In-Person Public Workshop at Mt. Madonna: The Expressive Body in a Life/Art Process

June 23-27, 2024 at Mt. Madonna Center

This retreat runs from 4:00 pm June 23rd through 1:30 pm on June 27th.  Retreat Schedule

Now and throughout history, movement, dance and the expressive arts grant us a means of expression that is healing; these timeless creative practices connect us with ourselves and our communities. This workshop will generate opportunities to discover ways to empower the wisdom of your somatic self to meaningfully impact your regular life. The methods and models of our practice will be gently and clearly taught in order to expand creativity, psychological insight and embodiment.

This workshop offers a contemplative break from our sometimes unexplored habitual selves. There will be space to actively feel and listen deeply to the powerful intelligence of our bodies, to play and express with our hearts and imaginations through the Tamalpa Life/Art Practice. Movement/dance, drawing, poetic dialogue, individual and group dance, reflective writing, and performative sharing will generate new thresholds of expression, inquiry, improvisation, and cultivate new inner resources.

You will SENSE, FEEL, and IMAGINE your way into your EMBODIED awareness and creative resources. You will take time to LISTEN to the powerful intelligence of your body, while you PLAY and EXPRESS your imagination through the arts. You will CREATE meaningful personal and collective dances. You will explore the stories you tell yourself; your challenges, questions, doubts, and certainties will provide the material for your explorations. The guiding structure of the Tamalpa Life/Art Practice will bring thoughtful, new vision to the life themes that most matter to you.

Our morning sessions will focus on somatic awareness, individual and group movement exploration to attune the physical body to sensation and feeling. Our afternoon sessions will facilitate creative encounters with the art mediums of dance, drawing, as well as spoken and written narrative. Our evening sessions will be devoted to reflection and consideration of the questions generated by our day’s work, and may include releasing activities utilizing creative play or meditative art and somatic practices.

Collaborating Faculty:

Daria Halprin – dariahalprin.org

Natan Daskal – natandaskal.com

Dohee Lee – doheelee.com

Tamalpa founder and principal workshop instructor Daria Halprin’s, “The Expressive Body in Life, Art and Therapy: working with movement as metaphor,” is suggested reading. To learn more about the Tamalpa Life/Art Practice, please visit www.tamalpa.org.

Once you have registered with us, please request a link to select and pay for your housing by sending an email to Tamalpa Office. Please note that housing costs cover your lodging, meals, and use of the facilities during the retreat. Mt. Madonna housing costs for Tamalpa Experience Retreat

Upon arrival to Mt. Madonna, please bring us your negative COVID test result taken within the last 12 hours from the start of the workshop.

Price for the workshop fee paid through PayPal is $650 which includes the 4% PayPal service fee.

MEET THE TEACHERS

Daria Halprin sitting on bench

Daria Halprin, MA, REAT, RSMT
Watch an interview with Daria Halprin by Jenz Wazel: An Afternoon with Daria Halprin

 

 

Dohee Lee, RSME:
Watch Dohee Lee’s Re-staging of Anna Halprin’s Prophetess

 

Natan Daskal, Bfa, MA
Read Natan’s artist/educator statement

 

 

 

Workshop Registration Details:

  • COST for workshop fee ONLY: $625
  • To pay with PayPal, there is a 4% service fee included for each transaction = $650 total
  • REFUND POLICY: Full refund minus $100 non-refundable fee before JUNE 16th. NO refunds after June 16th.
  • HOUSING COSTS are separate and include lodging, meals, and use of facilities. Price varies according to type of accommodation. See chart below.
  • Mt. Madonna housing costs for Tamalpa Experience Retreat

To ensure your space, we recommend paying your workshop fee via PayPal.

If you choose to pay by check, contact the office to notify us and register for housing. We must receive full payment for both the workshop fee & housing by May 31st. Please note that we collect the office mail on a bi-weekly basis. Send a check made out to Tamalpa Institute to:

Tamalpa Institute
734 A Street, Suite 2
San Rafael, CA 94901




 

 

 

In-Person Public Workshop at Mt. Madonna: The Expressive Body in a Life/Art Process


DATE:

June 23, 2024 - June 27, 2024

TIME:

All Day

PRICE:

$625

LOCATION

Mt. Madonna Center
445 Summit Rd.
Watsonville, CA 95076

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