Heartbeat ‘Moving Emotion’ – Advanced Ongoing Study Group

A Moves into Consciousness series of workshops

In-depth exploration of 5 Rhythms® Heartbeat territory.

4 MODULES OF 5 DAYS

The “Moves into Consciousness ” yearly Ongoing Groups offer intense practise of the 5Rhythms dance form, as well as deep study of the various maps taught by Gabrielle Roth in her “Waves” and “Heartbeat” teachers trainings.
This will be the fifth year long Heartbeat Ongoing group led by Alain Allard, taught in English, deepening the study of the 5Rhythms for experienced students.( *please see pre-requisites below). This course has previously been offered  in Belgium and in Norway, each time very well received by students who found the group a great source of empathy, friendship and support, as well as providing them with a deep understanding of the movement and power of emotional energy.

In “Moving Emotion”, we address the energy of emotion; fear, anger, grief, joy and compassion by learning how to keep these in motion, studying ways that they naturally move: an antidote to the impulse to lodge or fix these energies into some mental state or story.
We approach emotion as an energetic field, part of everyday existence, developing the ability to break the habitual attachment and identification with each passing mood. In practising the movement of feelings we gain the ability to remain open-hearted, fluid and free.

The work guides us to:

  • fully embody the experience of emotional territory by giving expression to our awareness through rooted movement.
  • remain gently in touch with our hearts and feelings on a day to day basis.
  • gain more self respect and fluidity with the emotional realities of everyday life.
  • remain vigilant and attentive in our breath and physical practise
  • navigate the complex, often stressful and chaotic, landscapes of 21st century living without getting bogged down in personal history.

The overall aim is to continue developing articulation and fluidity in movement that is the core quality of the 5rhythms so that natural creative expression occurs with great spontaneity and immediacy. This is the major distinction between this work and psychotherapy.
Practise is a doorway to feeling and moving our energy as life force rather than as a succession of mental and emotional states.

In each module we pay careful attention to physical movement – breath, feeling, sensation and relationship to space. By allowing emotion to arise express and subside we free trapped vitality and give more movement and freedom to our lives. We learn to simply move what we experience; we practise presence so that we may live more fully and creatively.

We will be working within a closed and committed group, meeting regularly for the duration of the course, Students will need either to have completed a “Waves” level Ongoing group or danced “Waves” fundamental practise with accredited teachers in workshops and/or weekly classes for a total of at least 60 hours, and have a focussed and committed approach to the 5Rhythms.

Personal stories; our individual experience, history and own felt identity often provides the impulse for engaging in this study with a view to self – healing and deep learning. Indeed, this work can be deeply healing but is not therapy.

Students are strongly recommended to secure or establish the support structures within their own lives as they must take responsibility for their own mental health and well-being when embarking on intense work such as this. Having attended to this the group itself can also be a source of great joy, friendship, shared vulnerability and mutual support.

View our current Heartbeat Ongoing groups for dates and booking information..