Detail Workshops Saturday 3 November 2018
Was ist um meinen Körper herum? Zwischen deinem Körper und meinem? Reagiert, interagiert, expandiert, kontrahiert dieses Feld? Warum verschließe ich mich, wenn sich einige Leute nähern, oder öffne mich um anderen zu begegnen? Nach der Verwendung von Mudras und balinesischen Techniken zur Einstellung auf das Unsichtbare werden wir das Bewusstsein unserer eigenen Pulsation in der Selbsterforschung erhöhen. Dann werden wir mit Partnern interagieren und den subtilen Fluss erforschen, der von uns und anderen ausgeht. Dieser Workshop beinhaltet Nacktheit ohne körperlichen Kontakt und ermöglicht es uns, die
Stärke der energetischen Interaktion zu entdecken.
Der Schauspieler / Tänzer, Fotograf und Filmemacher Jacques befindet sich auf einer parallelen Reise, die den erotischen Weg und die Bereiche der Massage und Heilung erforscht. Er hat 12 Jahre Erfahrung als Heilpraktiker und er entwickelt auch seine eigenen Techniken, die körperliche und energetische Ansätze kombinieren. Geboren in der Schweiz, lebt er jetzt zwischen Europa und Bali und reist weiter, erkundet und lernt über die Welt und sich selbst.
What is around my body? Between your body and mine? Is this field reacting, interacting, expanding, contracting? Why do I shut down when some people are approaching, or open myself to face others? After using mudras and Balinese techniques to tune to the invisible, we will increase the consciousness of our own pulsation in self exploration. Then, interacting with partners, we will explore the subtle flow emanating from us and others. This workshop includes nudity without physical contact and enables us to discover the strength of energetic interaction.
An actor/dancer, photographer and film maker, Jacques has a parallel journey exploring the erotic path and the realms of massage and healing. He has 12 years' experience as a practitioner of Egypto-Essenes healings, and he also develops his own techniques combining physical and energetic approaches.
Born in Switzerland, he now lives between Europe and Bali and keeps on traveling, exploring and learning about the world and himself.
In each gay venue you will find men checking each other out, assessing each others’ attractiveness and market value in a split second. This fast automatic response keeps us caught in (often unconscious) stereotyping based on body type, race, age and other factors. While body shaming and racism are often challenged these days, our ideas about age are rarely examined and addressed. The judgements we make about other gay men, based on age, often feel like absolute truths. But at the same time they are not so fixed at all: they change considerably as we gain life experience. In this Ritual, we walk up and down on a timeline, from being a little boy till a mature old man, and back. We will see the other men walk as well, simultaneously, each in their own rhythm: men younger than us, men older than us. Seeing each other go through their different life phases while we ourselves are moving in and out different life phases as well, we become each others’ mirror. We will see the gifts each place brings, and see the price we have to pay as well.
Shamanic practitioner for more than 25 years, Daan has studied with traditional healers and shamanic teachers from various cultures (Lakota, Southern Ute, Sami and others). Combining elements of shamanic ritual and family constellations, he developed Systemic Ritual®. Daan is the author of seven books, his writings have been translated in ten languages. He works worldwide, creating rituals for different communities and groups. He lives in Amsterdam and Berlin.
Do you also sometimes get the impression of rushing through life? So why not calm down for a bit and take time to care for yourself, exploring yourself and your body with a sense of curiosity and playfulness. A flow of an easy Yin Yoga practice will be offered today to bring your attention and your senses inward ant to notice what your body wants to tell you. A guided meditation will follow to give you the opportunity to reflect on your experience. The slow paced practice will mainly be seated or lying down. Closed eyes and/or nudity is possible, as you like. With all of your senses focusing inside.
In his profession as a health coach Markus supports chronically ill people with their life challenges. The work Markus is offering is best described as a space where psychology meets spirituality. He is trained as a systemic coach, Heilpraktiker Psychotherapy, Yoga therapist and as an energy worker.
A workshop based on sensual healing, exploring subtle and intimate touch. Through different body-awareness exercises we will focus on our personal healing capacities. Once connected with our hearts and invited to move to the beat of the shaman drum, we will encounter other men with whom we can exchange sensual and conscious touch. A workshop in which fun and Eros are the basics to help each other enjoy our physical form and presence.(involves nudity)
Robert is a massage and touch therapist with a background in Yoga, dance and theatre. He has been involved since 1997 in ritualistic work with Ayahuasca. As a passionate Umbanda practitioner and healer he travels Europe and Brasil to share his healing touch. After completing the Sacred Intimacy training, he created his own workshops. Also known as an Erotic shaman he focuses on the healing aspects of conscious touch, pleasure, joy and gratitude.
A guided, wild, magickal, ritualistic dancy adventure.
Let´s play, get freaky, get naked, noisy, animalistic, play with each other like kids, sweat, do bizarre random experiments with our voice with our body, say strange things to each other cast some spells get creative and have group games in-between.
Amit is a visual artist, performer, yogi, dancer, student of shamanic practices and plant medicines. He studied art in Tel Aviv where he also grew up and lately initiated the Altered Conference (about psychedelics and altered states of consciousness). Amit is interested in exploring social taboos, breaking them and questioning the ways we have been programed by society to be. At the moment he´s curious to learn from fear, shame, imperfection and the topic of "failure". Doing that through improvised exposure within a supportive group environment.
Vogue-Chi combines movement and cultural elements of both Voguing - a spectrum of dance and theatrical forms based on fashion- and Tai-Chi to create a dynamic, self-affirming, meditative practice. Vogue-Chi uses cat walking, voguing vocabulary, learning how to use energy via word reclamation, bending of social performativities, among other tools historically developed by LGBTQ+ people to engage positively in life and overcome institutionalized oppression, invisibilization and abuse. Vogue-Chi was created initially for people aged 50+ and is now OPEN TO ALL.
Carlos (Atabey) Maria Romero is a performing artist, pedagogue, curator and a member of Vividero Colectivo, a Colombian group of multidisciplinary artists and architects revealing narratives in which historically marginalized bodies, social practices and architectural goods can be (re-)claimed as cultural heritage. In 2016 Carlos in collaboration with artist/dancer Ted Roger created Vogue-Chi, a queer movement therapy with an initial emphasis on people aged 50+.
Diese 2-stündige Exploration verbindet Elemente von ehrlicher Kommunikation, Bewegung, Stimme, Spiel und Zeugenschaft, bevor diese sich in einem offenen Raum zu einer unvorhersehbaren Komposition von Bezogenheiten verweben können.
Kai ist Atempädagoge nach Prof. Ilse Middendorf, autorisierter Continuum Lehrer nach Emily Conrad, Heilpraktiker für Psychotherapie sowie Mitgründer und Ausbilder an der Somatischen Akademie Berlin. Er entwickelte den Ansatz Authentic Eros - explorations for men & for all genders and sexual orientations zum Thema Sexualität und Partnerschaft und kuratiert das STRETCH und das BODY IQ Festival. 2016 hat er in Berlin ein neues Community Center namens Village initiiert. Kai ist davon überzeugt, dass Körperwahrnehmung und ein erweitertes Verständnis von Eros entscheidende Elemente hin zu einer integralen und nachhaltigen Lebensweise sind. Seit 2002 gibt er Seminare, Workshops und Trainings in Europa und den USA.
In this workshop we will move, step by step, towards a beautiful, naked, sensual, durational massage event. We seek to create an arena of non-attachment, where we serenely glide through a ‘car wash’ of sensuality, a space where we can can open ourselves to the pleasure of different roles, both the giving and receiving of sensual touch. Individual boundaries are indicated and observed as well as a commitment to support and be aware of the flow of energy within the group. (Please note that for the majority of the workshop we will be standing and please bring a large towel.
Michael was born in London where he trained as a dancer at The Royal Ballet Schools. His dance credits include work with Northern Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, The Lindsay Kemp Company, AMP and numerous others. Michael also works as a choreographer and makes visual art. He currently gives one-to-one bodywork sessions of Pilates, Gyrotonic®/Gyrokinesis®, Biodynamic craniosacral therapy and Thai Yoga Massage, as well as holding creative spaces as a choreographer and workshop leader.
Participating in an orgy may be a common fantasy, but how does it relate to the actual situation of being in a space with others, not all of whom one is attracted to equally, and how does one create the time and space to respect everybody's boundaries? We'll look at choreographic practices such as REFLECTION, COMPOSITION, & COLLABORATION. We’ll also consider the space itself as a active agent. This workshop is intended for those interested in dance, conscious sexuality, and seeing things from different perspectives.
David Bloom is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, filmmaker, bodyworker, pianist, father, and tea collector. Graduated the M.A. choreography course at HZT Berlin. Also a long-time student and practitioner of conscious sexuality, his teachers have included Midori, Felix Ruckert, Osada Steve, Joseph Kramer, and Barbara Carellas. His dance film trilogy Sex & Space (2013-2016) premiered at the Berlin Porn Film Festival and was screened internationally. David was a 2012 danceWEB scholar and taught at the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna in 2015 and 2016. www.davidbloom.info
Detail Workshops Sunday 4 November 2018
Hmmm…Aaahh…Ooohh…
In our fantasies, voices yield considerable erotic power. But in our bedrooms, they are often stuck in our throats. In this workshop, we will breathe, moan and shout our way beyond the pressure of being silent, or of having to perform the ‘right’ genders, roles, sounds… Reconnect your sensations, breath and voice, and join in a playful experience of vocal and erotic creativity. This workshop may include partial nudity.
Sunday
11:00-13:00
Vanasay Khamphommala
Vanasay is a French-Laotian dramaturg and performance artist who trained in music and theatre. They develop a series of performances that explore queerness and metamorphoses. They are terrible at faking moans.
Sensexual
Body
When it comes to sex we may engage in it within a certain - perhaps repetitive - range of behavior that involves our bodies, feelings, minds or imagination. Focusing on the body, we will use the somatic method of Continuum to meet and recognize ourselves as full-blooded, full-bodied, conscious, living events … always breathing, pulsating, streaming, sending, receiving. From this activated state of multidirectional, cellular “listening”- awareness, we explore various partnering invitations and may so receive some inspirations for our sexual expression at home or elsewhere.
Sunday
11:00-13:00
Kai Ehrhardt
Kai is a breath therapist based on Prof. Ilse Middendorf's work, a Continuum teacher, holds the German Heilpraktiker license for psychotherapy and co-founded the Somatic Academy of Berlin. He created Authentic Eros - Explorations for Men & For and Beyond all Genders and curates the STRETCH and the BODY IQ festivals. In 2016 he initiated a new Community Center in Berlin called Village. He believes that the conscious body and the reclaiming of Eros are crucial elements in our evolution toward an integral way of life. Kai teaches since 2002 in Europe and in the US.
Queer Questions
Moving Bodies
Take a moment to ask and to listen. Your body has a lot to say. In this movement-based session we use the idea of Authentic Movement to sink into a deeper state of body-listening and ask ourselves questions about "queer" in our personal lives. How does that word or concept affect you? What emotions does it land on? How does it feel? How does queer move you? Dancing deeply inside. Eyes closed. Asking. Listening. Moving.
Sunday
11:00-13:00
Jorge De Hoyos
Jorge De Hoyos is a Californian dancer, performer and choreographer based in Berlin since 2012. He currently studies in the Masters in Solo / Dance/ Authorship at the University of Art (SODA at UdK).
Exploring the
Invisible #2
Have you ever wondered if there was a way to increase sensual energy with delicacy, subtlety and deepness at the same time? Did you ever ask yourself: how can I help the arousal of energy in myself or my partner? During this exploration, the principal Nadis (streams of energy in the body) will be located and drawn on our naked bodies with massage cream. We will give and receive: a subtle massage on these lines and then a powerful activation of the flow into the Sushumna Nadi (the central channel) using the whole body, voice and breathing. You will be able to gain a wider perception of the interaction between the subtle and physical bodies and how to put them into play. This approach can then be used in any kind of massage, bodywork, self healing or love making.
Sunday
14:30-16:30
Jacques Morard
An actor/dancer, photographer and film maker, Jacques has a parallel journey exploring the erotic path and the realms of massage and healing. He has 12 years' experience as a practitioner of Egypto-Essenes healings, and he also develops his own techniques combining physical and energetic approaches. Born in Switzerland, he now lives between Europe and Bali and keeps on travelling, exploring and learning about the world and himself.
Discipline
STRETCH FESTIVAL is usually about compassion, community, safe spaces, and generally being nice to each other. This workshop is a break from all that. There will be a right and a wrong way to do exercises, you will be judged, and depending on how well you do, there may even be rewards or punishments. Take a rest from STRETCH and enjoy some Discipline for a change.
Sunday
14:30-16:30
David Bloom
David Bloom is a choreographer, dancer, teacher, filmmaker, bodyworker, pianist, father, and tea collector. Graduated the M.A. choreography course at HZT Berlin. Also a long-time student and practitioner of conscious sexuality, his teachers have included Midori, Felix Ruckert, Osada Steve, Joseph Kramer, and Barbara Carellas. His dance film trilogy Sex & Space (2013-2016) premiered at the Berlin Porn Film Festival and was screened internationally. David was a 2012 danceWEB scholar and taught at the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna in 2015 and 2016. https://davidbloom.info
Naked Men's
Movement2Music
A guided free form musical journey. There's no choreography to memorize, no wrong moves, and no wrong steps. Just moving, feeling, and living to the music as we dance, touch, and connect with one another. These 2 hours of flowing, body-rocking, and heart opening will be all about Love and Exploration. Our bodies will overlap and we'll give and take body weight, enjoying the build of sensual energy as we grind and edge towards climax and group release... Come ready to shed your clothes, release your inhibitions, connect with community, lose yourself in the music, and celebrate every inch of your beautiful self.
Sunday
14:30-16:30
Brandon Anthony
Brandon Anthony is the Founder and Creator of Naked Men's Yoga, Movement2Music, and CannabisDANCE+FITNESS, as well as Co-Creator of YogaWorks' DanceWorks and a 200hr RYT certified Yoga Instructor. His naked men's yoga, partner, and dance workshops were developed as a way for GBTQ men to release shame, explore themselves, and celebrate their sexuality. Although based in the US, Brandon travels back to Europe with his Austrian husband often, bringing his message of shame free self love wherever he goes.
GLBTQ Ancestors
Each of us has LGBTQ ancestors, even if we do not know their names and faces. In this ritual, we experience the lineages of queerness as they stretch out throughout time. Monotheistic religion has tried to make us believe we are a mistake, but we are part of creation. Connecting to our queer ancestors gives us a new sense of belonging. Knowing where we come from, we discover unexpected roots and solid ground.
Sunday
17:00-19:00
Daan van Kampenhout
Shamanic practitioner for more than 25 years, Daan has studied with traditional healers and shamanic teachers from various cultures (Lakota, Southern Ute, Sami and others). Combining elements of shamanic ritual and family constellations, he developed Systemic Ritual®. Daan is the author of seven books, his writings have been translated in ten languages. He works worldwide, creating rituals for different communities and groups. He lives in Amsterdam and Berlin.
Ballet of the
Love Declaration
If you've ever felt the urge to release your inner Nureyev, this is the workshop for you. Now's your chance to tighten your clothes, pad your pants or grab a tutu, and prepare for some SERIOUS fun. Step by pointey-footed step, we will unravel the mysteries of the classical pas de deux- supported by the luscious melodies of Tchaikovsky's music.
Sunday
17:00-19:00
Michael Rolnick
Michael trained at The Royal Ballet School, London, before having a wide-ranging career in dance, theatre and Opera. His somatic teaching includes dance, Gyrotonic, Gyrokinesis and Pilates, and therapeutic bodywork: Biodynamic craniosacral therapy and Thai Yoga massage. Currently, Michael offers one-on-one bodywork sessions, and creates work in performance and visual arts.
Shamanic Eros
A workshop in which we will explore and experience healing in a different way. Through an active guided meditation we will connect to our spirit guides, to our totem animals and to our bodies and hearts. We will be working with the healing qualities of sound, herbs, flowers, water and smoke. Together with the sensual healing touch from previous workshops, we will enter an enchanting forest where magic, intimacy, pleasure and healing can take place. In this forest nudity is welcome...
(Please bring your sheet/towel)
Sunday
17:00-19:00
Robert van Ravens
Robert is a massage and touch therapist with a background in Yoga, dance and theatre. He has been involved since 1997 in ritualistic work with Ayahuasca. As a passionate Umbanda practitioner and healer he travels Europe and Brasil to share his healing touch. After completing the Sacred Intimacy training he created his own workshops. Also known as an Erotic shaman he focuses on the healing aspects of conscious touch, pleasure, joy and gratitude.
Performance on
Sunday
Sunday
20:00-22:00
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