Bonding & Belonging Workshop
December 17 + 18, 2022
Berkeley, CA (Bay Area)
Where: Finnish Hall
1970 Chestnut St
Berkeley, CA 94702
RB Facilitators:
holly (lead facilitator)
Twyla (TA), Nick (TA), Sky (TA)
Date and Times
Dec 17 11am-3pm
Dec 18 11am-3pm
Cost: $375 day 1 + 2, $225 day 1 only
Early bird discount: $325 paid in full by Dec 2
Registration: use button below
Workshop Description:
2-3 day workshops are crafted for somatic practitioners, movement artists, creatives, caregivers, leaders, trauma survivors, radical bodies, educators, partners, parents, therapists, social justice workers, athletes, organizers, HR/managers, and/or arts administrators. Together we explore movement, sensation, and social bonding in our own personal ways as a portal into the deep listening that is asked of us so we may once again receive the wisdom of our bodies. The Responsive Body somatic and bodywork practices are self-care tools that can be taken with you as ongoing resources for your health, wellness, and vitality. Responsive Body is a body-based practice and social movement for liberation and disruption.
Daily schedule includes decolonized pedagogy and teaching in Responsive Body movement, bodywork practicum, and group discussions.
No prior experience in dance, somatic healing, or medicine are required. The workshop welcomes all bodies but may not be suitable for young children.
Bonding and Belonging offers to bodies:
social nervous system regulation
Responsive Body Movement Map explorations
Responsive Body linguistics and body languages
Body to Body work (body playground)
Centers safety, connection, and bonded body belonging
Workshop Schedule:
Day 1: Intro to RB, group movement experience, somatic practices for social connection
11 am - Intro to Responsive Body
Break 15 minutes
11:45 am - group movement experience and reflections
Break 20 minutes
1 pm - somatic practices for social connection
2 pm - integration and reflections
Day 2: Group movement, 1:1 bodywork with Certified Responsive Body Practitioners, experiential learning of Responsive Body “groundwork series” (an adaptive and creative modality for facilitating therapeutic movement)
11 am - check-ins
Break 15 mins
11:45 am - group movement and reflection
Break 20 mins
12:45 pm - 1:1 bodywork with Certified RB Practitioners and RB groundwork series
20mins-30mins 1:1 sessions with holly johnston, twyla malchow-hay, nick wagner or sky spiegel in conjunction with learning RB approaches to body care