THREADS of our ANCESTORS

"We are all links in a great chain of being, stretching back into the mists of time and forward into the unknown future. To forget our ancestors is to sever a vital connection, leaving us adrift and without true roots.” - Indigenous wisdom

 

Threads of our Ancestors will be an immersive Movement Medicine journey into awakening the threads of connection with our ancestors - both embracing their gifts and resilience and giving space and care to healing some of the suffering. 

 

On the dance floor we fall into wild, spontaneous, dances together and we experience the profound inter-connectedness of life. This resource both deeply grounds us in the body and enlivens our awake-ness. From this space we will dive into reclaiming the threads of our ancestral lineages - the good the troubled and the disowned. During this workshop we will :-

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• Resource deeply in the dance - grounding in the body and opening to awake-ness.

• Support and inspire each other

• Get curious about the wounds and suffering of our ancestors that live on in our own embodiment

• Awaken and embrace places of shame, numbness and the transgressions of our ancestors.

• Dance the undigested, dance for reclamation and dance for forgiveness

• Learn to stand more fully in our lineage with honesty and open relation to 'things as they are'.

 

​The more fully we stand in our lineage with love, honesty and forgiveness the more we open beyond our edges of numbness and undigested emotion. Deepening together, the We-Space becomes a richer and more present ‘field’ of love; compassionate, joyful, vibrant and intimate beyond separation.

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“We have known Jo for many years and recognise in her a truly beautiful blend born of her many years of dedicated practice and enquiry. She is wise, funny and a truly unique dancer with a heart of gold and an uncompromising intelligence. Jo’s wisdom and depth links the personal, archetypal, and collective. She’s a force of nature who will stay with you wherever your journey leads” - Ya’Acov & Susannah Darling Khan – The School of Movement Medicine

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'I so appreciate the deep listening and presence you brought, the way you are amongst us the people and not outside above below or elsewhere -- but simply on the ground with the rest of us. This ensures everyone feels welcome and included and gives permission and space for all parts to be seen, held and moved. Love the way you work. You have distilled it down to a fine art and I will not stop asking you to share this distillation with others - I am in the long line up of people who would love to learn from you … waiting.' Julia Ray, Ecstatic Dance Toronto

 

'I am at a loss for words to really describe how beautiful and potent the weekend was. It was simply a gift that is shining brightly in me today so powerfully and I have a feeling it will continue shining for a good long while yet. Yes, to this potent medicine you bring Jo, this sweet combination. Yes and wow, what a beautiful offering in this world.’  Sharon, Soul Motion teacher