ADD JUST

Seattle, WA, ONLINE
Friday, April 1 10:15-11:45, Saturday, April 2 10:30am- 12:30 pm Pacific (come to one or both)
-Somatic practices to tend a felt sense of justice-balanced, respected presence in the body
-Movement meditations and liberatory practices for cultivating a healthy eco-system, micro or macro
-Somatic practices sources in self-observation, breath, improvisational PLAY, and movement
-Themes of healthy boundaries, self regulation, anchoring, and integration will be in PLAY
-Inspired by the somatic practices of Resmaa Menakem, Nkem Ndefo and the environmental science of Robin Ward Kimmerer and Suzanne Simard
All are welcome. No experience necessary
Cost: Friday $15, Saturday $20 or pay as you can
Registration/Information: Email Sharie Bowman at interplaynorthwest@gmail.com
Leah Mann (she, they) is a dancer, choreographer, somatic practitioner, and arts educator, focusing on embodied social justice. They are Co-Director of Lelavision", a performance and production company based on Vashon Island, WA, that combines kinetic sculpture, dance and music. Leah is Artistic Director Emeritus of Moving in the Spirit, a youth mentorship, urban outreach program, utilizing the praxis of dance to develop life skills (Atlanta, GA). Through their kinetic learning style, they work to cultivate community through the common denominators of the human experience. Most recently they have been facilitating movement, music, and play with medically fragile youth, Muslim immigrants, and pregnant people in recovery. They are in an ongoing science-art collaboration with Morehouse College / Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership focusing on wellness and healthy ecosystems micro to macro. Leah has been InterPlaying since its inception!!