july
1jul9:30 am- 11:00 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:30 am - 11:00 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am.
What is an Open Floor class?
It's dancing, it's a way of practicing being embodied (learning to [...]
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) 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.
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.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £15 cash or contactless on the door.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please email Sarah
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.
Any questions do email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
2jul7:30 pm- 9:30 pmSaturday Night Sweat7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST Michael Hall SchoolLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at [...]
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. Great floor, great acoustics and lots of space.
Parking is also plentiful and it’s easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
7.30–9.30pm. Arrive from 7.15, class starts at 7.30, we keep the doors open until 7.45pm for lateness.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £20–£12 sliding scale
Tickets: http://dancingwithsarahdavies.eventbrite.co
Any questions email the organiser Beam
To see what others have said see our video
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
No previous movement experience necessary – all welcome.
How will the dance be different from pre-Covid days?
- It’s important to consider that others may wish to take a more cautious approach as we open up. We aim to provide the opportunity and space for others to reduce close contacts if they wish.
- Please bring your own water to drink to reduce sharing the water fountains
- Tickets are offered online to reduce money at the door
- You are asked not to come if you have Covid symptoms, even if mild.
- If you feel unwell or cannot come for any other reason you can transfer your ticket to another date within the ticketing system Eventbrite.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please contact the organiser Beam: earthbeam@gmail.com
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
Michael Hall School
Priory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
Organizer
Beam
earthbeam@gmail.com
Michael Hall SchoolPriory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-146840508915
8jul9:30 am- 11:00 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:30 am - 11:00 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am.
What is an Open Floor class?
It's dancing, it's a way of practicing being embodied (learning to [...]
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) 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.
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.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £15 cash or contactless on the door.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please email Sarah
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.
Any questions do email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
15jul9:30 am- 11:00 amOpen Floor - Forest Row - Friday MorningsFriday Morning Dance9:30 am - 11:00 am Peter Griffiths HallLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am.
What is an Open Floor class?
It's dancing, it's a way of practicing being embodied (learning to [...]
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) 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.
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.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £15 cash or contactless on the door.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please email Sarah
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.
Any questions do email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies
heart@sarahdavies.org
august
6aug7:30 pm- 9:30 pmSaturday Night Sweat7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST Michael Hall SchoolLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at [...]
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. Great floor, great acoustics and lots of space.
Parking is also plentiful and it’s easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
7.30–9.30pm. Arrive from 7.15, class starts at 7.30, we keep the doors open until 7.45pm for lateness.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £20–£12 sliding scale
Tickets: http://dancingwithsarahdavies.eventbrite.co
Any questions email the organiser Beam
To see what others have said see our video
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
No previous movement experience necessary – all welcome.
How will the dance be different from pre-Covid days?
- It’s important to consider that others may wish to take a more cautious approach as we open up. We aim to provide the opportunity and space for others to reduce close contacts if they wish.
- Please bring your own water to drink to reduce sharing the water fountains
- Tickets are offered online to reduce money at the door
- You are asked not to come if you have Covid symptoms, even if mild.
- If you feel unwell or cannot come for any other reason you can transfer your ticket to another date within the ticketing system Eventbrite.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please contact the organiser Beam: earthbeam@gmail.com
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
Michael Hall School
Priory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
Organizer
Beam
earthbeam@gmail.com
Michael Hall SchoolPriory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-146840508915
september
3sep7:30 pm- 9:30 pmSaturday Night Sweat7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST Michael Hall SchoolLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at [...]
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. Great floor, great acoustics and lots of space.
Parking is also plentiful and it’s easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
7.30–9.30pm. Arrive from 7.15, class starts at 7.30, we keep the doors open until 7.45pm for lateness.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £20–£12 sliding scale
Tickets: http://dancingwithsarahdavies.eventbrite.co
Any questions email the organiser Beam
To see what others have said see our video
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
No previous movement experience necessary – all welcome.
How will the dance be different from pre-Covid days?
- It’s important to consider that others may wish to take a more cautious approach as we open up. We aim to provide the opportunity and space for others to reduce close contacts if they wish.
- Please bring your own water to drink to reduce sharing the water fountains
- Tickets are offered online to reduce money at the door
- You are asked not to come if you have Covid symptoms, even if mild.
- If you feel unwell or cannot come for any other reason you can transfer your ticket to another date within the ticketing system Eventbrite.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please contact the organiser Beam: earthbeam@gmail.com
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
Michael Hall School
Priory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
Organizer
Beam
earthbeam@gmail.com
Michael Hall SchoolPriory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-146840508915
october
1oct7:30 pm- 9:30 pmSaturday Night Sweat7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST Michael Hall SchoolLocation:Forest Row
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at [...]
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. Great floor, great acoustics and lots of space.
Parking is also plentiful and it’s easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
7.30–9.30pm. Arrive from 7.15, class starts at 7.30, we keep the doors open until 7.45pm for lateness.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £20–£12 sliding scale
Tickets: http://dancingwithsarahdavies.eventbrite.co
Any questions email the organiser Beam
To see what others have said see our video
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
No previous movement experience necessary – all welcome.
How will the dance be different from pre-Covid days?
- It’s important to consider that others may wish to take a more cautious approach as we open up. We aim to provide the opportunity and space for others to reduce close contacts if they wish.
- Please bring your own water to drink to reduce sharing the water fountains
- Tickets are offered online to reduce money at the door
- You are asked not to come if you have Covid symptoms, even if mild.
- If you feel unwell or cannot come for any other reason you can transfer your ticket to another date within the ticketing system Eventbrite.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please contact the organiser Beam: earthbeam@gmail.com
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
Michael Hall School
Priory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
Organizer
Beam
earthbeam@gmail.com
Michael Hall SchoolPriory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-146840508915
11octAll DayCommon Sense Immersion - October 11-16, 2022(All Day: tuesday) OnlineLocation:Europe
Event Details
AN INTENSIVE 30 HOUR, 6 DAY ONLINE ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
Event Details
AN INTENSIVE 30 HOUR, 6 DAY ONLINE ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
October 11-16, 2022 – EUROPE Time Zone
An invitation to give ourselves time. Time to study our bodies – how they work, where we have placed them and how that impacts how we behave, feel and sense the world in and around us.
Immerse yourself in five full days of embodiment study. Take time to notice sensations, reactions, habits and creative possibilities.
COMMON SENSE & EMOTIONAL EMBODIMENT
This immersion focuses on quality of consciousness and emotional intelligence.
Emotional embodiment refers to the process of learning to become wise, resilient and creative in relation to our own and other’s emotions. It refers to our capacity to feel emotion and to remain present and creative in all four domains of relationship (alone, with a partner, in a group, and in relation to spirit).
In this immersion you will develop insights and skills to become emotionally embodied. You will:
- Have a physical language for your emotions, and can move creatively with them
- Be able to allow feelings in, out and through the body
- Witness emotion as it passes in and through your nervous system, and able to track emotion as energy-in-motion in your own body and in others
- Be comfortable with the full range of emotional impulses and mindfully choose to nourish and express an emotion, be with it, or calm it down
- Know how to match what is present on the outside with what is occurring inside you
The cost of this Immersion is: $850
For application information and information about Scholarships and Financial Aid please see the Open Floor website
Please Note:
- The first Immersion and Practicum will be online. The faculty will be Lucie Nérot, Deborah Lewin, and Sarah Davies.
- After Immersion 1, we will do our best to offer in person Immersions and Practicums, in France and in the UK.When we start teaching in-person for Phase 2 (October 2022) we will offer an online alternative if you are unable to join us in person. This is in response to the uncertainties of the COVID situation, and the multiple borders within the EU and the UK. This will apply to Phases 3 and 4 if the COVID situation hasn’t resolved itself.
Open Floor Immersions
ONLINE AND LOCAL, IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
A deep dive into Open Floor movement practice with our highly experienced and talented teaching team, Open Floor Immersions offer intensive personal practice and a deeper understanding of its relevance to daily life.The Immersions are also an opportunity to meet and connect with a community of like minded movers.
With a focus on reducing our carbon footprint and becoming more inclusive, we are aiming to offer local immersions in USA, Europe, UK, and New Zealand as soon as possible, and are expanding our teaching to more languages than just English.
Time
All Day (Tuesday)
Organizer
Open Floor
leah@openfloor.org
november
24nov - 27All DayCommon Sense Practicum - November 24-27, 2022(All Day) OnlineLocation:Europe
Event Details
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE [...]
Event Details
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPEN FLOOR TEACHER TRAINING PLEASE SEE THE OPEN FLOOR WEBSITE
PRACTICUM
While our immersions are experiential and aimed at deepening your movement practice, as a teacher in training you will be required to complete 20 hours of practice days. Held in small groups, the practice days are dedicated to bringing the Open Floor curriculum to life in your teaching, and building the practical skills required for teaching Open Floor movement practice to others.
During practice days, you will learn:
- How to design movement scores to teach each of the 10 Core Movement Resources
- How to use physical anchors to keep bringing your students back to the body and learning through the lens of embodiment
- How to ask the right questions and give instructions to increase your students’ self-awareness and mindfulness
- How to include the 4×4 weave in your teaching
- How to create exercises using other modalities in addition to dance
- Understand different teaching styles and how to use them
- How to teach people of all ages and abilities
- Grow your insights into group dynamics and embody fluid authority
For application information and information about Scholarships and Financial Aid please see the Open Floor website
For application information and information about Scholarships and Financial Aid please see the Open Floor website
Please Note:
- The first Immersion and Practicum will be online. The faculty will be Lucie Nérot, Deborah Lewin, and Sarah Davies.
- After Immersion 1, we will do our best to offer in person Immersions and Practicums, in France and in the UK.When we start teaching in-person for Phase 2 (October 2022) we will offer an online alternative if you are unable to join us in person. This is in response to the uncertainties of the COVID situation, and the multiple borders within the EU and the UK. This will apply to Phases 3 and 4 if the COVID situation hasn’t resolved itself.
Time
24 (Thursday) - 27 (Sunday)
Organizer
Open Floor
leah@openfloor.org
may
18may - 23All DayCommon Knowledge Immersion - May 18-23, 2023(All Day) OnlineLocation:Europe
Event Details
AN INTENSIVE 30 HOUR, 6 DAY ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
Event Details
AN INTENSIVE 30 HOUR, 6 DAY ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
May 18-23, 2023 – EUROPE Time Zone
An invitation to give ourselves time. Time to study our bodies – how they work, where we have placed them and how that impacts how we behave, feel and sense the world in and around us.
Immerse yourself in five full days of embodiment study. Take time to notice sensations, reactions, habits and creative possibilities.
COMMON KNOWLEDGE & THE EMBODIED MIND
This immersion focuses on mindfulness and imaginative, creative cognition.
The activity of the brain, and its contribution to our ability to be mindful creatures, is a complex choreography of our neurophysiology and consciousness. When we are embodied and consciously practice movement, we increase our capacity for mindfulness in every cell of our body. This mindfulness in turn supports our receptivity to, and the integration of, our imaginative, visual, artistic, linguistic and logical capacities.
An embodied mind is more than a functioning brain. When we speak of “mind” on the Open Floor it includes insight, thought, cognition, mindfulness, logic, body brain, brain functioning, imagination, intuition, dreams, visualization, and memory.
In this immersion you will come away with insights and skills to have a fully embodied mind. This includes:
- Having an integrated, felt sense of the brain’s interpretations, interactions, and interplay with consciousness
- A mind that is creative, intuitive, imaginative, inventive, insightful, mindful, articulate, discerning, clear, aware, and astute
- A mind that is open to the vastness of knowledge, intuition, and imagination, while still connected to body and heart
- Being able to dance the energy and texture of thoughts, images from nature, dreams, mythology, and archetypes
- The ability to focus on a sensation, a movement, a person, a space, and to be receptive to the vastness of the mind beyond our own immediate perceptions — to create space for insights
- Creating bridges between learning about the body, the emotions, and the mind in books and videos, etc. and bringing that knowledge into the movement and the experience of the body
- Having a mind that knows how to use intention
The cost of this Immersion is: $850
For application information and information about Scholarships and Financial Aid please see the Open Floor website
Please Note:
- The first Immersion and Practicum will be online. The faculty will be Lucie Nérot, Deborah Lewin, and Sarah Davies.
- After Immersion 1, we will do our best to offer in person Immersions and Practicums, in France and in the UK.When we start teaching in-person for Phase 2 (October 2022) we will offer an online alternative if you are unable to join us in person. This is in response to the uncertainties of the COVID situation, and the multiple borders within the EU and the UK. This will apply to Phases 3 and 4 if the COVID situation hasn’t resolved itself.
Open Floor Immersions
ONLINE AND LOCAL, IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
A deep dive into Open Floor movement practice with our highly experienced and talented teaching team, Open Floor Immersions offer intensive personal practice and a deeper understanding of its relevance to daily life.The Immersions are also an opportunity to meet and connect with a community of like minded movers.
With a focus on reducing our carbon footprint and becoming more inclusive, we are aiming to offer local immersions in USA, Europe, UK, and New Zealand as soon as possible, and are expanding our teaching to more languages than just English.
Time
18 (Thursday) - 23 (Tuesday)
Organizer
Open Floor
leah@openfloor.org
july
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am. What is an Open Floor class? It's dancing, it's a way of practicing being embodied (learning to [...]
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) 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.
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.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £15 cash or contactless on the door.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please email Sarah
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.
Any questions do email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month. Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at [...]
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. Great floor, great acoustics and lots of space.
Parking is also plentiful and it’s easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
7.30–9.30pm. Arrive from 7.15, class starts at 7.30, we keep the doors open until 7.45pm for lateness.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £20–£12 sliding scale
Tickets: http://dancingwithsarahdavies.eventbrite.co
Any questions email the organiser Beam
To see what others have said see our video
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
No previous movement experience necessary – all welcome.
How will the dance be different from pre-Covid days?
- It’s important to consider that others may wish to take a more cautious approach as we open up. We aim to provide the opportunity and space for others to reduce close contacts if they wish.
- Please bring your own water to drink to reduce sharing the water fountains
- Tickets are offered online to reduce money at the door
- You are asked not to come if you have Covid symptoms, even if mild.
- If you feel unwell or cannot come for any other reason you can transfer your ticket to another date within the ticketing system Eventbrite.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please contact the organiser Beam: earthbeam@gmail.com
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
Michael Hall School
Priory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
Organizer
Beam earthbeam@gmail.com
Michael Hall SchoolPriory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-146840508915
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am. What is an Open Floor class? It's dancing, it's a way of practicing being embodied (learning to [...]
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) 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.
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.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £15 cash or contactless on the door.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please email Sarah
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.
Any questions do email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am. What is an Open Floor class? It's dancing, it's a way of practicing being embodied (learning to [...]
Event Details
9.30–11am, arrive from 9.15am, doors stay open until 9.40am.
What is an Open Floor class?
It’s dancing, it’s a way of practicing being embodied (learning to listen to ourselves) 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.
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.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £15 cash or contactless on the door.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please email Sarah
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.
Any questions do email Sarah: heart@sarahdavies.org
Time
(Friday) 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Location
Peter Griffiths Hall
(small village hall), Lewes Rd, Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5ES
Organizer
Sarah Davies heart@sarahdavies.org
august
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month. Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at [...]
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. Great floor, great acoustics and lots of space.
Parking is also plentiful and it’s easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
7.30–9.30pm. Arrive from 7.15, class starts at 7.30, we keep the doors open until 7.45pm for lateness.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £20–£12 sliding scale
Tickets: http://dancingwithsarahdavies.eventbrite.co
Any questions email the organiser Beam
To see what others have said see our video
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
No previous movement experience necessary – all welcome.
How will the dance be different from pre-Covid days?
- It’s important to consider that others may wish to take a more cautious approach as we open up. We aim to provide the opportunity and space for others to reduce close contacts if they wish.
- Please bring your own water to drink to reduce sharing the water fountains
- Tickets are offered online to reduce money at the door
- You are asked not to come if you have Covid symptoms, even if mild.
- If you feel unwell or cannot come for any other reason you can transfer your ticket to another date within the ticketing system Eventbrite.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please contact the organiser Beam: earthbeam@gmail.com
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
Michael Hall School
Priory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
Organizer
Beam earthbeam@gmail.com
Michael Hall SchoolPriory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-146840508915
september
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month. Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at [...]
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. Great floor, great acoustics and lots of space.
Parking is also plentiful and it’s easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
7.30–9.30pm. Arrive from 7.15, class starts at 7.30, we keep the doors open until 7.45pm for lateness.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £20–£12 sliding scale
Tickets: http://dancingwithsarahdavies.eventbrite.co
Any questions email the organiser Beam
To see what others have said see our video
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
No previous movement experience necessary – all welcome.
How will the dance be different from pre-Covid days?
- It’s important to consider that others may wish to take a more cautious approach as we open up. We aim to provide the opportunity and space for others to reduce close contacts if they wish.
- Please bring your own water to drink to reduce sharing the water fountains
- Tickets are offered online to reduce money at the door
- You are asked not to come if you have Covid symptoms, even if mild.
- If you feel unwell or cannot come for any other reason you can transfer your ticket to another date within the ticketing system Eventbrite.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please contact the organiser Beam: earthbeam@gmail.com
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
Michael Hall School
Priory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
Organizer
Beam earthbeam@gmail.com
Michael Hall SchoolPriory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-146840508915
october
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month. Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at [...]
Event Details
1st Saturday of the Month.
Saturday Night Sweat is a guided 5Rhythms Wave, beginners and experienced movers welcome alike. Come and spread your wings in the huge and lovely gym at Michael Hall School. Great floor, great acoustics and lots of space.
Parking is also plentiful and it’s easy to find the gym door from the car-park.
7.30–9.30pm. Arrive from 7.15, class starts at 7.30, we keep the doors open until 7.45pm for lateness.
It can help to…
- Wear comfortable clothes to move in, layers can work well.
- Dance barefoot or in soft soled indoor shoes
- Bring water to drink
Cost: £20–£12 sliding scale
Tickets: http://dancingwithsarahdavies.eventbrite.co
Any questions email the organiser Beam
To see what others have said see our video
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
No previous movement experience necessary – all welcome.
How will the dance be different from pre-Covid days?
- It’s important to consider that others may wish to take a more cautious approach as we open up. We aim to provide the opportunity and space for others to reduce close contacts if they wish.
- Please bring your own water to drink to reduce sharing the water fountains
- Tickets are offered online to reduce money at the door
- You are asked not to come if you have Covid symptoms, even if mild.
- If you feel unwell or cannot come for any other reason you can transfer your ticket to another date within the ticketing system Eventbrite.
We plan to host an inclusive and diverse event. We welcome hearing directly from participants who have particular access or other needs. We offer further discounts and bursary places to marginalised people and people from underrepresented populations, please contact the organiser Beam: earthbeam@gmail.com
Time
(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BST
Location
Michael Hall School
Priory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
Organizer
Beam earthbeam@gmail.com
Michael Hall SchoolPriory Road Forest Row , East Sussex , RH18 5JA England
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saturday-night-sweat-tickets-146840508915
Event Details
AN INTENSIVE 30 HOUR, 6 DAY ONLINE ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
Event Details
AN INTENSIVE 30 HOUR, 6 DAY ONLINE ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
October 11-16, 2022 – EUROPE Time Zone
An invitation to give ourselves time. Time to study our bodies – how they work, where we have placed them and how that impacts how we behave, feel and sense the world in and around us.
Immerse yourself in five full days of embodiment study. Take time to notice sensations, reactions, habits and creative possibilities.
COMMON SENSE & EMOTIONAL EMBODIMENT
This immersion focuses on quality of consciousness and emotional intelligence.
Emotional embodiment refers to the process of learning to become wise, resilient and creative in relation to our own and other’s emotions. It refers to our capacity to feel emotion and to remain present and creative in all four domains of relationship (alone, with a partner, in a group, and in relation to spirit).
In this immersion you will develop insights and skills to become emotionally embodied. You will:
- Have a physical language for your emotions, and can move creatively with them
- Be able to allow feelings in, out and through the body
- Witness emotion as it passes in and through your nervous system, and able to track emotion as energy-in-motion in your own body and in others
- Be comfortable with the full range of emotional impulses and mindfully choose to nourish and express an emotion, be with it, or calm it down
- Know how to match what is present on the outside with what is occurring inside you
The cost of this Immersion is: $850
For application information and information about Scholarships and Financial Aid please see the Open Floor website
Please Note:
- The first Immersion and Practicum will be online. The faculty will be Lucie Nérot, Deborah Lewin, and Sarah Davies.
- After Immersion 1, we will do our best to offer in person Immersions and Practicums, in France and in the UK.When we start teaching in-person for Phase 2 (October 2022) we will offer an online alternative if you are unable to join us in person. This is in response to the uncertainties of the COVID situation, and the multiple borders within the EU and the UK. This will apply to Phases 3 and 4 if the COVID situation hasn’t resolved itself.
Open Floor Immersions
ONLINE AND LOCAL, IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
A deep dive into Open Floor movement practice with our highly experienced and talented teaching team, Open Floor Immersions offer intensive personal practice and a deeper understanding of its relevance to daily life.The Immersions are also an opportunity to meet and connect with a community of like minded movers.
With a focus on reducing our carbon footprint and becoming more inclusive, we are aiming to offer local immersions in USA, Europe, UK, and New Zealand as soon as possible, and are expanding our teaching to more languages than just English.
Time
All Day (Tuesday)
Organizer
Open Floor leah@openfloor.org
november
Event Details
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE [...]
Event Details
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPEN FLOOR TEACHER TRAINING PLEASE SEE THE OPEN FLOOR WEBSITE
PRACTICUM
While our immersions are experiential and aimed at deepening your movement practice, as a teacher in training you will be required to complete 20 hours of practice days. Held in small groups, the practice days are dedicated to bringing the Open Floor curriculum to life in your teaching, and building the practical skills required for teaching Open Floor movement practice to others.
During practice days, you will learn:
- How to design movement scores to teach each of the 10 Core Movement Resources
- How to use physical anchors to keep bringing your students back to the body and learning through the lens of embodiment
- How to ask the right questions and give instructions to increase your students’ self-awareness and mindfulness
- How to include the 4×4 weave in your teaching
- How to create exercises using other modalities in addition to dance
- Understand different teaching styles and how to use them
- How to teach people of all ages and abilities
- Grow your insights into group dynamics and embody fluid authority
For application information and information about Scholarships and Financial Aid please see the Open Floor website
For application information and information about Scholarships and Financial Aid please see the Open Floor website
Please Note:
- The first Immersion and Practicum will be online. The faculty will be Lucie Nérot, Deborah Lewin, and Sarah Davies.
- After Immersion 1, we will do our best to offer in person Immersions and Practicums, in France and in the UK.When we start teaching in-person for Phase 2 (October 2022) we will offer an online alternative if you are unable to join us in person. This is in response to the uncertainties of the COVID situation, and the multiple borders within the EU and the UK. This will apply to Phases 3 and 4 if the COVID situation hasn’t resolved itself.
Time
24 (Thursday) - 27 (Sunday)
Organizer
Open Floor leah@openfloor.org
may
Event Details
AN INTENSIVE 30 HOUR, 6 DAY ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
Event Details
AN INTENSIVE 30 HOUR, 6 DAY ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM
May 18-23, 2023 – EUROPE Time Zone
An invitation to give ourselves time. Time to study our bodies – how they work, where we have placed them and how that impacts how we behave, feel and sense the world in and around us.
Immerse yourself in five full days of embodiment study. Take time to notice sensations, reactions, habits and creative possibilities.
COMMON KNOWLEDGE & THE EMBODIED MIND
This immersion focuses on mindfulness and imaginative, creative cognition.
The activity of the brain, and its contribution to our ability to be mindful creatures, is a complex choreography of our neurophysiology and consciousness. When we are embodied and consciously practice movement, we increase our capacity for mindfulness in every cell of our body. This mindfulness in turn supports our receptivity to, and the integration of, our imaginative, visual, artistic, linguistic and logical capacities.
An embodied mind is more than a functioning brain. When we speak of “mind” on the Open Floor it includes insight, thought, cognition, mindfulness, logic, body brain, brain functioning, imagination, intuition, dreams, visualization, and memory.
In this immersion you will come away with insights and skills to have a fully embodied mind. This includes:
- Having an integrated, felt sense of the brain’s interpretations, interactions, and interplay with consciousness
- A mind that is creative, intuitive, imaginative, inventive, insightful, mindful, articulate, discerning, clear, aware, and astute
- A mind that is open to the vastness of knowledge, intuition, and imagination, while still connected to body and heart
- Being able to dance the energy and texture of thoughts, images from nature, dreams, mythology, and archetypes
- The ability to focus on a sensation, a movement, a person, a space, and to be receptive to the vastness of the mind beyond our own immediate perceptions — to create space for insights
- Creating bridges between learning about the body, the emotions, and the mind in books and videos, etc. and bringing that knowledge into the movement and the experience of the body
- Having a mind that knows how to use intention
The cost of this Immersion is: $850
For application information and information about Scholarships and Financial Aid please see the Open Floor website
Please Note:
- The first Immersion and Practicum will be online. The faculty will be Lucie Nérot, Deborah Lewin, and Sarah Davies.
- After Immersion 1, we will do our best to offer in person Immersions and Practicums, in France and in the UK.When we start teaching in-person for Phase 2 (October 2022) we will offer an online alternative if you are unable to join us in person. This is in response to the uncertainties of the COVID situation, and the multiple borders within the EU and the UK. This will apply to Phases 3 and 4 if the COVID situation hasn’t resolved itself.
Open Floor Immersions
ONLINE AND LOCAL, IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
A deep dive into Open Floor movement practice with our highly experienced and talented teaching team, Open Floor Immersions offer intensive personal practice and a deeper understanding of its relevance to daily life.The Immersions are also an opportunity to meet and connect with a community of like minded movers.
With a focus on reducing our carbon footprint and becoming more inclusive, we are aiming to offer local immersions in USA, Europe, UK, and New Zealand as soon as possible, and are expanding our teaching to more languages than just English.
Time
18 (Thursday) - 23 (Tuesday)
Organizer
Open Floor leah@openfloor.org