Embodying Nature with Jamie McHugh

We are members of the natural world, microcosms of the outer landscape who can easily forget our wild nature and our place in Creation. In this retreat, we take time to immerse ourselves in the living dreamscape of our bodies and the natural world to remember, to explore and discover more of who we are and what we can be. Tree, sky, rock, and water – all the elements reflect parts of our being that can be embodied and expressed.

Embodying Nature is an experiential, hands-on process developed by Jamie McHugh for expanding and deepening our kinship with the natural world through the preverbal medium of our body’s perception and expression. This somatic-expressive practice is simple, inclusive and easy to understand and has been taught to various groups worldwide over the past 30 years. 

Each day begins by settling into our inner landscape with the five somatic technologies of breath, vocalization, contact, movement and stillness. (See video overview of the five technologies here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/170979436)

Then, we move into relationship with the outer landscape by contacting, witnessing, mirroring, responding and resting. The combination of the somatic practices with these relational activities generates a flow state conducive to a creative stream of spontaneous dances, intuitive songs, and silent contemplations that connect us to place. And embodying relaxed attention and lively presence to meet, become, and cherish the land provides a regenerative oasis for stepping back into one’s life – refreshed, renewed, and restored.

Tuition: CHF 500 if registered by May 1; CHF 600 after (if space is still available – max group size 14 participants)

Course begins at 9pm on June 21 and ends at noon on June 25

Housing:  Provided in the “Palantschin” loft in the village center of Lavin (three minutes by foot from the train station, 7 minutes to the seminar room. Food store is also three minutes by feet) Housing cost is CHF 150 if you bring your own sleeping bag and bed linen, CHF 165 if you use provided bedding. Arrival time at the flat is after 3pm on June 21st, departure is latest 10am June 26th. Here you can find informations about the Palantschin loft 

Food: Each person will bring their own food and/or shop at the local market, and collaborate with others as they wish on meals.The loft has a well equipped kitchen

Jamie McHugh, MA, RSMT is a somatic movement specialist and an interdisciplinary artist living in the Hudson River Valley of New York. He is the creator of Somatic Expression® – Body Wisdom for Modern Minds, an accessible and inclusive approach to somatic-expressive practices for daily life; and NatureBeingArt, abstract contemplative nature photography and video stream online collections: 7 Days of Beauty Project and The Breathing Room Series. 

Jamie has studied with various master teachers (artistic, spiritual, and therapeutic) over four decades. His somatic-expressive practices for re-wilding the body, mending the mind and restoring the spirit have been inspired by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Emilie Conrad, Anna Halprin, Thich Nhat Hanh and the wild places of the planet. 

He is currently focusing his attention on eco-somatics and relationship with the natural world through Embodied Mindfulness (Explorations in the Inner Landscape) and Embodying Nature (Explorations in the Outer Landscape). Jamie continues to study and research the mystery of the body – as an element of nature and as an expression of our humanity.

Link to SomaticExpression

Link to NatureBeingArt

Workshop place availability

Registration

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We send you a confirmation of registration and payment instructions. Your place is reserved if payment of registration fee of CHF 200 is received within two weeks after our confirmation. The full amount must be paid till June 5th.

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cancellation policy

If you cancel your reservation till May 1st cancellation fee is 50 CHF

If you cancel your reservation after May 1st cancellation fee is the full 200 CHF

If you cancel your reservation after June 7th cancellation fee is the full paid amount

In any case – if you name a replacement person the full amount will be returned to your account as soon as the reservation fee or tuition of the replacement person has been received.