SERPENT SPINE - ANIMAL BODY: Ancestral Movement Immersion on the Sunshine Coast, QLD, April 18-20

A long weekend at the Hillier Retreat on the Sunny Coast exploring movement and awareness practices and the evolutionary anatomy of the human body.

Serpent Spine: Exercises to gain conscious voluntary movement throughout the entire central axis of the body, front and back, outside and inside. Every articulation of the spine and ribcage, every muscular segment of abdomen, the pelvic floor, the throat and the skull. Learning to send the breath to every segment of the spine and torso, massaging deep tensions out of the centre of the body and exploring the links between movement, posture, breath, emotion, the mind and the senses, massively expanding our range of possible postures, movements and breathing patterns.

Animal Body: From the opening of the anatomical central axis we discover ancestral movement patterns shared with all other creatures on the earth. Fish, lizards, mammals and other primates. Exploring qualities of the animal body: softness, strength, elasticity, balance, agility, coordination, reflexes. Locomotion patterns, partner games, making the whole body and all of the senses come alive, engaging with the landscape with the body.

This will be a fully catered camping event. It is open to anyone interested in moving and feeling their bodies more deeply, and connecting to the natural world through physical practice. All of the practices are challenging but can be safely scaled according to individual needs and abilities.

$650

$450 for previous retreat/workshop participants

spaces will be strictly limited, contact me at simon.thakur@gmail.com to book