by Catherine Elvinger, Open Floor Teacher in Luxembourg
104 Av. Victor Hugo, 1750 Luxembourg Spacial awareness This is the capacity to know where we are in space and to move confidently and safely in any direction.We bring our senses to our shape and size and get aware of how and how much we occupy the space around us, close to us and between …
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104 Av. Victor Hugo, 1750 Luxembourg Center Centering is the movement toward connecting with oneself. We focus our attention on sensations inside the body, an internal balancing point or alignment. The center can be found through midline, the core, the moving center or Hara. Knowing the dance between center and off-center provides a mover with …
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104 Av. Victor Hugo, 1750 Luxembourg Towards and Away We are almost always moving towards or away from something: a feeling, a place, repetitive thoughts, pleasure, and most often, other people. Mindfully practicing the dance of towards and away, we learn to actively and honestly choose to go towards or away from anybody or anything. …
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104 Av. Victor Hugo, 1750 Luxembourg Release “The ability to release tension, emotion, thought, and the entire body to the will of life force is an essential healing skill. There are many ways to move in order to surrender: shaking, softening, dropping, rocking, bouncing, letting go, emphasizing the exhale, etc. The key is knowing the …
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Ground “Grounding is the movement toward connection with earth, feeling our weight and substance, rooting ourselves; how we stand on the ground, move across it, relate to it, and how we feel that connection in our body. It is a skill that supports us to be present. It is the movement of energy downward in …
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I started with online classes on September 26th. Big first step done! As it is still (or again) so difficult to have live classes, going online is a good possibility to continue to practice. Of course it is not the same than to be together, to share the space of a common floor, to feel …
On November 12th 2019, Friendship had organized a conference entitled “Restoring Dignity, Sustaining Hope: How much can a humanitarian organisation do?” During this very touching evening a video about music and dance in Bangladesh was shown. Here it is ! It shows that dreams can come true ! I’m looking forward with excitement to the …
Where : Old church in Roodt-Syre, address: 10 rue d’Olingen, Roodt-SyreWhen : January 18th, 2020, from 10.30-13.00 I’m happy to start again with my Open Floor classes 2020 in the old church in Roodt-Syre. If I haven’t been offering classes during the last months, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been dancing. In October I have had …
Yesterday we went to Chilmari (up North from Gaibandha) to meet a group of Friendship Paralegals. It might be important to explain what their job is on the chars. Remote char communities are often marginalized, vulnerable and powerless. Unlike citizens of mainland Bangladesh, chars dwellers don’t receive the public services available to them. They’re often simply …
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Yesterday was our last morning with the children, youth workers and teachers at the Friendship Center in Gaibandha. And it was tremendous. Robert has had TOT (Train of Trainers) sessions since we arrived. At his last teaching class he had split the trainers into 4 groups. Each group should organise a small performance of maximum …
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