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    • Movement workshop

      Let's Move and Include!

       

      What move me ? How to trust my body and learn from it?

      How feeling and being free in motion can teach me about

      how I relate to myself, others and the world?

    • "All knowledge until it is in the body is still a rumor "

      Papua Proverb

      The floor is open !

      Move & Learn embodied mindfulness session

       

      Open Floor is a lively somatic movement practice dedicated to the art of becoming fully present in our body, being rooted & sensitive, alive & aligned in our skins both physically and emotionally, mindfully and spiritually.

      Before words, movement was our first language and way how humanity related to the world and others. We MOVE because we need to self-express, to connect to others, to be creative, to move our emotions, to feel emotional fluidity and mindfulness, to belong and for fun !

      We move & Include : we invite authenticity whatever our physical or emotional state.

       

      The movement as a learning to explore how we relate to ourself and others!

       

      Open Floor is a resource-oriented movement practice. Resourcing ourselves is an on-going process we can use to build resilience and capacity.

       

      "Somatic resources are the physical actions and capacities that support self-regulation and provide a sense of well-being, competency, and mastery. "Pat Ogden

       

      Open floor offers a simple movement vocabulary for the way human bodies are born to move, related, work, play, give, receive and rest.

      Open floor works with 10 movement resources that forms a fundamental basis for exploring life as a laboratory.

      We explore movement as a Life lab.

       

      MOVE - LEARN - GROW

      #Well-being #personal development

    • Open Floor Embodied Practice

      based on universal concepts of embodiment and mindfulness. It is rooted in physiology, kinesiology, psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness and the creative arts.

    • Open Floor Movement Resources

       

      In Open Floor, we have highlighted 10 Movement Resources, which we regard as essential movement and important life skills for any self-aware human being, for his/her well-being as well as agile mindset . There are many, many resources – these are simply ten that we recognize as fundamental.

      Embodied learning for exploring our Life skills : Well-being and Agile mindset

      Ground

      Embodied Learning: Moving with a sense of weight, substance, solid on our feet.

      Mindset = Supports presence, foundation and resiliency (grounding despite turbulence of life)

      Center

      Embodied Learning: Finding its axis, feelconnection with an internal place for rest and balance.

      Mindset = Brings fluidity and stability. Supports resilience (knowing how to be balanced)

      Activate and Settle

      Embodied Learning: Follow and Engage a range of impulses and know how to be quiet, calm and soothe.

      Mindset = Brings balance to the nervous system

      Contract and Expand

      Embodied Learning: Inhabit a full range of movement between opening, radiating out and pulling in.

      Mindset = Supports capacity for full expression. Authenticity

      Pause

      Embodied Learning: a moment to feel, breathe, rest and witness

      Mindset = Supports recharging and openness. Brings being/doing balance and manage time and energy. Sustainability in a distracted and accelerating world

      Release

      Embodied Learning: Relaxed body. Release physical tensions and what could block us.

      Mindset = Supports ability to let it go and let it be. Release control, trusting the process, creativity - Emotional Intelligence

      Spatial awareness

      Embodied Learning: Self-awareness of the space around and how we move into that space- Moving confidently, creatively and safely in hall directions.

      Mindset = Brings creativity, curiosity. Self-awareness on how we interact with others. Navigating with uncertainty

      Toward and Away

      Embodied Learning: Moving closer and stepping away. Starting movement toward and closing connection

      Mindset = Opens curiosity and courage. Self-awareness on how we interact with others and the world. Relational Intelligence

      Vector

      Embodied Learning: cultivating the sensation of intention and clarity; knowing your starting point, your aim and staying in your body for the journey

      Mindset = Setting intention and purpose. Being able to start first steps as well as staying motivated despite obstacles (resilience)

      Dissolve

      Embodied Learning: Ability to change shape, transform and merge with something greater than ourselves

      Mindset = Brings adaptability, flexibility

      Sense of belonging

    • "So good and delicious to let yourself be carried, to follow its own movement to take the time, both here and now...While feeling out of tie!

      Thank you for this wonderful flow, both free and guided,

      enveloping and liberating.

      I felt so much lighter then, in my body, my head and in my heart "

      Anne-Céline

      " I never felt so free in my body and in my movement. It is like something has been released, unlocked. A new space has been open inside me and I know I can go to this place again to resource myself"

      Martha

      "One word: let go, a sensation: freedom. Trusting, Listening, letting go, and making something good for me ! A big thank you: your activity is a real booster, a good-mood developer and a well-being accelerator. I felt safe and free to explore. I flew by your side and I loved this exercise of intention.

      Thank you for your presence, your sweetness and your listening."

      Michèle

      "A moment of connection with yourself as well as of letting go

      that, playfully, bring you to release any judgement on yourself and others"

      Edouard

      "A workshop full of energy and movement. We move from state to another one, one state. I let myself go to the music perfectly chosen. It was a time I was connected to me and others with full conscious and confidence "

      Daouila

      "Open space for free movement, no jugement, no technical or performance expectations. Space and time as an extension of meditation practice. Good balance of kindness, complicity and discretion"

      Cécile

      " I love attending Géraldine’s open floor sessions. I arrive tired and leave so much more alive! It feels so to be in a space without any requirements or judgements and just move anyway that my body, my heart or the music inspires me too. I love it! Géraldine is always there to offer a theme of inquiry or encourage us to explore movement in one particular part of our body. It’s reconnecting to the body, the house of your mind and soul." Terri

      Terri

    • My intention as an Open Floor teacher and facilitator- Géraldine

      My Intention

      My intention is to offer a space of freedom to resource, to recharge, to connect with our body and sensations through free movement in a kind, open, mindful, bodyful and playful framework. My guidance offers a precious space of freedom, trust and no judgement so that everyone could feel free being him/herself and find his/her own movement and path.

      My intention is to offer a space where where being and moving with life is a laboratory of life, where we Move & Include and learn from what we could explore from the movement, where we could MOVE, LEARN and GROW !

       

      Freedom of movement, the pure pleasure of being, in the present moment, traveling with the music and the joy to be all together in the present moment is our guidance.

      A precious space and a time to welcome what is there whatever the results, relaxing and activating, feeling our cells vibrating and connect to each other. Listening what is here with kindness and playfulness, moving what is alive inside or not, a space for you to be you with you, a space for connection and sense of belongings as well

      Freedom of movement at 360 degrees for freedom to be yourself,

      Freedom of movement for freedom of choice and Conscious decisions

       

      Playing with fundamental Life Movement Resources can transform you!

       

      My personal experience and practice:

      In a period of doubt and looking for resourcing, I started the Movement Open Floor practice in 2014. I found a place where I could resource and recharge, where I could fully express myself without any mask, where I could better know myself, how I relate to myself, with others and the world, where I could re-open some doors and free spaces inside me, where I could embody all my dreams including AWENE. I found my home in this space and I am proud and grateful to be part of the Open Floor teachers community.

      Since 2014, I enjoyed more than 500 hours of embodiment, somatic and mindfulness practices:

      ✪ Open Floor practice : >300 hours + Training of 30 days (3*10 full days on site)

      ✪ 5 rhythms, Life Art Process, Body-Mind Centering, Movement Medicine, Singular Dance, Dance therapy : 200h

      ✪ Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction : 8 weeks program

    • Feel free to contact me !

       

      to be part of AWENE Move&Learn events' distribution list

       

      to learn about the next Move & Learn Events

      to discuss about Open Floor Movement practice

      to learn about me, my guiding style and personality

       

       

       

      via Email:

      geraldine.mercier@awene.life

      + 33 6 87 87 33 44

      by Phone

      + 33 6 87 87 33 44

      French and English

    • Move & Include events

      Open Floor movement workshops: Open to all !

      Focus = connection to body sensations and 360° of freedom to move and play with Movement Resources. Freedom of movement, freedom of being. a precious space for your well-being and personal development.

      #Freedom #LetGo #Well-being #Personal Development #Movement #BodyMind #Connection #Resource #Recharge #Music #Authenticity #Trust #Community #Consciousness

      For whom: Everybody is welcome ! all human being breathing and moving who wants to be free in motion.

      My role: offer a framework of openness and no judgement, guiding you to dive in your body and feelings, offering a musical landscape to support the travel.

      Format:

      ✪ 2h sessions : Time of arriving and welcoming our body, Explore movement resources, Integrate and Settle.

      ✪ Half day, Full day and week-end workshop for a deeper exploration and personal development impact

      ✪ Guidance in English and French

    Contact Us

    geraldine.mercier@awene.life

    +33 6 87 87 33 44

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