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NURTURING – Authentic Movement

NURTURING
authentic movement cycle
Open group session

When?

Tuesday morning 10am-1pm
15th and 29th of October

Where?

Monte Maravilhas , São Martinho das Amoreiras , Alentejo, Portugal.

What ?

3h of Authentic Movement practices in a close and safe container.

This involves : moving in silence (no music), witnessing, sharing with words, drawing, writing, and possibly going in nature and touch. Read more about AM down this page or here

For whom ?

You, if you feel the call to explore in the nudity of silence, be received in your authenticity, and witness others in their truth. 

With whom ?

Anaïs. I am holding space for authentic movement’s practice groups since 2018. I’m a dance facilitator, soul & body worker, who likes to play with words, to plant trees and to save wasps from drowning.

How much ?

Sliding scale 20-30€/session, or swap.
If you are in financial distress and feel the call to join, please reach out.

Limited to 8 movers.

Register now

Contact Anaïs : 

@openheartsdance (on telegram)
+33782269919
±351966486923
anais@anaistamen.com

Telegram group : https://t.me/+4jEYjpEI8tVmYTg0  

More about Authentic Movement

Authentic Movement is an organic and powerful healing practice that we can all access and connect to.

It is the raw expression of our truth in the moment, untamed, uncensored, without directions and expectations.

It allows us to meet and move in our inner processes and landscapes, on a psychological, archetypal, emotional, physical, energetical and global level. To meet ourselves on the deepest level.

It is the intuitive practice that we, conscious and sensitive dancers, embrace when we are in our intimate space, associated with the magic and healing act of being witnessed, of being held by a protective space and the loving heart of a witness.

The frame is simple. The “effect” is highly liberating.

METAMORPHOSIS – Online

METAMORPHOSIS
authentic body poetry ritual
held by Villy Tichkova & Anaïs Tamen

Wednesday 18th of September – Wednesday 23rd of October
10.30-12.00 (UK time)
6 sessions
Online

Open to all. No pre-requisite

What to expect :

To feel your heart beat,
because if the ‘soul is alone in what the soul sees’, the heart needs companions.

To explore your masks,
because authenticity hides in the edges of mystery.

To spread joy under your skin,
because laughter is the kindest way to approach your ego.

To draw and create,
because transparency comes through visibility.

Energy exchange : 
Whole serie of 6 sessions : 50-70€

Registration by email : vtich@icloud.com and/or anais@anaistamen.com

Villy and Anaïs are both Open Floor Teachers, lovers of words and wounded healers.

About Villy :

Villy is fascinated with paradoxes, her favourite : the conscious wild leap between identities and forms.

She hunts poems for breakfast, lunches on the boundaries of the unknown, and for dinner she loves to dance and dig into the hidden light of the night.

villytichkova.com

About Anaïs :

Anaïs is a shape shifter, a dreamer, who loves to explore the space in between realms. A playful lover of wilderness, birds, trees, the invisible & the unnamed. A vigil and tender of heart-soul subtleties & feral expressions.

anaistamen.com
soundcloud.com/anais_openhearts

Looking forward dancing & exploring with you.

METAMORPHOSIS – Online

METAMORPHOSIS
authentic body poetry ritual
held by Villy Tichkova & Anaïs Tamen

Wednesday 18th of September – Wednesday 23rd of October
10.30-12.00 (UK time)
6 sessions
Online

Open to all. No pre-requisite

What to expect :

To feel your heart beat,
because if the ‘soul is alone in what the soul sees’, the heart needs companions.

To explore your masks,
because authenticity hides in the edges of mystery.

To spread joy under your skin,
because laughter is the kindest way to approach your ego.

To draw and create,
because transparency comes through visibility.

Energy exchange : 
Whole serie of 6 sessions : 50-70€

Registration by email : vtich@icloud.com and/or anais@anaistamen.com

Villy and Anaïs are both Open Floor Teachers, lovers of words and wounded healers.

About Villy :

Villy is fascinated with paradoxes, her favourite : the conscious wild leap between identities and forms.

She hunts poems for breakfast, lunches on the boundaries of the unknown, and for dinner she loves to dance and dig into the hidden light of the night.

villytichkova.com

About Anaïs :

Anaïs is a shape shifter, a dreamer, who loves to explore the space in between realms. A playful lover of wilderness, birds, trees, the invisible & the unnamed. A vigil and tender of heart-soul subtleties & feral expressions.

anaistamen.com
soundcloud.com/anais_openhearts

Looking forward dancing & exploring with you.

METAMORPHOSIS – online

METAMORPHOSIS
authentic body poetry ritual
held by Villy Tichkova & Anaïs Tamen

Wednesday 18th of September – Wednesday 23rd of October
10.30-12.00 (UK time)
6 sessions
Online

Open to all. No pre-requisite

What to expect :

To feel your heart beat,
because if the ‘soul is alone in what the soul sees’, the heart needs companions.

To explore your masks,
because authenticity hides in the edges of mystery.

To spread joy under your skin,
because laughter is the kindest way to approach your ego.

To draw and create,
because transparency comes through visibility.

Energy exchange : 
Whole serie of 6 sessions : 50-70€

Registration by email : vtich@icloud.com and/or anais@anaistamen.com

Villy and Anaïs are both Open Floor Teachers, lovers of words and wounded healers.

About Villy :

Villy is fascinated with paradoxes, her favourite : the conscious wild leap between identities and forms.

She hunts poems for breakfast, lunches on the boundaries of the unknown, and for dinner she loves to dance and dig into the hidden light of the night.

villytichkova.com

About Anaïs :

Anaïs is a shape shifter, a dreamer, who loves to explore the space in between realms. A playful lover of wilderness, birds, trees, the invisible & the unnamed. A vigil and tender of heart-soul subtleties & feral expressions.

anaistamen.com
soundcloud.com/anais_openhearts

Looking forward dancing & exploring with you.

METAMORPHOSIS – Online authentic body poetry ritual

METAMORPHOSIS
authentic body poetry ritual
held by Villy Tichkova & Anaïs Tamen

Wednesday 18th of September – Wednesday 23rd of October
10.30-12.00 (UK time)
6 sessions
Online

Open to all. No pre-requisite

What to expect :

To feel your heart beat,
because if the ‘soul is alone in what the soul sees’, the heart needs companions.

To explore your masks,
because authenticity hides in the edges of mystery.

To spread joy under your skin,
because laughter is the kindest way to approach your ego.

To draw and create,
because transparency comes through visibility.

Energy exchange : 
Whole serie of 6 sessions : 50-70€

Registration by email : vtich@icloud.com and/or anais@anaistamen.com

Villy and Anaïs are both Open Floor Teachers, lovers of words and wounded healers.

About Villy :

Villy is fascinated with paradoxes, her favourite : the conscious wild leap between identities and forms.

She hunts poems for breakfast, lunches on the boundaries of the unknown, and for dinner she loves to dance and dig into the hidden light of the night.

villytichkova.com

About Anaïs :

Anaïs is a shape shifter, a dreamer, who loves to explore the space in between realms. A playful lover of wilderness, birds, trees, the invisible & the unnamed. A vigil and tender of heart-soul subtleties & feral expressions.

anaistamen.com
soundcloud.com/anais_openhearts

Looking forward dancing & exploring with you.

Continuum & Authentic Movement

Authentic Movement & Continuum
with Lora Hillel & Anaïs Tamen
Wednesday 14th of August
6-9pm
São Martinho das Amoreiras

A space to relax your nervous system with Continuum, a practice of listening to the deep places within ourselves, meeting the fluid body. with sounding, resting, gentle moving.

Combine with Authentic Movement, a simple and powerful practice of moving with & from what is, in presence. Rising in our inner witness with loving kindness. And being witnessed, seen, heard. Being loved.

If you are knew to these somatic practices, feel welcome. Know that there is no music played.

Reservation necessary via Anaïs
+33782269919
+351966486923
anais@anaistamen.com

Heart gift : 15-30€

More about us :

Lora Hillel is an Authentic Movement teacher, a Continuum practitioner, a body-worker and a Grand-Mothee

Anaïs Tamen is an Open Floor movement teacher, an Authentic Movement researcher, a performer, writer and body-soul worker

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Grief Ritual – online

original artwork : Maria Louceiro

Grief ritual in movement
Online
Friday 27.09
10am-12 BST (Lisbon/London time)

A dedicated held time for you to grieve and praise, to mourn and dance all the colours stirred and revealed.

Whether you are grieving the state of the world, someone dear to your heart, honouring a gate in your life,… there is place for you and your emotions.

We will circle together, honouring individual and collective grief, with emphasis on body-wisdom and presence, more than storytelling.

What to expect : movements and dance, with and without music, guided and free, some sounding, some journaling, some humour too. Lots of space for your own process and rhythm.

Blending contemplative practices, Authentic Movement and Open Floor movement practice, to create a safe explorative container.

With gentleness, loving kindness and reverence for what is.

Reservations : anais@anaistamen.com or telegram @openheartsdance (early reservations are always very appreciated).

Heart gift : 15-25€ or swap.
If you experience financial scarcity, please contact me and feel welcome for a smaller contribution.

What to bring :

  • Water to drink
  • Your journal if you have one, some paper, a pen, some colours
  • Any comforting object (special blanket, pillow, precious stone to hold in your hand, etc…).
  • Elements of nature – more info about that when you register (so don’t wait for the last minute ! )

Preparing your dance space :

You will need :

  • A space vast enough to move in the comfort of your home, in nature, or any other undisturbed safe place
  • A computer. It’s much better to connect via your computer than your phone to have access to all the features of Zoom. Phone is ok if that’s what you have access to.
  • A good soundbox, sound-system, or wireless headphones
  • Comfy layers of clothes you enjoy to move in and with.

Looking forward to sharing this space with you.

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BODYSILK

BUTOH EXPLORATION

Guided version

Prepare a nice dancing spot for yourself, where you feel safe and comfy, play this track and explore. Repeat as much as you like.

Music : Richard Skelton – The Complete Landings
02 Noon Hill Wood
04 Threads Over The River

Kit for autonomous research

If you don’t like to be guided, here is a music-only track and the text of the Butoh-Fu (danced invitation) :

BODYSILK

you are silk
a spider is stretching you very slowly
in the space
each movement leaves a silver trace in the space
as you reach the end
you roll yourself back into a cocoon
in the cocoon you become an unborn human baby
you discover your limbs, your mouths, your hands, the sole of your foot
in the space
your hands discover your face for the first time
your face is ancient
you feel time
you feel all your life under your hands
your hands explore your body
hold, rest, feel
they perform their own ritual of honoring time
on your body
honoring your life