All Sarah’s classes are on Zoom for now. If we’re able to dance together in September we’ll update the info here. ReSource online ongoing group starts in September for those that want to deepen this dancing journey online. (Update: July 2020)
Upcoming Events…
september
30sep5:00 pm- 6:30 pmReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - WednesdaysResourced from the source5:00 pm - 6:30 pm OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
october
1oct9:00 am- 10:30 amReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - ThursdaysResourced from the source9:00 am - 10:30 am OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
2oct9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
3oct7:30 pm- 9:30 pmSaturday Night Sweat7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST The Gym, Michael Hall SchoolLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
Event Details
This is now fully booked for Saturday 5th September
You can buy tickets now for future months.
First Saturday of the month
7.30 pm–9.30 pm (doors open 7.15, class starts at 7.30, doors closed 7.45pm)
Due to social distancing, we will be a smaller group, tickets are limited and can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £16 / £14 / £12 – early purchase is cheaper.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-96865907537
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Adhering to social distancing, we will be a smaller group which allows plenty of space in this huge venue.
If tickets are sold out for this month feel free to purchase in advance for next month.
If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. It is a glorious space, a great group that has built up over many years. Join us!
To see what others have said see our video here
1st Saturday of the Month
The Gym, Michael Hall School, Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row RH18 5JA.
Parking is plentiful, it is easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
The Gym, Michael Hall School
Priory Road, Forest Row RH18 5JE
Organizer
Beam
earthbeam@gmail.com
Buy ticket via Paypal
7oct5:00 pm- 6:30 pmReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - WednesdaysResourced from the source5:00 pm - 6:30 pm OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
8oct9:00 am- 10:30 amReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - ThursdaysResourced from the source9:00 am - 10:30 am OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
9oct9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
14oct5:00 pm- 6:30 pmReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - WednesdaysResourced from the source5:00 pm - 6:30 pm OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
15oct9:00 am- 10:30 amReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - ThursdaysResourced from the source9:00 am - 10:30 am OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
16oct9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
21oct5:00 pm- 6:30 pmReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - WednesdaysResourced from the source5:00 pm - 6:30 pm OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
22oct9:00 am- 10:30 amReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - ThursdaysResourced from the source9:00 am - 10:30 am OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
23oct9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
28oct5:00 pm- 6:30 pmReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - WednesdaysResourced from the source5:00 pm - 6:30 pm OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
29oct9:00 am- 10:30 amReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - ThursdaysResourced from the source9:00 am - 10:30 am OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
30oct9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
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Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
5nov9:00 am- 10:30 amReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - ThursdaysResourced from the source9:00 am - 10:30 am OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
6nov9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
7nov7:30 pm- 9:30 pmSaturday Night Sweat7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST The Gym, Michael Hall SchoolLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
Event Details
This is now fully booked for Saturday 5th September
You can buy tickets now for future months.
First Saturday of the month
7.30 pm–9.30 pm (doors open 7.15, class starts at 7.30, doors closed 7.45pm)
Due to social distancing, we will be a smaller group, tickets are limited and can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £16 / £14 / £12 – early purchase is cheaper.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-96865907537
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Adhering to social distancing, we will be a smaller group which allows plenty of space in this huge venue.
If tickets are sold out for this month feel free to purchase in advance for next month.
If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. It is a glorious space, a great group that has built up over many years. Join us!
To see what others have said see our video here
1st Saturday of the Month
The Gym, Michael Hall School, Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row RH18 5JA.
Parking is plentiful, it is easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
The Gym, Michael Hall School
Priory Road, Forest Row RH18 5JE
Organizer
Beam
earthbeam@gmail.com
Buy ticket via Paypal
11nov5:00 pm- 6:30 pmReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - WednesdaysResourced from the source5:00 pm - 6:30 pm OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
12nov9:00 am- 10:30 amReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - ThursdaysResourced from the source9:00 am - 10:30 am OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
13nov9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
13nov - 15nov 137:00 pmnov 15Libido Fundamentals - GenevaOpen Floor Workshop7:00 pm - 5:00 pm (15) Location:Europe
Event Details
“Libido is appetite in its natural state” Carl Jung
Libido is an essential part of our body’s natural expression. Complicated one moment, ecstatic the next. Absent or burdened with expectations [...]
Event Details
“Libido is appetite in its natural state” Carl Jung
Libido is an essential part of our body’s natural expression. Complicated one moment, ecstatic the next. Absent or burdened with expectations of past experiences, this energy within and between us comes to the dance longing for freedom.
The intention in Open Floor Movement practice is to mindfully support our full embodiment. In one dance we may feel juicy, radiant and desirable while at other times we battle feeling awkward or shy. It is often challenging to navigate our own experiences and/or the sexual energies around us.
Libido Fundamentals investigates this complex and creative conundrum by using movement to ground, build and explore our sexual energy. We embrace a wider definition of Libido as life force, birth place of creativity, vitality, presence and aliveness. Because sexuality is so often unconsciously acted out or ignored, the exploration of this territory tends to be intense, intimate, liberating and empowering.
Participants can expect to spend each day engaging in mindful movement practice, group sharing and inquiry along with some didactic education. Nudity and actual genital contact are not a part of this workshop.
All genders and sexual orientations are welcome. Welcome solo or in relationship.
Please Note: at least 12 hours of Open Floor or other Conscious Dance Practice is required.
For more information contact:
Clément de Senarclens
danceopenfloor@gmail.com
41 (0)76782 03
Sarah Davies has apprenticed with Andrea Juhan for several years to qualify to teach this work. Sarah is a Founding Member of Open Floor, she has taught conscious dance since the 5Rhythms teacher training with Gabrielle Roth in 2008.
Please Note: at least 12 hours of Open Floor or other Conscious Dance Practice is required.
Cost: £220 or 280CHF / £195 or 250CHF concession
Early bird: 10% discount if paid in full before April 10
Sarah Davies has apprenticed with Andrea Juhan for several years to qualify to teach this work. Sarah is a Founding Member of Open Floor, she has taught conscious dance since the 5Rhythms teacher training with Gabrielle Roth in 2008.
When: 13–15th November 2020
Fri 7–10pm, Sat 11–6pm, Sun 11–5pm
Where: Geneva, Switzerland – venue TBC.
Libido Fundamentals
Un stage Open Floor avec Sarah Davies
Genève, Suisse
Horaires: Ven 19h-22h (soirée ouverte), sam 9 mai 11h-18h, Dim 10 main 11h-17h
(Lieux: Genève – Plainpalais (adresse exacte à confirmer))
Tarifs: 280CHF normal / 250CHF réduit (étudiants, chômage, AVS)
Early bird: 10% de réduction si payé intégralement
Infos et inscription: Clément +41767820330 danceopenfloor@gmail.com
Time
13 (Friday) 7:00 pm - 15 (Sunday) 5:00 pm
Organizer
Clément de Senarclens
danceopenfloor@gmail.com
18nov5:00 pm- 6:30 pmReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - WednesdaysResourced from the source5:00 pm - 6:30 pm OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
19nov9:00 am- 10:30 amReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - ThursdaysResourced from the source9:00 am - 10:30 am OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
20nov9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
25nov5:00 pm- 6:30 pmReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - WednesdaysResourced from the source5:00 pm - 6:30 pm OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
26nov9:00 am- 10:30 amReSource Online Ongoing Closed Group - ThursdaysResourced from the source9:00 am - 10:30 am OnlineLocation:Worldwide
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
27nov9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
Show More Eventsdecember
4dec9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
5dec7:30 pm- 9:30 pmSaturday Night Sweat7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST The Gym, Michael Hall SchoolLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
Event Details
This is now fully booked for Saturday 5th September
You can buy tickets now for future months.
First Saturday of the month
7.30 pm–9.30 pm (doors open 7.15, class starts at 7.30, doors closed 7.45pm)
Due to social distancing, we will be a smaller group, tickets are limited and can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £16 / £14 / £12 – early purchase is cheaper.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-96865907537
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Adhering to social distancing, we will be a smaller group which allows plenty of space in this huge venue.
If tickets are sold out for this month feel free to purchase in advance for next month.
If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. It is a glorious space, a great group that has built up over many years. Join us!
To see what others have said see our video here
1st Saturday of the Month
The Gym, Michael Hall School, Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row RH18 5JA.
Parking is plentiful, it is easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
The Gym, Michael Hall School
Priory Road, Forest Row RH18 5JE
Organizer
Beam
earthbeam@gmail.com
Buy ticket via Paypal
11dec9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
18dec9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
25dec9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
january
1jan9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
2jan7:30 pm- 9:30 pmSaturday Night Sweat7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST The Gym, Michael Hall SchoolLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
Event Details
This is now fully booked for Saturday 5th September
You can buy tickets now for future months.
First Saturday of the month
7.30 pm–9.30 pm (doors open 7.15, class starts at 7.30, doors closed 7.45pm)
Due to social distancing, we will be a smaller group, tickets are limited and can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £16 / £14 / £12 – early purchase is cheaper.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-96865907537
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Adhering to social distancing, we will be a smaller group which allows plenty of space in this huge venue.
If tickets are sold out for this month feel free to purchase in advance for next month.
If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. It is a glorious space, a great group that has built up over many years. Join us!
To see what others have said see our video here
1st Saturday of the Month
The Gym, Michael Hall School, Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row RH18 5JA.
Parking is plentiful, it is easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
The Gym, Michael Hall School
Priory Road, Forest Row RH18 5JE
Organizer
Beam
earthbeam@gmail.com
Buy ticket via Paypal
8jan9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
15jan9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
22jan9:15 am- 10:30 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:15 am - 10:30 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
september
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
october
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Event Details
This is now fully booked for Saturday 5th September
You can buy tickets now for future months.
First Saturday of the month
7.30 pm–9.30 pm (doors open 7.15, class starts at 7.30, doors closed 7.45pm)
Due to social distancing, we will be a smaller group, tickets are limited and can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £16 / £14 / £12 – early purchase is cheaper.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-96865907537
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Adhering to social distancing, we will be a smaller group which allows plenty of space in this huge venue.
If tickets are sold out for this month feel free to purchase in advance for next month.
If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. It is a glorious space, a great group that has built up over many years. Join us!
To see what others have said see our video here
1st Saturday of the Month
The Gym, Michael Hall School, Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row RH18 5JA.
Parking is plentiful, it is easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
The Gym, Michael Hall School
Priory Road, Forest Row RH18 5JE
Organizer
Beam earthbeam@gmail.com
Buy ticket via Paypal
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
november
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Event Details
This is now fully booked for Saturday 5th September
You can buy tickets now for future months.
First Saturday of the month
7.30 pm–9.30 pm (doors open 7.15, class starts at 7.30, doors closed 7.45pm)
Due to social distancing, we will be a smaller group, tickets are limited and can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £16 / £14 / £12 – early purchase is cheaper.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-96865907537
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Adhering to social distancing, we will be a smaller group which allows plenty of space in this huge venue.
If tickets are sold out for this month feel free to purchase in advance for next month.
If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. It is a glorious space, a great group that has built up over many years. Join us!
To see what others have said see our video here
1st Saturday of the Month
The Gym, Michael Hall School, Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row RH18 5JA.
Parking is plentiful, it is easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
The Gym, Michael Hall School
Priory Road, Forest Row RH18 5JE
Organizer
Beam earthbeam@gmail.com
Buy ticket via Paypal
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
“Libido is appetite in its natural state” Carl Jung Libido is an essential part of our body’s natural expression. Complicated one moment, ecstatic the next. Absent or burdened with expectations [...]
Event Details
“Libido is appetite in its natural state” Carl Jung
Libido is an essential part of our body’s natural expression. Complicated one moment, ecstatic the next. Absent or burdened with expectations of past experiences, this energy within and between us comes to the dance longing for freedom.
The intention in Open Floor Movement practice is to mindfully support our full embodiment. In one dance we may feel juicy, radiant and desirable while at other times we battle feeling awkward or shy. It is often challenging to navigate our own experiences and/or the sexual energies around us.
Libido Fundamentals investigates this complex and creative conundrum by using movement to ground, build and explore our sexual energy. We embrace a wider definition of Libido as life force, birth place of creativity, vitality, presence and aliveness. Because sexuality is so often unconsciously acted out or ignored, the exploration of this territory tends to be intense, intimate, liberating and empowering.
Participants can expect to spend each day engaging in mindful movement practice, group sharing and inquiry along with some didactic education. Nudity and actual genital contact are not a part of this workshop.
All genders and sexual orientations are welcome. Welcome solo or in relationship.
Please Note: at least 12 hours of Open Floor or other Conscious Dance Practice is required.
For more information contact:
Clément de Senarclens
danceopenfloor@gmail.com
41 (0)76782 03
Sarah Davies has apprenticed with Andrea Juhan for several years to qualify to teach this work. Sarah is a Founding Member of Open Floor, she has taught conscious dance since the 5Rhythms teacher training with Gabrielle Roth in 2008.
Please Note: at least 12 hours of Open Floor or other Conscious Dance Practice is required.
Cost: £220 or 280CHF / £195 or 250CHF concession
Early bird: 10% discount if paid in full before April 10
Sarah Davies has apprenticed with Andrea Juhan for several years to qualify to teach this work. Sarah is a Founding Member of Open Floor, she has taught conscious dance since the 5Rhythms teacher training with Gabrielle Roth in 2008.
When: 13–15th November 2020
Fri 7–10pm, Sat 11–6pm, Sun 11–5pm
Where: Geneva, Switzerland – venue TBC.
Libido Fundamentals
Un stage Open Floor avec Sarah Davies
Genève, Suisse
Horaires: Ven 19h-22h (soirée ouverte), sam 9 mai 11h-18h, Dim 10 main 11h-17h
(Lieux: Genève – Plainpalais (adresse exacte à confirmer))
Tarifs: 280CHF normal / 250CHF réduit (étudiants, chômage, AVS)
Early bird: 10% de réduction si payé intégralement
Infos et inscription: Clément +41767820330 danceopenfloor@gmail.com
Time
13 (Friday) 7:00 pm - 15 (Sunday) 5:00 pm
Organizer
Clément de Senarclens danceopenfloor@gmail.com
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Thursday [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Thursdays is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are: Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 16 / 17th September for 10 weeks until 18 / 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
This is an ongoing group, your commitment to being there for as many of the ten weeks as you can is preferable. It is a closed group, once we start others won’t be joining, this helps to hold a clear container.
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome and also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on: Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here (a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK [...]
Event Details
Every week for ten weeks, on:
Thursday morning 9–10.30am UK time see it in your timezone here
(a parallel group on Wednesday 5–6.30 UK time see it in your timezone here Link to information for Wednesday is here.
ReSource; we’re getting resourced, supported, aided. At this point in 2020 many of us are looking for ways to recover, reassess and realign ourselves, finding our place back in this ‘new normal’.
Looking at the word differently, re-source, the source, the beginning, the place of origin. My hunch is that this source is the place we do resource ourselves, nourish our souls, tend to our spirits, nurture our life force.
The Core Movement Resources that we utilise in Open Floor are:
Activate & Settle, Centre, Dissolve, Expand & Contract, Ground, Pause, Release, Spatial Awareness, Towards & Away and Vector. Each of these movement resources can help us learn about our own embodiment as well as offering us tools to resource on the dancefloor and also in our daily lives.
In each hour and a half session there’ll be time for dancing (nearly an hour) and about 20 mins for resourcing, whatever that might be for anyone. It may be time for creativity, meditating, reading, resting. For each of us what is resourcing may look very different, it may be none of those things I’ve mentioned, an impulse might arise in the moment, perhaps inspired by the ‘Core Movement Resource’ of the week and the ability to really tune in to what you need after dancing. I will be showing some images and offering an idea for an art exercise for those that want to do that.
There will be a facebook group for the two groups, Wednesday and Thursday, to share what’s resourcing them over these ten weeks.
Dates: 17th September for 10 weeks until 19th November
There will be a limit on group size, a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 20 in each group, enough people to dance together and feel the support and inspiration of each other and time enough for group sharing.
Cost: £160 / Concessions & Open Floor Teachers £144
You don’t need to have any prior experience of movement to join this group, beginners welcome, also those with experience welcome.
These sessions will not be recorded, it’ll be live, in-the-moment. However the music will be recorded for you to access later should you wish, also the link imagery that Sarah shows will also be available to you.
What you get from joining this group:
-
Embodiment practice, from your own home, connected online
-
Each week a focus on one of the Core Movement Resources
-
Time to explore how you get resourced, nourished & replenished straight after dancing (using the dance as a gateway to nourishment)
-
A suggestion of an art exercise for those that want to do it
-
Link to the soundscape of the week to relisten at any time
-
Link to a resource document for each Core Movement Resource
-
The support of being in an ongoing group with other committed movers.
-
A private facebook group to show what is resourcing you and to be inspired by others
Any questions email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
december
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Event Details
This is now fully booked for Saturday 5th September
You can buy tickets now for future months.
First Saturday of the month
7.30 pm–9.30 pm (doors open 7.15, class starts at 7.30, doors closed 7.45pm)
Due to social distancing, we will be a smaller group, tickets are limited and can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £16 / £14 / £12 – early purchase is cheaper.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-96865907537
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Adhering to social distancing, we will be a smaller group which allows plenty of space in this huge venue.
If tickets are sold out for this month feel free to purchase in advance for next month.
If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. It is a glorious space, a great group that has built up over many years. Join us!
To see what others have said see our video here
1st Saturday of the Month
The Gym, Michael Hall School, Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row RH18 5JA.
Parking is plentiful, it is easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
The Gym, Michael Hall School
Priory Road, Forest Row RH18 5JE
Organizer
Beam earthbeam@gmail.com
Buy ticket via Paypal
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
january
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
Event Details
This is now fully booked for Saturday 5th September
You can buy tickets now for future months.
First Saturday of the month
7.30 pm–9.30 pm (doors open 7.15, class starts at 7.30, doors closed 7.45pm)
Due to social distancing, we will be a smaller group, tickets are limited and can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £16 / £14 / £12 – early purchase is cheaper.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-96865907537
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Adhering to social distancing, we will be a smaller group which allows plenty of space in this huge venue.
If tickets are sold out for this month feel free to purchase in advance for next month.
If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. It is a glorious space, a great group that has built up over many years. Join us!
To see what others have said see our video here
1st Saturday of the Month
The Gym, Michael Hall School, Kidbrooke Park, Forest Row RH18 5JA.
Parking is plentiful, it is easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
The Gym, Michael Hall School
Priory Road, Forest Row RH18 5JE
Organizer
Beam earthbeam@gmail.com
Buy ticket via Paypal
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
We're back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance. Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We'll try it like this for [...]
Event Details
We’re back! Smaller, more spacious and longing to dance.
Please note, there are two smaller shorter groups. We’ll try it like this for a few weeks and see how we get on.
Group 1: 9–10 am
30 mins change over
Group 2: 10.30-11.30 am
Arrive 15 mins before the start of your group.
Tickets can only be purchased in advance, no sales on the door.
Cost: £14 / Concession: £12
Bring your own water bottle.
Wear comfortable clothes to move in.
Dance barefoot or in soft-soled indoor shoes.
Please wear a mask when entering & exiting the building. Masks should not be worn while dancing in accordance with the World Health Organisation – “People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably. Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain a physical distance of at least one meter from others.” original WHO information here
Feel free to purchase tickets in advance for the following weeks. If we have to cancel the event you will be given the option to hold the ticket until we are next open or to have your ticket refunded to you minus the Eventbrite admin fee.
Open Floor is a dance mediation practice. Using core movement resources such as grounding, centering, releasing, our aim is to become more embodied, to be more comfortable in our own skin, present for anything and everything. When we live an embodied life we are fluid, flexible and free to experience all of the wild and subtle moments that go by, the ones that are heavenly as well as the ones that have us dragging our feet.
Getting to Peter Griffiths Hall
Peter Griffiths Hall is in the centre of Forest Row with parking in the surrounding area.
Peter Griffiths Hall is round the back of the Freshfield Village Hall. It’s on the ‘Island’ between Tesco’s garage and Lloyds Chemist.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) so it’s called a movement meditation (bringing our attention back to the body over and over again). We explore moving in a variety of ways, moving towards freedom, whatever that might mean for us, it can be quite intimate and personal, or wild and expansive, different for us at different times and each class will have its own particular flavour.
We’re practicing flexiblity of our whole selves, emotionally and soulfully as well as physically.
Any questions do email us: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:15 am - 10:30 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org