• Land to Water Yoga
• Health/Healing
• Intrinsic Dance
• Movement Patterning
• Integrative Bodywork
• 1 Level Credit Toward Somatics Certification



Kim Sifter rests in embryo, a phase of Land to Water Yoga between navel rooting (in front lying) and floating on the back.

Discover the healing power of yoga and intrinsic dance in the rejuvenating tranquility of paradise. Experience a deeper connection to nature and others through movement, breath, and meditation. Sondra Fraleigh's somatic vision of yoga creates an atmosphere of discovery, allowing us to let go of ordinary judgments and expectations. When we move in tune with our intuitions, our movement can surprise us with its beauty and awkwardness-- and we can celebrate ourselves without censure. We can say "yes" to the deep wisdom of our body.

An essential step of our somatic yoga is the awakening of energy centers (chakras) through guided movement practice, simple yoga poses, silent and laughing mediations. Land to Water Yoga explores those ineffable places of the dreambody that words cannot reach. Here we rediscover inner spaces long forgotten, and probe the somatic origins of emotion. Yoga and dance are metaphysics in motion where we encounter the core of our being and our connections to others. Pleasure in movement -- the inner dance -- arises from this place. We can transform our daily lives and self-understanding through somatic yoga, intuitive dance, and integrative bodywork.

To be effective, explorations need to be simple and at the same time present a gentle challenge. For those who want to explore yoga in dance forms, yoga postures and animal energies can be shaped into short choreographies, and performed through the support of group work. At the Kalani retreat 2008, Kim Sifter will teach Fraleigh's unique bodywork protocols, Clearing, Covering, and Being Seen. She will integrate somatic yoga & intrinsic dance with Shin Somatics bodywork. This retreat is for anyone who wants to claim the mover in themselves. We begin with our beginner's body and untangle the bones of somatic studies from there. People move at their own pace.

Kim Sifter assists a student in turning from front lying, connecting the head with the torso and legs in The Sea Lion, a Land to Water Yoga developmental process.

What is Somatic Movement Studies? Click to learn more.

This course may be used for one level toward certification as registered movement Therapist.

Non-certification students attend the morning program. Experience Land to Water Yoga at Any Age for increased energy and flexibility with particular attention to relief of pain and effective use of self. Learn unique yoga postures and flowing movements that anyone can do. In her belief that nothing valuable can be forced, Sondra Fraleigh has created an approach to yoga that utilizes somatic bodywork modalities, the Feldenkrais Method, psychological clearing, breathwork, dance meditations, and Watsu Water Therapy. Certification students assist and gain extra hours of practice.

Location:
The workshop will be held at beautiful Kalani Oceanside Retreat on the big island of Hawaii.

Accommodations:
Lodging is at Kalani Hale Lodges, double occupancy with a private bath.

To Register: Fill out a Registration Form
Send a brief, one page vita and one paragraph statement of your personal goals for the program to Eastwest@q.com

Arrange airfare early to save.
Register by October 14 and save $50.
Fees may increase by $50 after November 1.

Retreat Tuition:

$1395 for students in the Certification Program

$1195 for Non-certification students in the morning program

Eastwest Somatics
Institute for Dance and Movement Studies
PO Box 245, Brockport, NY 14420. Telephone St. George Utah 435-673-5361