Movement Classes, Workshops and Trainings

Anna’s passion is assisting people in coming "home" to their bodies ~ finding more comfort, confidence, and connection by engaging in movement and stillness. Classes combine inquiry into anatomy and function of the body with full-out self-expressive dance; spiraling inward and outward, balancing exertion and recuperation.

 Classes blend a variety of movement forms studied over twenty five years; breathing, spontaneous and creative movement, Ballet, contemporary and modern dance, Authentic Movement, developmental movement patterning, patterns of total body connectivity from the Bartenieff Fundamentals, and methods from Laban Movement Analysis and Body-Mind Centering®.

Anna gently and compassionately guides participants of all shapes and sizes in harnessing deeper support for their movement desire, from the feet up and core out. Class participants report feeling more connected to themselves and their bodies, and more aware of how to repattern their movement habits in everyday life.

Anna offers workshops too for therapists, bodyworkers, educators and those interested in learning about movement as a psychotherapeutic tool. Please see the Calendar for training workshop dates, costs and descriptions, and read below.

SUMMER/FALL 2008

Stretch and Move Class
Anna’s ongoing lunch hour Stretch and Move Class:
Wednesdays 12-1pm, from July 2 through December 12 ‘08
$12 drop-in. Alchemy Studio. Please call 604 781 6040 to confirm class is running.
All abilities welcome!

Moving in Deeper Waters ~
Dance-Movement Psychotherapy Group for Women.
With Anna Kemble, ADTR, and Leanne Cuddington DTR.

This group offers an opportunity to work intimately with issues of feminine power, body image, creativity, self-love, relationship dynamics, and self-expression through creative movement, dialogue, voicework, writing and visual art. Group leaders will offer education in the discipline of Authentic Movement, and participants will cultivate body-mind integration through Developmental Movement Repatterning. This is an opportunity to sit in the company of women committed to self-inquiry and growth through relationship.

Tuesday evenings 6:30 to 9:00pm at Alchemy Centre studio in North Van. Twelve week session begins September 16, to Dec 9 ‘08.

Investment: $40 per session for total $480 plus GST, for twelve week series. Interview required and two individual sessions with Anna or Leanne are highly suggested so we may better know and support you in group. Non-refundable deposit of $100 due at registration, deadline to register is Sept 1, 08. Limited group size,  register early!

Movement Therapy Training Series
Introduction to Movement Therapy Training Workshop
For Therapists, Bodyworkers, Dancers, Yogis, Teachers, Chiropractors, Doctors, Educators.

Saturday July 5: 10am-5pm
& Sunday July 6: 10am-5pm.
Investment: $250, plus GST, includes hand-outs.
Register with $100 non-refundable deposit by June 30.

This introductory workshop draws on methods and practices of Dance-Movement Therapy and other Body Psychotherapies.

• Learn to “sequence” energy through the body, locating and working with somatic ‘developmental edges’ as they relate to psychological edges/challenges.
• Learn how to activate and support body awareness skills and resources in yourself and your clients or students.
• Learn about and practice the integration of basic neurological actions.  As we integrate these movement resources, we notice psychological, mental and physical shifts and gains.
• Sink into yourself through the process of learning to move from authentic impulse.
• Explore your body’s natural intelligence in relation to healing and gain tools for life-long embodiment.

Dance-Movement Therapy with Children:
Training for Therapists and students of Counselling and Expressive Arts Therapy

Saturday October 25th, Saturday Nov 15th, and Saturday Dec 13th, 2008 10am-6pm
Investment: $150 per day or $400 total for the series if prepaid (plus GST 5%)
Registration deadline: Sept 30, ’08.

This training workshop series will teach you basic methods of Dance-Movement Therapy: such as supporting neurological development through developmental movement repatterning, kinaesthetic empathy, mirroring/attunement, and how to help children of different ages to expand their “movement repertoire”, their movement skills and expression, which correlate to self-regulation and behavioral choices. We will look at case studies for movement tools with children diagnosed with Autism, MR, ADHD, Sensory Integration difficulties, and emotional-behavioral concerns and trauma recovery.

What is Authentic Movement?
In Authentic Movement we move from the inside out, allowing ourselves to follow our own movement impulse, while being witnessed doing so. The willingness to allow ourselves, and to be seen expressing a range of emotions and aspects of ourself can be deeply healing.

I close my eyes, and become a mover. I am being am witnessed by another across the room. An image of a large primordial bird overwhelms me. I feel the power in my legs and my upper body takes a moment to adjust to this newly felt supportive strength. My arms begin to take flight.

My hands make a gripping motion and I realize they are expressing a tension that I now can actually locate in my chest area. As I “listen” more deeply, I can contact the specific area of this tension which I feel in and around my heart. As I allow my hands to make the motion, I can sense how my chest tension releases and I begin to feel more openness in this part of my body. Then my arms drop to my sides. Again, my conscious mind knows not why my arms move in this way, or “want to do this”. I simply allow myself to be moved, yet I am also consciously choosing how I will move in each moment, what I will follow, what I will not. I feel deeply satisfied allowing myself to move in this new way.

- a mover’s experience in Authentic Movement