A dialogue between contemporary and ancient movement practices
This workshop brings into dialogue the practices of two teachers rooted in distinct lineages of embodied knowledge.
What connects our work is a shared commitment to cultivating resilience, presence, and a deepening sense of resourcefulness in a changing world.
Sarah Tulivu teaches the Taoist movement arts of Taiji, Qigong, and Neigong – practices with an ancient history stretching back thousands of years. As part of her training, she lived for six years in a Tao Temple, practising six hours a day. In 2020 she was advised to go out into the world, with the instruction: learn to make the world your Temple, and share the practice with others. (more at www.taijitao.net)
Malcolm Manning has a background in post-modern dance and contemporary somatics. His teaching practice is rooted in artistic research. Shaped pedagogically by the Feldenkrais Method, his classes draw on a multiplicity of sources; from Body-Mind Centering to the work of Steve Paxton, Embryology to Biotensegrity.
In experiencing each other’s teaching, we discover many correspondences: a shared emphasis on how rather than what we teach; a similar care for language; a deep appreciation for principles and foundations; and a common intention to be of service to the greater whole.
Practicing Together
What strikes us too is that, while honouring and preserving the integrity of our lineages, we are each in our own way allowing our practices to change and grow so they remain fully alive in us and relevant today.
During this workshop we will inquire from our different perspectives into: how attention shapes movement, and how movement can refine attention; how structure can support flow and how flow can reveal structure; and above all how, through an open-hearted presence, we can cultivate new capacities to meet life’s challenges.
We invite you to share in our dialogue, trusting that we will all be enriched through this meeting of practices.
For every-body – practices can be adapted for all.