WildHeart

Somatic Meditation with Neva
2023-02-13 11:00 - 11:45 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom, NY, United States
On Zoom

Dates: February 6, 13, 20, 27 and March 6, 13, 20

7-week class series on Mondays 11-11:45am EST

$115 Registration deadline February 5thBIPOC pay-what-you-want* Reach out if money is a barrier

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Class Description

Somatic practice supports us to intentionally connect with our physical bodies, our emotions, our minds, and how we relate to the world outside us. Through these practices we can study our patterning in each of these “layers” of ourselves and how the different layers overlap. This work can be incredibly useful for getting to know ourselves better, shifting habitual patterns, and creating a healing path. It is also a powerful tool for understanding how and why we relate to others and the world around us, and how societal power structures impact our choices.

In Somatic Meditation, we will begin with an introduction to the day’s focus and then move into guided practice. Most of the practice in this class will be in stillness, sometimes sitting, sometimes lying down, sometimes standing. We may also explore some movement or walking, depending on where the group’s interest goes!

Everyone, all bodies, all experience levels are welcome in this class. Though this is a particularly helpful class for people who have done Somatic Study and Explorations with me. Somatic Meditation is both foundational practice and where much of the more advanced work happens.

What people are saying about Neva’s classes on Zoom:

“Neva’s class gave me hope and courage as I’m facing a lot of unknowns in my life right now. She helped me remember that my body has wisdom and can heal… and that it’s good to listen.”

“I experienced some rich and vivid sensations during practice with Neva – which is so nice since I’ve found it hard to cultivate that richness in other online spaces.”

“The work in our session, which I’ve been practicing most every day, has allowed me to re-inhabit my infant body. In one instance, my arm actually ‘became’ a baby’s arm as my hand curled in, then opened up. This new territory has invigorated the re-experiencing of my one year old self. There was trauma at 11 months, and the somatic work we did gives me another doorway into that time. So grateful for our co-creation!”

What do I need to know?

Bring a cushion or something to sit comfortable on. For some classes we will be in supported rest, and you will need either a few blankets, towels, or pillows.

Bring a journal and writing / drawing utensils to each class.

Set yourself up in an environment that supports you to feel good and have privacy.

Wear clothes that are comfortable and allow you to move freely, and ideally help you feel good in your beautiful body!

I will do my best to start and end class on time. The Zoom room will be open a few minutes before we begin. Please do your best to come a few minutes early so we can all begin together.

Bio

Neva Cockrell is a professional dancer, interdisciplinary artis, and embodiment teacher. She danced with Pilobolus in 2016 – 2019 touring to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, China, Mexico, Israel, Dubai, and within the US both as a dancer and as the Dance Captain. She is also a writer and director who uses dance-theater as a tool for social change. In 2010 she co-founded her own interdisciplinary company, Loom Ensemble, based in NYC which has toured across the US, Europe, and UAE. She is passionate about using Loom Ensemble performances to open difficult conversations, and then facilitate community discussion to unpack the emotional vulnerability and cultural taboos of each show. She was recently awarded the New Work New England grant from NEFA as a director for Loom’s newest upcoming piece.

She has been teaching dance, theater, and embodiment practices for over a decade, including opening Physique 57’s first international studio in Dubai and developing her own movement technique, Catalyst. Her diverse background in gymnastics, partner acrobatics, contact improvisation, Capoeira Angola, and Yoga inspire her unique style of Contemporary Dance in both her choreography and her classes. She is yoga teacher certified through Simple Yoga with Eric Stewart, and is deeply passionate about the overlap of somatic work and breaking down systems of oppression.

In 2012, she joined the Art Monastery Project, and served as a co-director from 2014-2021 running programming in Italy, Colorado, and Vermont.

She has been practicing meditation for over 15 years, and has found beautiful overlap in her artistic creations and her meditation practice. Her life path is deeply grounded in communal living, body-based activities, art-making, being outside, and contemplative practice. She now lives, works, teaches, and creates at WildHeart: Center for Performance and Embodiment Practice (founded by Neva and her partner Raphael) in the Hudson Valley.

A important note on class level and caring for yourself:

You are responsible for your own health and safety. By signing up for these classes, you agree to take full responsibility for your own health and well being, and agree to NOT hold Neva Cockrell accountable for any injuries you may incur during class. Especially in an online format, the teacher cannot help with specific alignment and corrections, so you must take extra care for yourself. You know your body more than anyone else, and you are responsible and able to choose what is best for you today!

Register

Event Organizer

Venue

Yoga and Strength with Neva
2023-02-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom, NY, United States
On Zoom

Dates: February 6, 13, 20, 27 and March 6, 13, 20

7-week class series on Mondays 12-1pm EST

$140 Registration deadline February 5thBIPOC pay-what-you-want* Reach out if money is a barrier

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Class Description

This 60-minute Yoga class is a combination of Yoga Asana practice and Ballet Barre style strength training. This nourishing and challenging combination draws on both full body exercises as well as targeted muscle isolations. We move through poses relatively quickly, while focusing on alignment, strength, flexibility, ease of movement, and balance. We focus on how to challenge the body within a container of support and kindness. This class will help you access strength without strain, and encourages working with relaxation and ease while engaging in strength building.

Each class will include a balanced mixture of poses and exercises designed to help bring well-being to the body and mind. During this hour you will learn to care for and celebrate your body, connect to your breath, and feel the support that is available to you in your life.

This class requires a familiarity with yoga or contemporary dance and moves at a relatively fast pace.

What people are saying about Neva’s classes on Zoom:

“That was amazing! NEVA is amazing. Thank you for the wonderful class. I can’t wait to join again. I left feeling such joy in my body and spirit!”

“Neva’s class gave me hope and courage as I’m facing a lot of unknowns in my life right now. She helped me remember that my body has wisdom and can heal… and that it’s good to listen.”

“What Neva offers in how she thinks about yoga, dance, and relationship to body as home has been such a gift for me.”

“I experienced some rich and vivid sensations during practice with Neva – which is so nice since I’ve found it hard to cultivate that richness in other online spaces.”

What do I need to know?

Before class set up a yoga mat

For some classes we will use a sturdy chair to support our work

If you’d like to use blocks, or any other type of support to help you modify, set these up next to your mat

Bring a water bottle

Set yourself up in an environment that supports you to feel good and have privacy

Wear clothes that are comfortable and allow you to move freely, and ideally help you feel good in your beautiful body!

I will do my best to start and end class on time. The Zoom room will be open a few minutes before we begin. Please do your best to come a few minutes early so we can all begin together.

Bio

Neva Cockrell is a professional dancer, interdisciplinary artis, and embodiment teacher. She danced with Pilobolus in 2016 – 2019 touring to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, China, Mexico, Israel, Dubai, and within the US both as a dancer and as the Dance Captain. She is also a writer and director who uses dance-theater as a tool for social change. In 2010 she co-founded her own interdisciplinary company, Loom Ensemble, based in NYC which has toured across the US, Europe, and UAE. She is passionate about using Loom Ensemble performances to open difficult conversations, and then facilitate community discussion to unpack the emotional vulnerability and cultural taboos of each show. She was recently awarded the New Work New England grant from NEFA as a director for Loom’s newest upcoming piece.

She has been teaching dance, theater, and embodiment practices for over a decade, including opening Physique 57’s first international studio in Dubai and developing her own movement technique, Catalyst. Her diverse background in gymnastics, partner acrobatics, contact improvisation, Capoeira Angola, and Yoga inspire her unique style of Contemporary Dance in both her choreography and her classes. She is yoga teacher certified through Simple Yoga with Eric Stewart, and is deeply passionate about the overlap of somatic work and breaking down systems of oppression.

In 2012, she joined the Art Monastery Project, and served as a co-director from 2014-2021 running programming in Italy, Colorado, and Vermont.

She has been practicing meditation for over 15 years, and has found beautiful overlap in her artistic creations and her meditation practice. Her life path is deeply grounded in communal living, body-based activities, art-making, being outside, and contemplative practice. She now lives, works, teaches, and creates at WildHeart: Center for Performance and Embodiment Practice (founded by Neva and her partner Raphael) in the Hudson Valley.

A important note on class level and caring for yourself:

You are responsible for your own health and safety. By signing up for these classes, you agree to take full responsibility for your own health and well being, and agree to NOT hold Neva Cockrell accountable for any injuries you may incur during class. Especially in an online format, the teacher cannot help with specific alignment and corrections, so you must take extra care for yourself. You know your body more than anyone else, and you are responsible and able to choose what is best for you today!

Register

Event Organizer

Venue

Catalyst with Neva
2023-02-14 11:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom, NY, United States
Tuesdays 11am-1pm OR 5:30-7:30 EST

On Zoom

Dates: February 7, 14, 21, 28 and March 7, 14, 21

7-week class series on Tuesdays 11am-1pm OR 5:30-7:30 EST

***Only one of these sessions will run based on which is more popular: morning or evening. When registering, you will be prompted to let me know which timing you prefer. I will announce the time of the class that will run by January 31st. You will be refunded if you cannot make the class and don’t want to do it via the recording.***

$165 Registration deadline February 5thBIPOC pay-what-you-want* Reach out if money is a barrier

Sign Up

Class Description

Catalyst is a unique fusion of free movement, cardio, strength training, yoga, and breathwork. It’s a hugely body positive, life affirming workout, spiritual experience, and infusion of joy.

I developed this workshop based on the blend of practices that have trained and healed my body over and over (most recently after birth!). This is a durational practice. Over the course of two hours, we will rest and sweat, feel and dance, perhaps even laugh and cry.

We start resting, feeling, and breathing. From there we follow the music into dance, moving freely following the guidance of our bodies. Once we are warm and moving, we head into cardio. Working with interval training, we work our hearts and muscles to their full capacity. Next is a beautiful flow through yoga asanas to calm the nerves and align the tissues. Followed by a brief foray into shaking before we dive into Ballet Barra style strength training, targeting specific muscles through isolated movements. And finally, we end with a long period of stretching and breathwork.

During this 2-hour embodied experience, there is space for you to be you in the body you have now. Connect to yourself, train your body, work with your mind. It truly is a full body/mind reset.

“My experience of Catalyst Training with Neva was a full mind, body, spirit nourishing and full contact experience. Neva’s shared wild vibrant energy is truly contagious.”

—Maria Pilar Pina, Alexandria, Virginia

What people are saying about Neva’s classes on Zoom:

“That was amazing! NEVA is amazing. Thank you for the wonderful class. I can’t wait to join again. I left feeling such joy in my body and spirit!”

“Neva’s class gave me hope and courage as I’m facing a lot of unknowns in my life right now. She helped me remember that my body has wisdom and can heal… and that it’s good to listen.”

“What Neva offers in how she thinks about yoga, dance, and relationship to body as home has been such a gift for me.”

“I experienced some rich and vivid sensations during practice with Neva – which is so nice since I’ve found it hard to cultivate that richness in other online spaces.”

What do I need to know?

Set yourself up in a room with as much space as possible (at least enough to fit a yoga mat), ideally an environment that supports you to feel good and have privacy.

You will need a yoga mat, a sturdy chair or surface to lean on, a cushion or chair to sit upright on, blankets and/or pillows for supported rest, and a water bottle.

If you’d like to use blocks, or any other type of support to help you modify, bring these as well.

Wear clothes that are comfortable and allow you to move freely, and ideally help you feel good in your beautiful body!

A journal and pen for reflections at the end.

I will do my best to start and end class on time. The Zoom room will be open a few minutes before we begin. Please do your best to come a few minutes early so we can all begin together.

Bio

Neva Cockrell is a professional dancer, interdisciplinary artist, and embodiment teacher. She danced with Pilobolus in 2016 – 2019 touring to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, China, Mexico, Israel, Dubai, and within the US both as a dancer and as the Dance Captain. She is also a writer and director who uses dance-theater as a tool for social change. In 2010 she co-founded her own interdisciplinary company, Loom Ensemble, based in NYC which has toured across the US, Europe, and UAE. She is passionate about using Loom Ensemble performances to open difficult conversations, and then facilitate community discussion to unpack the emotional vulnerability and cultural taboos of each show. She was recently awarded the New Work New England grant from NEFA as a director for Loom’s newest upcoming piece.

She has been teaching dance, theater, and embodiment practices for over a decade, including opening Physique 57’s first international studio in Dubai and developing her own movement technique, Catalyst. Her diverse background in gymnastics, partner acrobatics, contact improvisation, Capoeira Angola, and Yoga inspire her unique style of Contemporary Dance in both her choreography and her classes. She is yoga teacher certified through Simple Yoga with Eric Stewart, and is deeply passionate about the overlap of somatic work and breaking down systems of oppression.

In 2012, she joined the Art Monastery Project, and served as a co-director from 2014-2021 running programming in Italy, Colorado, and Vermont.

She has been practicing meditation for over 15 years, and has found beautiful overlap in her artistic creations and her meditation practice. Her life path is deeply grounded in communal living, body-based activities, art-making, being outside, and contemplative practice. She now lives, works, teaches, and creates at WildHeart: Center for Performance and Embodiment Practice (founded by Neva and her partner Raphael) in the Hudson Valley.

A important note on class level and caring for yourself:

You are responsible for your own health and safety. By signing up for these classes, you agree to take full responsibility for your own health and well being, and agree to NOT hold Neva Cockrell accountable for any injuries you may incur during class. Especially in an online format, the teacher cannot help with specific alignment and corrections, so you must take extra care for yourself. You know your body more than anyone else, and you are responsible and able to choose what is best for you today!

Register

Event Organizer

Venue

Loom Ensemble February Devising Intensive - 5 Day
2023-02-21 18:00 - 2023-02-26 15:00
We are beginning the development process for Loom Ensemble’s next show, and are welcoming new collaborators into the creative process!

This fall, winter and spring, we’ll gather about once a month for either a long weekend or full week intensives, at WildHeart: a performance incubation / retreat space in the Hudson Valley.In these creative workperiods, we welcome performers (dancers, actors, musicians), writers, composers, designers, dramaturgs — we’ll be approaching the material from all angles.

This is a body positive, queer, anti-racist space. The work is explicitly political, leaning into raw conversations, but centering wellbeing and respect for the artist throughout.

Contact Improvisation Weekend Retreat: Soften, Enliven, Connect
2023-03-02 14:00 - 2023-03-05 15:00

Loom Ensemble April Devising Intensive - 5 Day
2023-04-04 18:00 - 2023-04-09 15:00

Core Sounding
2023-04-12 15:00 - 2023-04-16 15:00
Collective creating through voice, movement and spiritwith Marisa Michelson

CANCELLED: April 16 Contact Improv
2023-04-16 16:00 - 18:30
Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart

Every Other Sundays, 4:00-6:30pm (alternating weeks with the Kingston Jam)

BYO dinner for a studio-floor picnic afterward

CI Lab 4-5pm (with rotating teachers)

Open Jam 5-6:30pm

Register in advance

Or if you prefer to pay cash at the door, send us an email to let us know you’re coming, so we can help you find your way to the studio.

Overnight guests welcome (with advance notice). Let us know if you want to make a longer visit to WildHeart… email contact@wildheartcenter.art

Weeks that we’re not Jamming @ WildHeart, Hudson Valley Contact Improv continues in Kingston. Email Hudsonvalleycontactimprov@gmail.com for more on the Kingston Jam

Contact Improv: From the Ground Up
2023-05-11 14:00 - 2023-05-14 14:00

Loom Ensemble Summer Residency
2023-06-05 18:00 - 2023-08-21 19:00
Loom Ensemble’s summer rehearsal and performance residency “Tell Me How You Breathe” activates WildHeart’s land and buildings in service of incubating Dance Theater for Collective Liberation!

This is a body positive, queer, anti-racist space. The work is explicitly political, leaning into raw conversations, but centering wellbeing and respect for the artist throughout.

More information coming soon!

Loom Ensemble: Tell Me How You Breathe at Stone Ridge Orchard
2023-07-07 19:00 - 20:30

Nita Little: Relational Intelligence in Contact Improvisation
2023-08-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States

Physical Theater Training
2023-08-30 17:00 - 21:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States

Elements of Contact with Moti and Taina
2023-09-29 16:00 - 2023-10-01 17:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
Moving with the energies of Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Ether we will cultivate these qualities in ourselves and our Contact Improvisation dances. Join us to deepen, in connection with self, other, and the living environment.

Tree Dancing Retreat
2023-10-06 00:00 - 2023-10-08 23:59, 2024-06-14 10:00 - 2024-06-16 16:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
Climb trees with rope / harnesses & Dance where gravity feels suspended

Facilitated by Nimble Arts & Mark Przekurat

Cuddle Party CANCELLEEDDDD :(
2023-10-14 17:30 - 21:00
OCTOBER CUDDLE PARTY CANCELLLLLEDDDD

We are so sorry, hope to see you in November!

Facilitated by Facilitator-in-Training Tommy “Captain Cuddles” Seda

At WildHeart: Center for Performance and Embodiment Practice

Third Saturdays, 5:30-8:00pm

For ages 17 and over

$30 per person

*Please reach out if money is a barrier

Register to Join Us!

Welcome to Cuddle Party!

A workshop on Consent and Communication, cleverly disguised as a Pajama Party.

Have recent events left you feeling deprived of opportunities for touch? Do you feel stressed, overwhelmed, isolated, or alone? Have you ever said yes when you really wanted to say no? Do you struggle to ask for what you really want?

If any of this sounds like you or you are just curious then you are invited to pack your PJs, your favorite pillow, and a snack to share and give yourself the gift of a Cuddle Party.

What Happens at a Cuddle Party?

First, A Welcome Circle & Mini-Workshop

After you arrive at the event location, sign in, and change into pajamas in the private changing area, the Cuddle Party starts with an hour-long Welcome Circle, led by Tommy Seda

This Welcome Circle is where we create the structure and safe space for the socializing to follow. It is also where we break the ice and get a group of strangers to feel not so strange to one another. This is where you and other Cuddle Party participants can…

Introduce yourselves,

Learn about the Cuddle Party philosophy,

Get oriented to the Cuddle Party rules,

Practice the Cuddle Party communication skills

Be led through a few ice-breaker exercises

As the Welcome Circle concludes, most participants find themselves feeling surprised by how comfortable they feel.

Then, Two Hours of Self-Directed Connection

Now it is time for you to ask for what you want, say yes and no to requests and invitations, cuddle according to your desires and comfort (or just talk if you prefer), connect with fascinating people, “cuddle mingle,” and, ultimately, relax into the flow of an unusually playful and respectful social environment.

Some participants cuddle in groups, others one-on-one, while some like to talk and not cuddle for a time, or not at all. Cuddling can mean feet against feet, full-body hugs, head-rubs, spooning — it is, indeed, up to you. And, configurations and positions shift significantly throughout the event, thanks in part to Rule 6 Change your mind & keep yourself happy.

Also throughout the event, the Cuddle Party Facilitators participate with you so that you can feel relaxed and supported and have a great time with your experiences.

The socializing and cuddling, like the Welcome Circle, all take place in our cozy environment, enhanced by an eclectic and charming mix of music played at a volume that allows easily for conversation. There are cookies, fruit, munchies, juice and no intoxicants (other than the oxytocin, that is).

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

About the Facilitator:

Tommy “Captain Cuddles” Seda has always followed the philosophy he learned as a teen of “learn one, do one, teach one”. With that motto driving him, he has been teaching and facilitating programs that range from one hour workshops to summer long camps. He has held certifications as instructor with several private and government organizations. Currently his passion for teaching is focused on cuddle parties where he is a facilitator in training enrolled in the Cuddle Party Inc training program.

“What Else Do I Need To Know?”

This event is non sexual, drug and alcohol free, and limited to participants who are 17+

Please bring a blanket, pillow, and healthy snack to share!

Also a reusable water bottle so we can save on plastic use 🙂

Doors will be locked at 6:15 as no one may join after the opening circle has started.

This event is non sexual, drug and alcohol free, and limited to participants who are 17+

COVID PROTOCOL: Please present a negative rapid test.

If you test positive or are not feeling well, please stay home. Your ticket will be refunded in full if you must cancel due to illness or exposure. Masks will not be required but anyone’s choice to wear one will be honored without question.

REGISTER HERE

Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart
2023-12-17 16:00 - 18:30
Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart

First and Third Sundays

4:00-6:30pm (2nd and 4th Sundays in Kingston!)

BYO dinner for a studio-floor picnic afterward

CI Lab 4-5pm (with rotating teachers)

Open Jam 5-6:30pm

Register in advance

Or if you prefer to pay cash at the door, send us an email to let us know you’re coming, so we can help you find your way to the studio.

Overnight guests welcome (with advance notice). Let us know if you want to make a longer visit to WildHeart… email contact@wildheartcenter.art

Weeks that we’re not Jamming @ WildHeart, Hudson Valley Contact Improv continues in Kingston. Email Hudsonvalleycontactimprov@gmail.com for more on the Kingston Jam

Location- This workshop will take place in the Barn. If you’re coming to WildHeart for the first time, please visit our Directions page for arrival info. Refund policy No refunds, no transfers

Cuddle Party
2024-01-02 17:30 - 21:00
Facilitated by Facilitator-in-Training Tommy “Captain Cuddles” Seda

At WildHeart: Center for Performance and Embodiment Practice

Third Saturdays, 5:30-9:00pm

For ages 17 and over

$30 per person

*Please reach out if money is a barrier

Register to Join Us!

Welcome to Cuddle Party!

A workshop on Consent and Communication, cleverly disguised as a Pajama Party.

Have recent events left you feeling deprived of opportunities for touch? Do you feel stressed, overwhelmed, isolated, or alone? Have you ever said yes when you really wanted to say no? Do you struggle to ask for what you really want?

If any of this sounds like you or you are just curious then you are invited to pack your PJs, your favorite pillow, and a snack to share and give yourself the gift of a Cuddle Party.

What Happens at a Cuddle Party?

First, A Welcome Circle & Mini-Workshop

After you arrive at the event location, sign in, and change into pajamas in the private changing area, the Cuddle Party starts with an hour-long Welcome Circle, led by Tommy Seda

This Welcome Circle is where we create the structure and safe space for the socializing to follow. It is also where we break the ice and get a group of strangers to feel not so strange to one another. This is where you and other Cuddle Party participants can…

Introduce yourselves,

Learn about the Cuddle Party philosophy,

Get oriented to the Cuddle Party rules,

Practice the Cuddle Party communication skills

Be led through a few ice-breaker exercises

As the Welcome Circle concludes, most participants find themselves feeling surprised by how comfortable they feel.

Then, Two Hours of Self-Directed Connection

Now it is time for you to ask for what you want, say yes and no to requests and invitations, cuddle according to your desires and comfort (or just talk if you prefer), connect with fascinating people, “cuddle mingle,” and, ultimately, relax into the flow of an unusually playful and respectful social environment.

Some participants cuddle in groups, others one-on-one, while some like to talk and not cuddle for a time, or not at all. Cuddling can mean feet against feet, full-body hugs, head-rubs, spooning — it is, indeed, up to you. And, configurations and positions shift significantly throughout the event, thanks in part to Rule 6 Change your mind & keep yourself happy.

Also throughout the event, the Cuddle Party Facilitators participate with you so that you can feel relaxed and supported and have a great time with your experiences.

The socializing and cuddling, like the Welcome Circle, all take place in our cozy environment, enhanced by an eclectic and charming mix of music played at a volume that allows easily for conversation. There are cookies, fruit, munchies, juice and no intoxicants (other than the oxytocin, that is).

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

About the Facilitator:

Tommy “Captain Cuddles” Seda has always followed the philosophy he learned as a teen of “learn one, do one, teach one”. With that motto driving him, he has been teaching and facilitating programs that range from one hour workshops to summer long camps. He has held certifications as instructor with several private and government organizations. Currently his passion for teaching is focused on cuddle parties where he is a facilitator in training enrolled in the Cuddle Party Inc training program.

“What Else Do I Need To Know?”

This event is non sexual, drug and alcohol free, and limited to participants who are 17+

Please bring a blanket, pillow, and healthy snack to share!

Also a reusable water bottle so we can save on plastic use 🙂

Doors will be locked at 6:15 as no one may join after the opening circle has started.

This event is non sexual, drug and alcohol free, and limited to participants who are 17+

COVID PROTOCOL: Please present a negative rapid test.

If you test positive or are not feeling well, please stay home. Your ticket will be refunded in full if you must cancel due to illness or exposure. Masks will not be required but anyone’s choice to wear one will be honored without question.

REGISTER HERE

The Winter Artist with Hanna Satterlee
2024-02-02 15:00 - 2024-02-04 16:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
Amongst still snow, vast skies, and quiet earth, this three day journey of activity, rest, connection and play will include an arrangement of modalities to help you connect to your inner creative fire. A retreat of contemplative, creative and community practices with interdisciplinary rituals of making, moving, sharing, and discovering. “The Winter Artist” retreat invites your full artistry to awaken and create within a structured group cohort. Treat yourself with ease, and see what arises!

with co-facilitation from Neva and Raffles

lush & whole: welcoming our fat as an embodied resource
2024-03-07 14:00 - 2024-03-10 14:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
Your fat is pulsating with more energy density than any other tissue in your body but most of us haven’t been invited to connect with it. What becomes possible when you have more of your body to feel and move with? In “Lush & Whole: Welcoming our Fat as an Embodied Resource” you will spend 3 nights exploring your fat somatically and creatively, to discover what emerges when you let your fat be felt and known.

Faciliated by Jules Pashall & Laura McCunniff Reid

Loom Ensemble March Devising Intensive
2024-03-14 18:00 - 2024-03-17 19:00

Sacred Vessel Workshop with Sound Healing
2024-03-23 10:00 - 16:00
Facilitated by Cari Skier

At WildHeart: Center for Performance and Embodiment Practice

10am-4pm, Saturday March 23, 2024

The Sacred Vessel Workshop is a full-day retreat of integrating the art-making process with a live, immersive, healing soundscape to help you release the things that no longer serve you.

This workshop explores the Japanese art of Kintsugi and the philosophy of Wabi Sabi as a means of self-acceptance and healing.

The vessel represents us as an individual, we are vessels that hold many things. But sometimes we break and need to be put back together. Our brokenness changes us, makes us who we are. And so we will break and then repair our bowls by painting, collaging and writing and highlighting our beautiful cracks with gold. Expressing through images and words, all the hidden components that make us, us. This is a deeply personal process that will challenge you to embrace your imperfections with self-compassion and love.No artistic skills necessary,All materials provided.

$75 per person

*Please reach out if money is a barrier

Register to Join Us!

Frequently asked questions

Who is it for? Anyone interested in exploring art-making as a process for healing. No prior skills needed.

Do I need to bring anything? Just a bag lunch! All workshop materials are provided.

Do I need to be an artist to participate in this workshop? No, no art skills are necessary. Anyone can do this activity.

What is Sound Healing? Sound Healing, or sound bath is a meditative experience where those in attendance are “bathed” in sound waves. These waves are produced by various sources, including healing instruments such as gongs, crystal singing bowls, percussion, chimes, rattles, tuning forks, and even the human voice itself.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

About the Facilitator:

Cari Skier is a Therapeutic Art Specialist & Certified Sound Healing Practitioner. She specializes in supporting people to heal symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression through the healing modalities of art and sound. Cari holds a BFA, a Masters degree in Education and a degree in occupational therapy. Working for years with people struggling with emotional health matters, Cari believes that use of art and sound compliment each other well to heal past wounds, ease emotional symptoms, manage pain and strengthen resilience. ​Cari offers warm-hearted and individually tailored programs that will support you to accept, express, make sense of and transform your emotions for powerful healing.

REGISTER HERE

Rejuvenate - a creative women's retreat to refresh body, mind, and spirit
2024-05-02 11:00 - 2024-05-05 15:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
A women’s weekend of journal making, meditation, movement, connection, and creativity. Over the course of the retreat, we will make our own paper and create hand-bound journals in which to write and paint, incorporating natural objects found in the forest! This reflective process will be supported by guided meditation, movement sessions, delicious food, good community, and plenty of time to follow your own inspiration.

Facilitated by: Stephanie Sharp, Jude LaFollette, & Neva Cockrell

Roots and Reverence: Honoring our CI lineage through ritual and practice
2024-05-11 10:00 - 21:30 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
Honoring the teaching of Steve Paxton & Nancy Stark-Smith through ritual and practice

with Moti Zemelman and Taina Lyons

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Founders and finders of Contact Improvisation, Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith have now both passed into the ancestor realm. In this daylong exploration, we will honor their teachings and explore the ways their movement lineages continue to live through us. We’ll share video footage and writings of these master teachers, and explore some of their teachings such as the Small Dance, Paxton puzzles, aikido principles, Nancy’s Underscore and more… together we will also co-create an ancestor altar and a ritual to honor them.

Option to stay overnight at WildHeart before or after – come early or stay late.

Workshop Schedule

10-12:30pm Class Session 1

12:30 -2pm BYO Lunch

2-5pm Class Session 2

5-7pm BYO Dinner (Moti & Taina will bring a big pot soup, bread, a main dish and a salad to share. Please bring anything else you’d like to eat!)

7-9:30pm Underscore Practice

Who is it for?

For mixed-level Contact Improvisation dancers

Testimonials

“I love Taina’s approach to Contact Improv. Her classes explore CI not only as a dance of connecting bodies, but as an inquiry into being human. Taina holds space that feels safe and open, playful and meaningful, while offering skills that build our inner and outer movement vocabulary for both the dance floor and for life.”

– RF (Rhode Island, USA)

“This Retreat was an absolute highlight in my over 30 years on again off again CI dance life. Moti is a sensei, a true master teacher, who has fed my love for CI on a very deep level and has brought out new curiosities and inner explorations into my being a CI practitioner.”

– CH, (USA/Germany)

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About the Instructors

Moti Zemelman

As your co-host and teacher I bring 35 years of CI experience to share. Based in Massachusetts, I’ve taught and performed across USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Europe and Israel. My teachings emphasize the importance of cultivating a deep and embodied sense of presence, as well as developing a compassionate non-judgmental relationship with oneself. My workshops and classes offer a space for individuals to explore movement and embodiment in a supportive and non-competitive environment, and are open to people of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of experience. Over the last 15 years in my desire to integrate communication and intimacy skills in teaching and life I have studied Non-violent communication, Tantra, Butoh, Byron Katie’s “The Work” and Betty Martin’s “Wheel of Consent”. I have been both a teacher and a board member at Earthdance Retreat Center in Plainfield, MA where I co-directed the Touch&Play Festival for 6 years. I am a featured dancer in Sanford Lewis’ documentary film about CI “An Intimate Dance.” I also design and moderate the international Contact Improv resource website www.contactimprov.com.

Taina Lyons

I am a somatic ritualist, movement artist, and holistic counselor. I teach Contact Improvisation and hold spaces for grief, rites of passage, ancestral & nature connection, and consent. My capacity for intuitive guidance supports students’ growth and discovery through dance and reflection. I center gentle inquiries into purpose, healing, and connection and invite you to deepen in your awareness of self and other. Along with Moti Zemelman I co-founded Consentient Beings, offering trainings in consent, movement, and relating practices for groups and organizations.

Emergeholistictherapy.comConsentientbeings.com

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Cost:

Full Day Sliding Scale: $100-200Workshop only: $85-185Underscore only: $15-30

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BIPOC spots- We are offering 2 free spots for BIPOC folx. Please email contact@wildheartcenter.art to get the registration code for one of these spots.

Refund policy-

In advance of 1 week – full refund (less processing fee)

Within 1 week – no refund

Covid policy- To protect the group, please don’t come if you have any symptoms of illness or had contact in the last 3 days with anyone who has COVID

Vocal Flow: a Circlesinging and Vocal Improv Intensive
2024-05-12 10:30 - 17:30
Embrace your voice and unique creativity!

Facilitated by Onome

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This intensive provides a safe and fun space to practice embodying core principles of spontaneous vocal composition: listening, attunement, courage, self-trust, compassion, dynamics, and the spirit of play. We will focus on the building blocks of vocal improvisation to develop awareness, skills, confidence and cohesion.

I will share the techniques I’ve synthesized from my studies with Bobby McFerrin, Rihannon, Meredith Monk, Música do Círculo, theater improv, folk music, hip-hop freestyle, sound healing, archetypes, chakras, somatic experiencing, and mindfulness practices.

Each participant will have opportunities to create, lead and support improvised songs. You will also learn tools for how to get “unstuck” and maintain the flow of your creativity in any improvisational context.

Open to singers of all backgrounds and experience levels! All that is required is the desire to connect in a welcoming circle of voices.

You will walk away with a deeper awareness of your creative signature, a greater appreciation for your unique expression, and an increased capacity to connect with your own heart, and the hearts of others through voice.

I recommend that you keep a water bottle handy during the intensive, and wear clothes that allow freedom of movement and breath

Schedule

10:30am – Doors open for arrival

11am – Opening +Intros

11:30am – Vocal Flow: Part 1

1pm – Lunch (Bring your own lunch)

2pm – Vocal Flow: Part 2

3:30pm – Break

3:40pm – Circlesinging

4:40pm – Debrief + Processing

5pm – Closing Circle

Who is it for?

Expressive arts enthusiasts whose souls are deeply nourished by community vocal rituals.

People looking to bring more inspiration into every aspect of their life – work, hobbies, relationships – so that they can live from a state of purpose and joy.

People looking to invest in creative nourishment in a supportive community.

Frequently asked questions

Q: I’m not a “singer.” Can I work with you?

A: Absolutely! The goal of our work together is not based on traditional vocal coaching.

The goal is for you to listen to yourself more deeply, move through negative judgment and trust the impulses of your imagination, and revitalize your creative mojo.

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About the Facilitator

Onome opens hearts by generating a field of courage for all voices to emerge.

She facilitates transformative experiences at the intersection of voice, creativity, and mindfulness. Onome designs and leads experiential workshops and 1:1 sessions that clear energetic blockages to self-expression, empower her clients to reclaim and confidently wield the power of their imagination, and foster creative fellowship through mindfulness practices, relational games, and vocal play.

Through her audience-interactive performances, workshops and sound installations, Onome embodies joy, enchantment, and infinite possibility. She partners with numerous organizations as a teaching artist-in-residence, including the United Nations, Carnegie Hall, Madison Youth Choirs, and Grace Episcopal Church.She leads community vocal immersions at concert halls, conferences, galleries, museums, schools, cultural centers, shelters, prisons, parks, churches, online, wherever voices gather.

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Contact Improv + SOTAI Ancestral Body
2024-06-06 09:00 - 2024-06-09 22:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
This Contact Improvisation retreat is infused with Ryuta’s life research, SOTAI(祖体), “Ancestral Body” where you will be guided through embodiment practices of sensing, moving and resting of your body as well as journaling, drawing, and vocalization.

Facilitated by: Ryuta Iwashita

Talismania Concert (workshops cancelled, concert still on!)
2024-06-22 10:00 - 20:30 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
Experience the unique sonic world of Talismania through a hand percussion workshop, instrument making workshop and an evening concert.

Infant Developmental Movement Education
2024-07-10 09:00 - 2024-07-21 18:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
with Amy Matthews and Sarah Barnaby

The Infant Developmental Movement Educator program is a child-centered and relationship-centered approach to observing and facilitating infants, and educating parents and caregivers about touch, movement and handling in the first year of life.

This program is designed to train people to evaluate and facilitate normal development in infants using an embracing, child-centered approach.

In this training, participants will learn:

the layering of movement patterns that leads to typical ‘developmental milestones’

how to observe infants and see ‘normal movement pattern’ development

how to hold and handle infants, to support their movement experiences

how to identify ways to support infants who might be having movement difficulties

how to support parents and caregivers in learning new movement patterns with their infants

MORE Info is available at https://www.sondermsma.com/idme

The Desire for Immortality - An Artistic Exploration of the Fear of Life's Transience - Part 1 Research / Creating / Devising
2024-07-22 14:00 - 2024-07-25 16:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
During this two-week artistic research workshop and performance project with Brussels Theater Director Pascal Buyse we will explore how ‘immortality and the human urge to transcend death’ influence our modern-day life and today’s connection with nature. By connecting mystical tales from the past with today’s connection with nature, we explore together the deeper layers of the theme of impermanence and how it resonates throughout the ages. The project will culminate in a performance open to the public on August 1st at WildHeart.
