BMC Workshops at Dharma Circle

BMC workshop series at Dharma Circle in West Footscray Saturdays 2-5pm. $55/50 each or book all 6 for $270. Bookings  at http://www.trybooking.com/ZNZK 15 December- Balancing the Nervous System: rest, readiness, action SOLD OUT Come and experience the nervous system as a responsive, dynamic network of communication, awareness and learning, through guided movement exploration, experiential anatomyContinue reading “BMC Workshops at Dharma Circle”

Currency screenings

I’m delighted that Currency will be screening at the DanceBarn Festival in Battle Lake, Minnesota later this month. Event details are here. Recent screenings have included the Body-Mind Centering® Association annual conference at Smith College (June 2018); the 3rd annual DanceFilm Fest at Sarah Lawrence College (April 2018); Wesleyan University “Dance Department Celebrates Susan Lourie:Continue reading “Currency screenings”

Thinking Bodies : Moving Minds Symposium on the Art of Embodiment

Registration is now open for this inaugural somatics symposium, happening September 15-16, 2018 at Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne. Along with co-organizing the event, I’ll be presenting a workshop on Embodying Vision: BMCsm and contemplative arts approaches to the art of seeing.  See a full up-to-date list of presenters and workshop/presentation titles at https://dtaa.org.au/symposium2018, along withContinue reading “Thinking Bodies : Moving Minds Symposium on the Art of Embodiment”

trash & treasure at f project gallery

Trash & Treasure: the things we leave behind Photographs by Kim Sargent-Wishart F Project Gallery, 14 Feb-11 March 2018 Trash & Treasure is a photographic study of things that are often overlooked, namely litter found at the beaches and parks in Warrnambool and Port Fairy. The work grew out of my practice of Miksang contemplativeContinue reading “trash & treasure at f project gallery”

Thinking Bodies : Moving Minds, a symposium on the art of embodiment

The Call for Proposals is now open for Thinking Bodies : Moving Minds, a symposium on the art of embodiment, 15-16 September 2018 at Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne.   Call for Proposals! What defines the art of embodiment? In somatics and dance therapy practices, embodiment is a core philosophical assumption, one that is so embeddedContinue reading “Thinking Bodies : Moving Minds, a symposium on the art of embodiment”

Currency at The WAG thru December 3rd

Currency is a new screendance created with a group of local Warrnambool dancers spanning 6 decades in age, from teens to sixties. It explores questions of ageing and visibility in girls and women, and represents ageing as ambiguous and slippery, as movement along a current or continuum of time. Challenging fixed ideas of ‘old’ andContinue reading “Currency at The WAG thru December 3rd”

art of seeing: photography & meditation workshop, november 25 2017

I’m very excited to be offering this workshop at The Nest, a very special retreat nestled in the foothills of the Strathbogie mountains in Lima South, Victoria. Wildlife abounds – echidnas, wombats, wallabies, and native birds, plus resident cows and alpacas. You can come for the day Saturday (10-5:30) or arrive Friday evening for an extraContinue reading “art of seeing: photography & meditation workshop, november 25 2017”