Freediving, Body Awareness and Oceandance

FREEDIVING, BODY AWARENESS AND OCEANDANCE Teachers: Alexandra Gordeeva (Fokina), Sasha Bezrodnova, Mario Blanco, Andrey Sekalov FOR WHOM? For those wanting to connect deeply with the element of Water, finding peace in mind and body. Those wanting to make friends with water and obtain the ability to play, dance and to celebrate the life. And wanting to be in contact with their body and its incredible abilities. No special skills are required in advance. WHERE? In Cirali, Turkey. Hotel rooms or camping. Classes take place in the studio, in nature scenarios, and in the sea. WHEN? 18 Sept- 24 Sept - Beginners group 26 Sept - 2 Oct - Advanced group This is an intensive retreat. You can come only for the first week or the second, or come for the two weeks. HOW DOES DOES IT WORK? Answering the question "What are your relationship with water?" many people point out: that they feel its attraction, as well as the fear. They feel both the support of water and their inability to receive it fully, to yield into this support with complete relaxation. Are you familiar with this ambiguous feeling? It is quite normal. Our inner world is also torn apart by that duality. We keep having our dreams, passions, intentions, wishes, and we keep being afraid to realize them fully. Water is not only an Element outside of us, water is also a manifestation of numerous aspects of our being: Sensitivity Sensuality Emotionality Expressiveness Flexibility Spontaneity Acceptance Allowance of being accepted Sexuality Intuition Femininity Inner child and many, many more aspects... "Underwater", "in the depth" - is where our fears live, side by side with our resources. We gain those resources once we stop being afraid, once we find the lightness and the ability to relax, to meditate. As we draw attention to reactions in those times when we would normally flee or panic. This is when body awareness helps us. Because in the body is our emotions and reactions live. To make friends with the water and the depths - mostly means to get to know yourself, and to create a friendship with your body and your unconsciousness. So... What is your relationship with Water? IN THE PROGRAM: FREEDIVING: - Basics of freediving. - Swimming Technique. - Breathing and preparation for breath hold. - Self-relaxation and release of tensions. - Heightening of movement awareness. - Managing of attention, deconcentration. - Stretching, balance, fluidity, flexibility. - Exercises for the rib cage. BODY AWARENESS: 1) INTENSIVE OF CONTACT IMPROVISATION & SOMATICS "EVOLUTION OF MOVEMENT" Basic reflexes and patterns of movement, that appeared and got more complex alongside our evolution as a species. Reflexes and patterns that are applicable for movement in the water, as well as in daily “dry" life. They help us to be more adaptive, fluids, ready to get into contact and to take better care of ourselves. 2) AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT A self-development practice. The person has the possibility to be authentic. Fully express and fully accept oneself in movement. An invitation for the unconsciousness to manifest in the movement and be observed, instead of being controlled through the repression of movements. Main qualities that people develop through this practice are authenticity, non-judgemental observation and contact with oneself. The consequences of this practice are natural self-tuning and self-healing of the body. 3) EMBODIMENT INSTRUMENTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STABILITY AND MANAGING OF THE EMOTIONAL STATE. Learn to manage your stress. By doing so you can: Regulate your emotional state Regulate your hormone levels Regulate your way of thinking You are also able to bring the state of peace to others, just by working with your own state. COURSE FEE PER ONE WEEK OF INTENSIVE RETREAT: 450$ before 10 June 500$ after 10 June Prepayment 100$ books your place, and it is not refundable 700$ if you participate in both weeks, prepayment obligatory (Ask us about a special discount if you plan to come with your partner) What is not included: Flight, accommodation, meals, transfer, boat. Boat fee is 20$ per person, each trip. Hotel:: https://www.alibabapension.com/ Camping: you can land 2 days before the start of the course, take a free bicycle at any hotel of the second line, and choose one of the numerous campings in Cirali that suits you better! CONTACT TO REGISTER: [email protected] Whatsapp +34644447371 TEACHERS: ALEXANDRA GORDEEVA (FOKINA) Instructor of Freediving Federation Russia, instructor of Apnea Academy, champion of Russia in parachuting. Writer, choreographer, psychologist, dancer, performer and dance teacher. "My friendship with freediving never has started, and will never end. Water, and all of its states, and all of my states when being in the water, help to bring up from the depth new facets of my being. Every time, deepening my face into the water, or drinking it, I get through it and I let it in, I let the water to create with me all what is needed... Water has its own states and characters... I can feel when it is light, heavy, deep or chaotic... I've been doing freediving for many years. Being a child, parents took me to live to Japanese Sea, and there it was called "diving for the shells". Teaching freediving became my main life activity only 10 years ago. Since then, a whole tribe of people flew through me. Many of them already became instructors, and now they are opening the depth to somebody else... I had the fortune to co-work with such great people like Natalya and Alexey Molchanov, Julia Petrik, Natalya Ovseenko, Umberto Pelizzari, Sarah Campbell and many others. But within this retreat, I would like not to teach freediving as a sport, but rather to disclose the space of water, the way I feel and see it. Not to teach, but to open a shield of interaction with water and with oneself. So every participant will have a chance, deepening towards the sea bottom, to deepen also into himself/herself, to dive in and to look, what is there." MARIO BLANCO A Freediving instructor certified by the AIDA association, using his own somatic-oriented approach “freedive for fun”. A Zen Shiatsu (Japanese digital pressure massage) therapist, a Yoga Instructor, a Contact Improvisation dancer, facilitator, and performer. "My main interest is the investigation of movement, on Land and in Water. Zen Shiatsu brings familiarity with physical and emotional tensions, in order to recognize and help to release them. Yoga brings first-hand knowledge of breathing techniques, postural alignment, mental awareness, and relaxation. Finally, Contact Improvisation is like a guideline to help my students on the adventurous journey into their own way to move and to understand their own bodies. I love to see when people whom I facilitate, learn to move with grace and ease underwater.” I see water as a very special Element, where I have to learn everything from the very beginning. In the water, I can hardly believe my habitual ways of perception, because they are totally confused. At the same time, some of the inner sensations become more strong and clear, like sensations in the diaphragm and inner organs. And the touch, that feels so extraordinary in the uniformity of water. I believe that the dance is such an astonishing tool for exploring the water dimension. At the same time, water is an amazing place for exploring the dance and playfulness. In this research of Water/Dance/Feeling, I get excited just from thinking about the overwhelming possibilities." SASHA BEZRODNOVA Social psychologist, workshop leader, embodiment facilitator, Dragon Dreaming practitioner, BodyMind Gestalt practitioner, international teacher of Contact Improvisation, body awareness, contact in water and OceanDance, freediver, ecological activist, organizer of water-and-land festivals, retreats, journeys, and laboratories. Co-teacher of retreats on emotional liberation and deep listening #deep_journey "Water is the Element that feels like home to me. I had experience of sinking in my childhood, and what stayed with me, is the trust and ability to stay peacefully observing, what is happening. Many times people come to my water workshops because they want to get rid of their fear of water. And I enjoy seeing, how deep listening, acceptance of what is, and relaxation, do their job. Some of these people become freedivers after, and I am happy because of how deep they can go :) I organize and lead workshops and festivals around the world, focused on people making friends with their bodies, developing ecological habits, creating common life and celebrating their existence in the dance. My main interest is sustainability, in a wide perspective, especially its human and psychological aspects. I’m also working a lot on people’s connection with Nature. Especially the Nature of their Body, Earth, and Water. I also love to dance underwater, around the depth of neutral buoyancy, and to interact with sea creatures. Because they really love to dance when they meet a human that is meditative and playful at the same time, and they have a lot to teach to us... ANDREY SEKALOV Instructor, instructor trainer and co-creator of Freediving Federation Russia, together with Natalia Molchanova. Chief editor of the website free-diving.ru Hatha yoga instructor. Teacher of pranayama, deep relaxation, and concentration Deconcentration technique. He possesses degrees from various universities. Among them from thePsychotechnique Institute of Oleg Bakhtiyarov.