'Day on the Floor' is a full day Embodiment Immersion for you to experience a range of modalities to support your connection with your physical self in relationship with the foundation of ground. 
Our theme is Ease & Flow.

SCHEDULE:

9a-Yoga with Willow 
10.30a- Body Mind Centering (BMC) with Kim
Green Smoothie break
12p - Pilates with Brad
Lunch Break
2.30p -Pranayama with Onkartej
3.30p - 5Rhythms with Rivka
Chai Break
5.30p - Kirtan with Jessica & Paul

SPACE IS LIMITED
BOOKINGS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Sat 3 September, 9am-7pm, Oktopia Space, High St Thornbury

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
$100 includes all sessions, smoothie & Chai
Individual sessions, if space available $25
Your body is going to LOVE you for this

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MEET THE FACILITATORS:

Brad Innes

Insta: @bradinness / @atoem_

Web: www.atoem.com.au

Australian born Brad Inness comes from a long international career, working in London, Berlin, Hong Kong, Belgium, and the US. He left Australia in 2007 for his first contract with Royal Caribbean, which then led him to London to work in the commercial and theatre scene for artists such as Franz Ferdinand and The Kooks.

He’s performed in London’s venues such as the Adelphi Theatre, West End, and Twickenham Rugby Stadium, and has Toured England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Egypt, and the Middle East working in various theatre production and company shows. In between work and enjoying the UK, Brad began teaching and choreographing around some of London’s studios while also working for companies such as Nike, Sweaty Betty & Lululemon. He began to curate Barre and Movement classes for various London studios, where he then continued to develop these programs in Berlin and Belgium.

Since being back in Melbourne, Brad has continued to develop his love for Pilates by furthering his education in an Integrated Diploma of Contemporary Pilates and Teaching Methodology on top of his Diploma in Dance and in 2022, Brad will begin a Diploma of Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies.

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Kim Sargent-Wishart

kimsargentwishart.com

Kim Sargent-Wishart (RSME, RSMT, PhD) is an artist, researcher, educator & writer specializing in somatic education, physical practices & contemplative photography. Research interests include experiential embryology and physiology as models for creative practice, the life cycle, and things we leave behind. Kim loves teaching somatic and creative methodologies for a range of audiences in support of personal, professional and creative development.

A Certified Teacher of Body-Mind Centering® and Registered Somatic Movement Educator & Therapist (ISMETA), Kim has practiced movement education and bodywork since the early 1990s. Her arts practice is influenced by Miksang contemplative photography and dance/movement improvisation. Kim is the co-editor of The Art of Embodiment(2021), and the Administrative Director of Somatic Education Australasia (SEA), offering the Body-Mind Centering® licensed Somatic Movement Education program in Melbourne. kimsargentwishart.com

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Willow Conway

https://www.willowj.com/

I have 25+ years of yoga, theatre, movement & dance practice and 15 years of teaching yoga, theatre skills, burlesque, feathered fan dancing, cabaret chair dancing, solo performance, sensual dance and embodied movement practices. As a teacher my aim is to allow and provide space for students of all levels to practice and experience the many benefits that movement, dance and yoga has to offer, for students to let go, go within and explore in a safe and nurturing environment.

My personal practice in yoga began in 1990 when I was drawn deeply into the traditions of both Iyengar and Ashtanga. With a 350hr Yoga Teaching Training certification, I teach from traditional roots of yoga incorporating breath (pranayama), poses (asana - both moving and static poses) and meditation to help participants experience connectedness through integration of the mind, body and spirit. Yoga has profoundly enhanced my life and theatre/dance practice, providing techniques on how to become more present and step into 'being' as opposed to 'doing.'

I have taught a wide range of dance and theatre practices to1000's of people, not only in Australia but also in Japan and USA. As a dancer and actor I have worked extensively in various disciplines including theatre, film, TV, burlesque, cabaret, butoh, clowning and contemporary dance. In 2002 I discovered the joy and freedom of Burlesque, strutting and stripping my way around the globe and in 2016 was crowned Miss Burlesque Australia!

As a passionate teacher and performer I am dedicated to sharing skills with others, to assist students in finding the joy and healing energies that yoga, dance, and movement practices bring. I have witnessed so many students gain many positive benefits from these practices, and I am committed to holding space for students to explore, discover and enjoy these benefits!

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Onkartej Kaur

https://www.facebook.com/Onkartej

https://www.instagram.com/onkartejkaur/

Onkartej’s intention is to facilitate spaces where inner exploration and relationship with self harmonizes with that of Nature. Her focus is to cultivate well rounded and grounded experiences of activation and self regulation, for an awakened and balanced sense of being.

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Rivka Worth

https://www.rivkaworth.com

https://www.instagram.com/rivkaworth/

Rivka has devoted the past 30 years to facilitating dance and embodiment with a diversity of people. She thrives on bringing humans together in ceremonial dance, where freedom, connection and transformation are individually and collectively embodied in the dance. She is passionately dedicated to connecting us back to nature through our own embodiment.

Her current main long-term project is Co-Director of ‘In Your Arms’, a sensory performance project tending to the relationship between new babies and the natural world.

Rivka has decades of experience working in Disability Youth Arts, Community Cultural Development practice, improvisation practice, early childhood expressive arts. She was previous artistic director of the following companies with and for artists with disabilities; Restless Dance Theatre, Boilover Inclusive Performance Ensemble, Founder Artistic Director of Company CHAOS and StArts with D Performance Ensemble. Rivka has directed work for Weave Movement Theatre and worked with Incite Arts on Southern Ngalia Intergenerational women’s dance camps.

Rivka, BA Dance, is a certified 5Rhythms teacher, Futuring Trainer of Trainers, Yoni Bodywork Therapist, Author and Somatic Coach. Currently in training as a Somatic Movement Educator- Body-Mind Centering (R) and an Apprentice to the The 360 Emergence. Rivka is the proud founder of Eco Soma™, a new body of work, sharing eco somatic practices that guide you home to grounding in your body on planet earth.

She is currently working on her new book ‘Wildling, a field book for remembering’

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Paul Stevens: I've been practicing yoga for nearly 30 years and now teach regular Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation classes. Mantra singing is one of my favourite practices, having powerful mind/body benefits and opening the heart to joy and peace.

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Jessica Lyons: I've sang all my life and formally studied classical voice. After such structured learning I went on a journey to discover what my authentic voice sounds like. Kirtan has played a big part of that unfolding. Mantra meditation and Kirtan, for me, is a way to connect with my body and my best self. I've been involved with leading Kirtan in Melbourne for about 5 years now.