"Imagination is evidence of the divine."

--William Blake

Body and Breath Creativity Workshops

"I would take any class or workshop that you conduct in the future." - Saeed Pater-Rov, age 29, Computer Consultant, Washington, DC

Discovering your deep, grounded breath can calm the mind, free the creativity, and facilitate communication.  Finding freedom in movement can decrease muscular stress and increase confidence.  Integrating breath and body can free you to interact with the world as the person you’ve always wanted to be.

Body and Breath Creativity workshops create a safe environment to explore, play, push your limits, and have fun!  Body and Breath Creativity Workshops draw from theatre, improvisation, yoga, dance, and vocal technique.  Students learn to move with confidence and fluidity, deepen their breath, ground and support their speaking voice, connect body, breath, and emotion, and trust their creative instincts.

Through my years of performing and teaching theatre, I have come to respect above all the connection of breath and body.  In modern life, we are so often disconnected from this body we in which we live.  Our breath is shallow, our movements are constricted.  For performers, this restricts the ability to tell clear stories.  In “real life” this constriction is equally debilitating.  It affects our ability to speak before colleagues at work, to present projects in school, to work with our families at home, and to communicate in our relationships.

"Your teaching method was always full of energy, yet gentle and encouraging, never pushy.  There were many playful moments, but always with a lesson or lessons learned.” - Chamene Howard, Non-Profit Manager, Washington, DC

 

Who can benefit from Body and Breath Creativity Workshops?  Do you carry a lot of stress in your body?  Do you speak too quietly, or too quickly?  Does your voice often become hoarse?  Do you need some help with public speaking?  Have you been told to breathe from the diaphragm, but aren’t sure what that means?  Are you a performer who is exhausted by the end of the show?  Are you in need of a creative jump-start? If you answered Yes to any of these questions, Body and Breath Creativity Workshops are for you!

These vibrant, interactive workshops can be offered singly, or as a series, in any order.  Each seminar is tailored to your organization’s needs, lasting anywhere from two hours to full-day intensives to three-day retreats to ongoing weekly classes.  Participants are asked to wear comfortable clothing that allows for movement.

Workshop topics include:

Just Breathe Isn’t it funny how you can forget to do something your body does automatically?  Learn how to reducestress, find your voice, and connect to your core, all through the simple act of breathing.

Don't Fear the Soapbox! Are you terrified of public speaking?  Whether you need to do it for your job, or just want to conquer your fear -- learn techniques to approach public speaking with confidence and even joy.

Unleashing Your Creativity Are you creatively blocked?  Have you forgotten how to play? Through group exercises, improv, journaling, visualization, and general silliness, we’ll access and unleash the creative beast!

Teambuilding Do you need some workplace bonding? Create trust, teamwork, and laughter through creative challenges and exercises.

Voice and Movement: Tools for the Drama of Life Identify your vocal and physical habits, and discover new possibilities of expression through theatre games and creative exercises.

The Warmup Toolkit Perfect for a cast with varied training backgrounds, a group of fledgling actors, or a class of theatre students.  Develop a common vocabulary to prepare the group for performance, rehearsal, or classwork.

Contact me to bring a Body and Breath Creativity Workshop to your school, office, church, or community center.

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