THE POWER OF THE ELEMENTS
We invite you to a 2-hour dance and music workshop “Power of the Elements” with a concert of bowls, gongs and other archaic instruments.
The workshop is for everyone, regardless of their dancing skills.
The elements express in physical form the subtle vibrations from which they derive:
Air manifests the principle of motion, process and time, from which the principles of direction, speed and change arise – the basis of thought;
Fire manifests the principle of light allowing vision and active movement from one place to another, the impulse to arise new and create;
Water manifests the principle of fluidity affecting the ability to live;
The earth manifests the principle of solidity and form or stability by resisting everything: movement, action or activity. By searching and finding these elements in ourselves, in our dance, in the way we move, we are able to achieve our full expression, notice what is alive in us now, our limitations. We are able to listen to our body, feel what it needs at a given moment and what it wants to draw our attention to.
We don’t always allow ourselves to feel all the emotions in our bodies. Then tensions and blockades arise, and in the workshop, using the symbolism of the elements, we approach exploring them as a resource that lies dormant in us.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:
we explore our own body and interior;
we accept what is alive in us at the moment, we release the accumulated energy in movement and meditation;
we create new movement qualities;
we interact with the other person and together we discover the space beyond me, you and us;
we are surprised by our own reaction to ourselves and to the environment;
together we create an atmosphere of interest in oneself and what arises;
we follow the impulse that appears, we express it in motion;
we relax through movement, laughter, music;
we settle in silence.
We will accompany you and inspire you in discovering new qualities. During the workshop, you will receive suggestions for a specific movement that will give you room for individual improvisation. You will
create their own movement and share it with another person.
The music will be the basis for the emergence of agitation and letting go of internal tensions, to finally fall within yourself and experience a new level of deep relaxation during the concert.
During the concert, you will feel how the cosmic ocean of vibrations washes and envelops you, cleansing and unlocking the accumulated emotions. The vibrations of the bowls have enormous power to harmonize the body, mind and soul. A sound bath with their participation is not only a hearing experience, but a real massage for the body and
a close encounter with yourself.
The sounds of bowls and vibrations of gongs soothe, rock, massage, release, arouse softness in the heart and soul, calm down, are delicate and penetrate deeply, moving invisible strings. They will be accompanied by sansula, celestial koshi bells, tingshe, ocean drum – each sound is a chance to plunge deeper and get to know who you really are.
REMEMBER ��
– You don’t need to be able to dance solo or in a pair;
– There is no age frame or the need to “be athletic”;
– We experience ourselves through our own movement and that of the other person;
– We inspect ourselves by following the sound.
WHAT TO TAKE WITH YOU:
comfortable clothes allowing free movement,
sports shoes or socks (it can also be barefoot)
something to drink
PLACE:
CONTACT. Space of Movement and Dance, ul. Szpitalna 40, 31-024 Kraków (opposite the Słowacki Theater)
DEADLINE:
12.12 (Sunday), 17: 00-19: 00
COST:
70 PLN per person
PLN 60 if you come together
APPLICATIONS:
E-MAIL: WACLAWSKAA@GMAIL.COM / TEL: 796147930
If you have any questions or doubts, write or call us. We will try to answer them ��
LEADING:
Aleksandra Wacławska: For me, dance is a metaphor for life. I started out with ballroom dances where I always saw the potential for self-expression and non-verbal communication with the other person.
Expanding my movement repertoire with new styles, I was improvising more and more in my own dance. OSHO dynamic meditations allowed me to experience the dance “without a dancer”. The Biodanza workshops and the PEM acting courses also had a great influence on me. The desire to understand the influence of movement on the psyche led me to the dance therapy course at the IBA Dance and Movement Therapy Center in Warsaw. During the workshops, I propose impulses, using multidisciplinary methods and the cultural diversity present in dance.
Ewa Podstolska: a medical physicist, molecular biologist and music therapist of the method of in-depth cellular music therapy, she conducts sound and touch therapy: LOMI LOMI massage, Abhyanga Ayurveda massage. Supporting people on the path of development has always been her natural predisposition.
She has always felt that this world is ruled by invisible forces, and that sound is the most powerful of them.
She graduated from the Barbara Romanowska Sound Academy (a four-stage course of in-depth cellular music therapy, with on the frequencies of therapeutic tuning forks), bowl massage course
Tibetan, gong therapies.