ARRÁBIDA CONTACT ~4~ Impermanent Community Lab
Portugal . Spring 2018
nature . contemplation . breathing . grounding . stillness . motion
touch . sound . awareness . overcoming . creation . family . joy
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from March 24th to April 1st
22, 23.......................seed camp & welcome days
24, 25......................1st Weekend Program (Sat and Sun)
26, 27, 28, 29, 30....5 Day Intensive Lab (Mon to Fri)
30, 31 & 1 April........Holy Weekend Program (Fri to Sun)
2, 3...........................clean up & farewell days
at Ser Vivo
Arrábida Natural Park, Palmela
hosted by Oficinas de Corpo Inteiro (Whole Body Workshops)
dancing for all our relations
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r e s e a r c h . r e t r e a t
This retreat is an open and regular platform
dedicated to whoever is researching and discovering
contact improvisation, dance, art, ecology and meditation
as tools of self-discovery and community togetherness.
Proposals are welcome for next editions!
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Oficinas de Corpo Inteiro and Ser Vivo opens and holds a space/time opportunity for connecting with oneself in a group process, embracing a temporary community environment
..this research retreat has the intention of developing personal and collective awareness for all our relations
..the practice of awareness is daily sustained by
the sunrise meditation – stillness
and sunset jam – motion
..the core dynamics of the retreat are
dance and contact improvisation
..enriched by
nature walks , energetic practices (yoga and tai chi / chi kung), nutrition, massage, deep touch, music, singing, celebration, talking circles and spontaneous happenings
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p r o g r a m
~ 1st Weekend ~
24 and 25 March (Sat and Sun)
. facilitators
Rita Vilhena . moving through nature
Ana Guerra . the space in between us, the invisible
Pedro Paz . qi contact and collective field
Pramod . easy motion | emotion = energy in motion = available body
~ 5 Day Research Lab ~
26 to 30 March (Mon to Fri)
Managing fear and pain through bodywork, breathing and movement awareness
Eric Gonçalves and André Baptista
…with guest’s collaboration.
. daily nutrition assistance and workshop with
Dafne Vaz
nutrition for a New Earth, the power of seeds.
Sharing knowledge and living recipes that nourish us, empower us and promote the regeneration of the Earth.
Activating and sprouting seeds, making cereal milk and vegan yogurt.
…and
mountain grounding and connection
beach contact practices
silent day
~ Holy Weekend (3 days) ~
30, 31 March and April 1st (Fri, Sat and Sun)
. facilitators
Filipe Santos . acro yoga, relating
Catarina Mota . clown touch
Pedro Paz . momentum and real time creation
Rita Goldrajch . the heart yoga
Sofia Ferreira . inner movement and awareness of the whole
Virgílio Beatriz . the voice within
~ Other Happenings (along the retreat) ~
. musicians at the Jams
Anumano . rhythm /voice
Baltazar Molina . percussions
Patrícia Domingues . voice
Pedro de Faro . guitars
Sara Rica . voice / percussions
Rui Aires . hand pan
. therapies and counseling
Bryn Webb . body mind soma
Carlos Fairfield . grounding and personal monitoring
Dafne Vaz . nutrition
Eric Gonçalves . massage
Yonah . fasciaterapia e florais
. concert by
Nós Voz | Mariana and Virgílio
...and
cooking, gardening
building, singing by the fire..
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d a i l y . f r a m e
. sunrise meditation
breakfast
. morning sessions
lunch
. afternoon sessions
snack
. sunset jam
dinner
ACCOMMODATION
in cantonment
We sleep together in a large room.
Bring mattress, good sleeping bag and blanket.
Camping is not possible, we are in a natural park, but you can bring your van!
FOOD and DRINK
conscious nutrition
We invite us to a vegan and conscious diet.
The organization provides the basic meals, prepared in a lab perspective!
We eat as much bio as possible, we sprout seeds, we care.
Participants are used to bring for abundance:
... dried fruits, honey, cereal drinks, seitan, tofu, delicious pates and other supper good homemade goodies, seeds, berries, vegies from the garden, good cookies and snacks, gojis, yeast of beer, spirulina, chocolate… we are moderated with alcohol drinking.
TIPS
. Arrive at least the night before you decide to begin.
. You can come some days before or stay a few days after.
Let us know!
. Bring comfortable clothes for moving freely and a glass bottle for your regular drinking.
. Drink a lot of water! ;)
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r e g i s t r a t i o n
COSTS
|>.....fair contribution.................<|
|>.....supportive contribution.....<|
...............| S 24 - S 25 | M 26 . T 27 . W 28 . T 29 | F 30 | S 31 | S 1 |
per day...|>.....50.........|...................30...................|...........50...........<|
...............|>....35..........|...................20...................|...........35...........<|
all days...|>......................................270...........................................<|
...............|>......................................180...........................................<|
intensive lab................|>.................150........................<|
5 days.........................|>.................100........................<|
1st part...|>............................185..................................<|
...............|>............................120..................................<|
holy week...................|>............................185.................................<|
...................................|>............................185.................................<|
two .........|>..............<|...............200........................|>.....................<|
weekends|>..............<|..............150........................|>......................<|
You can choose witch days to attend. No detailed program reviled!
Each day includes the night before. Check on time, limited participations!
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BANK TRANSFER
Transfer half of your contribution, for you to be registered and as well to support production and logistics. The other part you can give at the beginning of your participation in the retreat.
Ask for IBAN and bank account details for transfer!
Identify the transfer by mail with the following details:
~ name
~ amount transferred
~ days of participation
c o n t a c t . u s
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INFOS AND REGISTRATION
oficinascorpointeiro@gmail.com
+351 925 872 344 Pedro Paz (for sms questions) | + 351 966 605 163 Paula Silva (for doubts)
LOCAL COORDINATES AND CONTACTS
Espaço Ser Vivo (google maps link)
Telf. 91 581 24 54 | 91 580 88 25
https://www.facebook.com/servivopalmela | http://servivoterra.wix.com/servivo#
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. about Contact Improvisation
"Contact improvisations are spontaneous physical dialogues that range from stillness to highly energetic exchanges.
Awareness is developed, trusting in one's basic survival instincts.
The improvised dance form is based on the communication between two moving bodies that are in physical contact and their combined relationship to the physical laws that govern their motion - gravity, momentum, inertia. The body, in order to open to these sensations, learns to release excess muscular tension and abandon a certain quality of willfulness to experience the natural flow of movement.
Practice includes rolling, falling, being upside down, following a physical point of contact, supporting and giving weight to a partner.
It is a free play with balance, self-correcting the wrong moves and reinforcing the right ones, bringing forth a physical/emotional truth about a shared moment of movement that leaves the participants informed, centered, and enlivened."
-- early definition by american choreographer Steve Paxton and others, 1970s
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“No espiralar... Arrastando e sendo arrastada....
Nada pára o movimento iniciado...
Todos os movimentos seguintes são consequência do arrasto... Quais rodas dentadas
impulsionadas pelo movimento umas das outras. Não se sabe quem
começou a mover porque O Movimento é que comanda. O Gesto é que existe...”
Paula Silva, Oficinas de Corpo Inteiro
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when i observe without judging... i am present and i let go the ego..
When i am present, i accept things the way they are..
when i accept things the way they are,
i choose either to let them be, or to change them..
and i'm happy with my choice.
when i'm happy, i'm grateful..
full of Grace, my frequency rises.. and deeper is Peace within...
in Peace i am capable to observe even clearer..
