𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 & 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 - Being Nature Retreat in Chiang Mai I November 2023 *POSTPONED*

𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 & 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆, 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 5 days Being Nature Retreat - Ecosomatics, Embodied Poetry, Contact Improvisation, with Dolores Dewhurst Marks 1 - 6 November 2023 Chiang Mai, Thailand Being Nature is a project that encourages people to discover their own way of connecting with deeper self and the natural world. Inspiring them to feel nature as part of their body, and from that embodied understanding move towards change, with acknowledgement of the current environmental situation. Offering space for exploration, collaboration, artistic expression and environmental activism. Learning about nature and the body experientially according to contemporary science. Emphasizing their corresponding imagery, logic and shared ecologies. Incorporating approaches from somatic and contemplative practices, contact improvisation, and body-mind centering. Engaging artistically, including writing poetry, making performances and short poetic dance films with participants, in collaboration with videographers, photographers, poets, and movement researchers. 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 & 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 This retreat will center on the tangible and metaphoric conversation between stone & water. Discovering the silence and resilience inherent in stone, the fluency and perseverance implicit in water. Their nature invites a dynamic dialogue within us, offering a vast landscape of meaning and experience. Connecting with these elements opens an integrative perspective in the bodymind we inhabit; bringing relational insights, expanded imagination, and wholeness to our expression in the life we dance together. Encountering stone & water sensorially and poetically; anchoring our attention in the immediacy and listening beneath its surface. Relating through our bones and fluids in touch based partner work and movement explorations. Embodying the elements' qualities and behaviors while in physical contact with each other. Witnessing and being witnessed while moving with nature. Giving space for contemplative writing and sharing. Our practices will take place in the dance hall, the surrounding nature, and the swimming pool. The retreat is open for all bodies and curious minds, with and without previous experience. The schedule will consist of 3 sessions per day, plus morning practice. 1-2 sessions per day in the studio, 1 session per day in the pool and/or 1 sessions per day in the surrounding nature. In the evening we will have space for open exploration/score based contact improvisation jam. Arrival 1st November 12pm Departure 7th November 12pm Group size is 20 people. Partial participation is not possible. 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The Kaomai Lanna Resort, an award winning UNESCO Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Conservation site, with 100 year old trees, 160 sqm dance hall, swimming pool & spa, tea house and outdoor amphitheater. Just 1 hour south of Chiang Mai city. 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱: Vegetarian traditional and contemporary Thai dishes with organic salads will be served for lunch and dinner, a western & eastern style buffet for breakfast, with tea, coffee and herbal drinks served throughout the day. 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Staying in the boutique converted barns. There are two options: - Sharing a room with 2 single beds - Private room with double bed Both have ensuite bathroom, fridge, kettle, aircon. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲: Includes 3 meals per day & accommodation (based on sharing room) 16000 THB / 425 EUR - Regular Price 14000 THB / 370 EUR - Low income (8 places) + 4500 THB / 120 EUR for private room 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Your application will be reviewed and if accepted you will receive an email confirmation. 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀: (for full bio: https://www.beingnature.space) 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘄𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 is a multidisciplinary artist, working with somatics, dance, performance, poetry, and nature. Her project Being Nature encourages people to discover their own way of connecting with deeper self and the natural world. Inspiring them to feel nature as part of their body, and from that embodied understanding move towards positive change, with acknowledgment of the current environmental situation. Offering space for exploration, collaboration, artistic expression and environmental activism. In an ongoing artistic collaboration with Sasha Dodo, she co-directs and curates REVERSE RIVERS COMPANY, a vehicle for their artistic work, interweaving movement, visual and text; ART CONTINUUM NOMADIC RESIDENCY, designed for international artistic exchange, development and production of art, focused in fields of dance improvisation, performance, poetry and film; TOWARDS, center for education and research of Contact Improvisation (in development), and is co-author of THE LOST PLACE book of poetry and FORGOTTEN POEM, a contemplative poetic dance film. Since 2020, they are based in Thailand, teaching workshops and retreats; organizing art residencies and events including Thailand Contact Improvisation Conference and Being Nature Gathering. More information: https://reverserivers.com https://artcontinuum.space https://towards.contact https://www.beingnature.space 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗞𝗮𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁: Kaomai Lanna Hotel and Resort is a unique boutique accommodation on the route from Chiang Mai to Doi Inthanon, the highest mountain in Thailand. Surrounded by a big, beautiful tropical garden in Chiang Mai, the resort features unique rooms converted from real tobacco curing barns and furnished with colonial style antique furniture. 50 years ago the tobacco industry in the northern part of Thailand reached its peak, and tobacco farms and curing barns flourished. But time passed and things changed. 30 years later other developments came; the tobacco curing barns faded from the northern part of Thailand, replaced by orchards and real-estate projects. Most of the barns were destroyed but it was decided that at least a few reminders from the old days should remain. So 18 old barns were converted into 36 lively guest rooms in a peaceful garden and became known as the charming Kaomai Lanna Resort. Kaomai was awarded the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Conservation for New Design in Heritage Contexts in 2018, and continues its natural and architectural conservation works, while promoting and educating the public and the local community about our heritage through our sustainable tourism. More information about Kaomai: https://www.kaomailanna.com/ 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼: [email protected]