A Lineage of Love
A Retreat in the Body with Robin Becker
Week 3B 6.8. - 11.8.2012
“We do not live on the earth, we are the earth.” Sister Miriam MacGillis
From the formation of galaxies to the pulsing cells of the human body, all life forms share the fundamental movement motif of spiraling fluid systems.
Made primarily of water, our bodies are liquid crystalline structures designed to receive, carry and transmit vibration. In the Sufi tradition, the divine is understood to be love, the lover, and the beloved. All of creation is considered to be a manifestation of the divine. We can also consider our bodies, the capacities through which we experience life, to be manifestations of divine love and the living carrier of an ancient planetary lineage.
Many of us share the longing to deeply embody love and manifest our ideals. In this time of advanced technology and extraordinary electronic global communications, it is very easy to overlook the pulsing vibrant intelligence of the body, and how life is revealed moment by moment through the direct sensory experience of our embodiment.
In this retreat, we will work with the practices and perspectives of Continuum Movement, in which the body is understood as a boundless process of fluid movement rather than form. When we offer attention to the fluid landscape of our bodies, we begin to experience that our bodies are in a constant rapport and resonant exchange with all other fluid bodies in the universe far beyond what we commonly consider to be the physical boundary of our bodies. Dancing within our form is a mysterious mix of the tangible and the intangible. All the physical and non-physical dimensions of our being are known to us through the sensitive capabilities and awareness of our bodies.
We cultivate a deep and enriching sense of belonging to life as we recognize our essential participation in the life of the planet that is emerging, expanding and unfolding as ourselves.
In our week together, there will be time for reflection and silence. We will be moving both individually and in groups. We will also spend time in Nature exploring our connection to the infinite forms of life that embrace, inform and nourish us.
For this program a supplement of 62 euros is to be added to the "base price".
Robin Becker
Robin Becker is a teacher, dancer and choreographer. She has performed with the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Eleo Pomare Dance Company, and with her own dance company of which she has been the artistic director for fifteen years. In the U.S. she has served on the faculties of the Omega Institute, American Ballet Theatre, the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City and Hofstra University. Her work is deeply influenced by twenty years of study within the Sufi Order International, and by Continuum, a visionary field of movement education of which she is an authorized Teacher. Robin has been integrating movement, artistic expression, spirituality and healing throughout her professional career. She leads workshops on creativity and improvisation and is committed to working with people as they seek a deeper connection to life through the body.