed vitality. No prior experience is necessary, Brenda welcomes all levels of readiness – this approach offers rich application for personal and professional growth.
Testimonials
'Thank you for a truly inspiring workshop. Your gentle words of instruction also contained certainty and confidence, creating a holding space where I was able to inhabit my body for what seemed like the first time in a long time … I walked away with an enlivened state of being which encompassed not only a deeper awareness of my body but also a heightened perception of the world around me.' - Jane B.
'I found the workshop deeply relaxing and felt immediately at ease with your wise and gentle guidance. It was also very powerful.' - Rosemary S.
'Thank you for a supportive and revealing workshop. It brought awareness in many layers as well as joy in the movement.' - Jenny H.
'I enjoyed learning ... becoming more aware of all the cells in my body.' - Amanda F.