Free Dance - Move into Connection with Freddy & Maria

WONDERMENT COMMUNITY ZOOM PRESERVATION LOVEDOWN - presents: FREE DANCE - MOVE INTO CONNECTION with FREDDY DRABBLE & MARIA RITA SALVI 11AM BTS - 12.30PM BST Register for Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0of-yvqT8vEtYcX0ywoz6EGbxAn8KRMbX_ This Sunday we are joined by the FREE DANCE workshop lead by the wonderful Freddy & Mari, direct from the Italian countryside. You are warmly invited to join Being in Motion for an ecstatic dance meditation on Sunday 17th May. Many of their participants had been asking for a dance journey and celebration to help shake off the tension of this unique time and bring the dancing spirit of fun, celebration, vital energy and community into their homes, and so on Easter weekend they offered their first distance Free Dance session, which was a fantastic success with participants Zooming in from countries all over Europe to join them around the fire in Italy. This will be a similar session but in the morning for that extra punch of well-rested energy. The intention of these sessions with Wonderment is to turn the isolation that many of us are experiencing into a moment of connection: connecting with our body, our breath, our presence, our inner and outer spaces and all the beautiful people who'll be sharing this experience. The ecstatic dance will trace a ‘wave' of music based on a map of 5 elements that moves the focus up through the body, to a vigorous high point of complete abandon, to then warm down again via more subtle poetic movements to a final meditative point. The session will start with Mari inviting us to let go of unnecessary holding patterns and let go of our limits by using visualisation and guided movement based on Skinner Releasing Technique, before Freddy starts the dance. Make sure you’re wearing loose comfortable clothes, have plenty of water near-by and a nice blanket for the more static moments. The session is in the morning this time so as to have the full-energy of a good nights sleep to give to a full letting go of the body and emotions; our intention here is to totally abandon ourself to our bodies needs, switch off our heads, let go of all our tensions and nourish our self-love and inherent joy. We look forward very much to moving with you. Testimonials: “When i dance i explore myself and i enjoy listening the story told by my body” - Laura, Montessori teacher “Free Dance facilitated by Mari and Freddy, is an experience that isn’t just about Dance, it’s an experience full stop! You have to live it, not try and explain it” - Salvo, performer “Living the emotions of Free Dance fills your heart and soul. The music cradling you is priceless. Mari and Freddy are able to facilitate magical moments with their simple and professional approach” - Carla, Actress About the facilitators: This combination of ecstatic dance and SRT is being developed by Being in Motion's founder Freddy Drabble and movement director Maria Rita Salvi. Freddy is a professional performer and DJ. He has over 15 years of experience in ecstatic dance as practitioner and facilitator. Maria Rita Salvi is a certified Skinner Releasing teacher, choreographer and dance theatre performer with over 15 years experience of teaching, performing and facilitating across Europe.