Coming Home Through the Body - 16 day intensive with Alicia Grayson and Sabine Parzer

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 16 day intensive with Sabine Parzer and Alicia Grayson 6 - 21 February 2026 Koh Phangan, Thailand info pdf: https://tinyurl.com/ComingHomeInfoPack 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 — 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 — 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅/𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔/𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍/𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔. We utilize the somatic practices of contact improvisation, improvisational dance, authentic movement, visionary craniosacral, bodywork, breath work and interaction with nature to support this voyage of 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔. -------- Alicia Grayson and Sabine Parzer as they describe their teaching methods, influences and the process: Short version (3 mins): https://youtu.be/gxH12xCpteM?si=XFtFfNewz4v3wBvX Deeper Discussion (28 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1AUwuzhNzo -------- We will explore the play between the 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄/𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆/𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈. We open a space for healing and nurturing the unseen, unknown and secret places within the Self and celebrate 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. We use dance and related techniques to let the bodies speak, to physicalize content and to embody wisdom from within. Meditations and visualizations clarify our intent, bodywork and somatic investigations support our integration. We work with solo, partnering and group processes. The workshop is within a frame of the context of our larger lives and connects with deeper longings that yearn to be known and manifested. We will give tools and practices to take the insights and discoveries of the workshop back into our lives. -------- 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒐𝒏 Alicia has been passionately involved with dancing, teaching and performing Contact Improvisation for the past 36 years. She has taught CI as an adjunct faculty at George Washington University, University of Denver, Naropa University and Shenandoah University. She teaches CI classes in Boulder, CO, and regularly travels nationally and internationally to teach. Her long time practices of authentic movement, yoga and pilates and her love of nature are important influences on her dancing and teaching. She facilitates somatically based transformational workshops, teaches yoga and pilates and works with individuals in-person and online. She is a certified Hakomi therapist, certified perinatal somatic attachment therapist, certified Feminine Power transformational coach and facilitator and certified Biodynamic Breath and Trauma Release practitioner. She delights in exploring and discovering new depths to contact improvisation and related disciplines and is particularly interested in the intersection of physics and expression and the mind/body relationship. She is dedicated to supporting her fellow humans to be the most amazing embodied beings that we are! 𝑺𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒛𝒆𝒓 Is head and founder of the Holistic Dance Institute (founded 2010), she has been recognized as a Master Somatic Movement Educator by ISMETA. The Holistic Dance Institute is an ISMETA accredited institute and offers professional Teachers Trainings and Advanced Teachers Trainings. In 2012 Sabine co-created the Contact Festival Austria, for which she served as the artistic director of until 2017. Her professional experience spans over 35 years of teaching, performing, choreographing and researching in the USA, Canada, Europe, Russia, Israel and Brazil. Sabine has a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College Chicago in Modern Dance, and an education in Systemische und Integrative Bewegungslehre® (an extended Feldenkrais® Training). Her in-depth practice of Contact Improvisation and Authentic Movement began 1997. Her ongoing trainings since 1995 in Kleintechnique, ZenBodytherapy®, Yoga, White Crane Silat, Rosen Method®, Kashmirian Massage, family constellations and Integrative Somatic Traumatherapy a.o. She is currently studying visionary Cranialsacral Work with Hugh Milne. Sabine is a dancer, choreographer, dance-pedagogue, bodyworker, organizer and author. In her Holistic Dance Institute people from all different kinds of backgrounds (such as dancers, artists, bodyworkers, social workers, coaches and psychotherapists) are trained in Holistic Dance Teachers Trainings, Advanced Teachers Trainings, Retreats, open workshops and single sessions. Her professional dance career began in Chicago, IL, in 1990, where she danced professionally in Mordine & Company Dance Theatre and in many independent productions. She was a co-founder of Loop Troop and has been presenting her choreographies and improvisational scores since 1990 in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Moscow and Vienna, amongst other cities. She has recently collaborated with film maker Krisztina Kerekes on the experimental dance film “eMBODYMe” and the documentation about her work “Interconnections”. Her latest solo “Mayya Amore” will premiere in 2024. Sabine teaches regularly at international dancefestivals such as Impulstanz Vienna, Tanzfabrik Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien, Potsdamer Tanztage and has taught intensives at many international festivals such as Israeli Contact Festival, Moscow Contact Festival, Kontakt Budapest, Contact in Rio de Janeiro, Osterimprofestival Göttingen, Ibiza Contact Festival and more. Between 1999 and 2013 she was employed as dance therapist at a rehabilitation center for people after work and traffic accidents in Austria. Sabine is considered to be a pioneer of the somatic and healing dance field and is highly regarded for her humorous, down-to-earth approach in her teachings. . . . 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 Early Bird 590 euro | 22 000 thai baht (until 25 December 2025) Standard Price 620 euro | 23 100 thai baht The First Part Only 390 euro | 14500 thai baht 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: https://forms.gle/ULtW4R9eannoyuaQA *Please note that this course does not include organized food or accommodation. You are welcome to reach out if you have any questions, or need advice about navigating Koh Phangan. 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 There are 2 partial scholarships available for dedicated CI practitioners/teachers/artists who are unable to pay the full price. There are 2 partial scholarships reserved for local Thai dance/movement practitioners. In case of financial difficulty, it is possible to reach out to the organizer (Alexandra Wuzyk). Please apply via the 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: https://shorturl.at/elOSW 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗟𝗘 Please note it is necessary to commit to full participation in all sessions, and to arrive on time. We recommend not to plan any other activities in the duration of this intensive in order to fully benefit from the process. 6 February opening session --------- 18:00-20:30 7, 8, 9th full days 10:00-13:00 and 16:00 - 18:30 --------- 10 February integration day --------- 11, 12, 13th full days 10:00-13:00 and 16:00 - 18:30 --------- 14 February integration day --------- 15, 16, 17 full days 10:00-13:00 and 16:00 - 18:30 --------- 18th February integration day --------- 19, 20 full days 10:00-13:00 and 16:00 - 18:30 21st closing session --------- 16:00 - 18:30 We highly recommend joining the whole duration of the course. In case this is not possible for you, it is possible to apply for only the first part (6-13th February). It is not possible to enter in the second half. . . . 𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦 . 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://shorturl.at/elOSW . 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 '𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲': Short version (3 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1AUwuzhNzo Deeper Discussion (28 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1AUwuzhNzo . 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 The Practice of Embodiment - interview with Sabine Parzer https://tinyurl.com/s926huuj Conversation about Dance, Art and Life - Sabine Parzer and Alicia Grayson https://tinyurl.com/y2v3cnhs . 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲 Sabine Parzer Holistic Dance Institute https://tinyurl.com/ck8y5vaw Inter Connections https://tinyurl.com/ta4fj3t5 . 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮 www.aliciagrayson.com Alicia dancing at Moab Jam https://tinyurl.com/5n965hdt . . . *Promotional photos for this workshop are from the collections by Melissa Sung (2023) and Mathieu Parent (2024) in Rhizome Springs Canada, and Oilivia Pino (2025) Koh Phangan.