The Embodied Revolution: Berkeley

This is professional development and personal nourishment for Bad A$$ Artists and Activists. A 3-day artistic leadership training for artists, activists and creators of the New World who want to build community, spark life creativity and restore personal wellness using tools of embodied healing justice led by Axé of SOL VIDA™ Friday, December 9th, 6:00 - 9:00pm PST - Conscious Dance Lab (Inspirations from SOL VIDA, Soma Source, 5 Rhythms and Symbology of the Orixas) Saturday, December 10th, 1:00pm - 4:00pm PST - Healing Arts Circle, Toolshare, Collaborative Choreography Sunday, December 11th, 1:00pm - 4:00pm PST - Film Performance Piece Outdoors Ignite joy, connection and personal power as we dream a New World into being using movement, performance art and embodiment tools to fill your well, allow body release and create group solidarity. Using a healing arts circle as a catalyst for collaborative creativity--we will use SOL VIDA™ Movement Methodology to create a choreopoem based on the exploration of the theme: "How do we stay well while shifting normalcy?" Our training serves as a community care dance activation weaving a variety of dance and healing arts modalities, including: Afro, Modern, Hip Hop and Conscious Dance Forms in addition to Healing Arts Circles, Writing, Choreopoems, Dance Affirmations, Spirit Connection, Nature and Performance Art. This is an invitation to see and be seen and allow yourself to transmute pain, stress, sadness, insecurities, and anxiety into true liberation. We aim to create new paradigms that allow us to relieve ourselves from oppressive systems and limited beliefs and to come up against our edges and find a way through, creatively and wholly… together. In this space, we invite intersectional pathways to discover our commonalities, develop empathy, compassion and deeper vaults of genuine self-love. We use movement as a vehicle for social change, providing the space for artistic leaders to get in right relationship with themselves so that they can remember their true selves and guiding purpose. Participants will leave this training with more tools and skills for inclusive and embodied leadership. You will gain concrete life practices to keep the body, mind and spirit well on a daily basis while feeling more grounded, seen and called to life. All levels. All nations. All genders. All body forms. All are welcome here. We center Black, Brown and The Rainbow spectrum of cultures, identities and humans on this planet. (Please email [email protected] with any access needs and/or to request a scholarship to attend- you are so wanted here. Your Guide: Axé (they l she) is a visionary educator and innovator, they co-create spaces for authentic expression, body reclamation, body remembrance, and healthy sensuality. Leading customizable immersive experiences across the world using dance, movement, theatre, expressive arts, performance art and embodiment practices to help people ground, release and get free. They are the channel and founder of SOL VIDA™, a light energy and movement methodology that fuses the form and freedom of Afro, Modern, Hip Hop + Conscious Dance. They identify as a Queer-Afro-Diasporic artivist carrying lineages from Ghanaian Dance, Symbology of The Orixas, SomaSourceⓇ, 5 Rhythms, Horton, Dunham, Limon, Laban, Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Spoken Word, Guerilla Theatre, and Performance Art. Rooted in the African Diaspora—their work is devoted to embodied healing justice centering and uplifting women, QT/BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA, adults, elders and young adults. They have led transformative dance and wellness spaces across the world including: The Bay, New York, Colorado, Spain, France, Mexico, Colombia, and Guatemala. Register here: tinyurl.com/theerberkeley