BLOOM : Spring yoga + movement workshops at Griegakademiet in Bergen, Norway

A journey of different styles of yoga, movement,
meditation, breathwork and creativity.

At the start of each workshop we will have a creative exploration which includes live music played by the plant’s own biorhythms, and inspired by my immersive art installation Haugtussa!

Location: Griegakademiet (Prøvesalen),
Lars Hilles Gate 3,
5015 Bergen

Date: Sunday, March 29, 2020

10:00-12:15 / Workshop 1 = Flow (spicy meatballs, dynamic vinyasa but chill)

13:45 - 16:00 / Workshop 2 = Restore (slow, gentle but mighty somatic explorations.)

Hiya Bergen!

I’m excited to return to share some yoga and movement workshops with you!

This will be a journey embracing the spring season with different styles of yoga, movement, meditation, breathwork and creativity. I really hope this offering is useful and inspires you to cultivate confidence to bloom in your own way!

We are particularly focussing on welcoming spring and releasing the stagnant, heavy, lethargic elements of winter to make space for new energy, be that physically, mentally, emotionally etc.

If you're feeling like you could do with a fresh dose of inspiration to *ahem* , bloom and grow and welcome in the warmer season, this is for you!

This workshop-series is designed to be taken as a package, but can also be taken separately if you fancy.

Here's a taste of what to expect!

Honouring the seasons

Spring. A new season. The “real” new year, at least, it feels like the beginning to me. Spring is when nature wakes up and comes to life. The days get longer, the sun warmer, we start to see leaves form on the trees, buds and greens sprout, plants blossom, bloom and flower, colour is abundant and our senses are in for a treat! (especially if one has hay fever!)

The air becomes more moist, the weather shifts, the snow on mountaintops begins to thaw. There's a release, an awakening and an expansion as we move from the cold, dark contraction of winter. We greet this energetic new season. A time to shift from the heaviness into the light in various ways. As the dormancy of winter departs, we are met with an opportunity for movement and change. A chance to blossom. Winter gave us the opportunity to go inward. Spring invites us to step forwards, outwards, to expand and take up more space.

Nature gives us all the cues to enable us to sync up and connect.
To nourish and replenish ourselves.
To find balance.

To bloom.

Syncing with the seasons

These sessions will honour the change of seasons, exploring how we can support ourselves so we are in sync with nature and thus ourselves.

Awakening after the darker, colder, sluggish more introverted winter months, we explore the transition towards spring, opening up to welcome more light, warmth, vibrancy, expansive movement and possibility!

How can we get our body, minds, breath and energy back into balance with the natural rhythms of the new season?

This is something we will explore in various ways in our workshops using the following themes:

Connection: with the season, ourselves, our practice, creativity and uniqueness. We will also connect to nature sonically, with a live meditative soundtrack at the start of each workshop turning the plants’ own biorhythms into music! 🌱

Nourishment: after winter depletion we move towards a lighter season, exploring ways to cleanse, refresh, reinspire, rejuvinate and reinvigorate ourselves. 💦

Balance: respectfully and sustainably exploring bringing ourselves back into harmony as we honour the transition, where we are at, from the ground upwards. Rooting down to rise up and bloom - just like the flowers! 🌺

Inspired by the Serpentine Dance, the individual perfection and beauty of flora and the potent potential of the new season, these workshops are about celebrating your practice, exploring new methods and tools to shift stagnant energy, physically and mentally, and create the conditions to open and expand. To bloom.

These workshops are also inspired by the sonic explorations working with my recent art installation Haugtussa, a forest - for rest - , where I created a space to find safe space in. Solitude. Community. Connection to yourself and to others.⁣ A space to listen. to absorb the surroundings. your inner and outer worlds.⁣ A place to explore sensual awareness. To be in your body. Nature. Which is the same thing, right? Somatic experiencing. Without expectation to do anything but be.⁣ A space to retreat in.⁣

→ Find all links to listen to I Feel For You podcast episode 57 ‘Everything is Connected’ here, where I talk about working on the art installation; plants playing music, creative exploration, writing, movement, syncing with nature, spacemaking, taking up space, feelings, being, community, inclusivity and much much more!

BLOOM Yoga — Workshop 1 = Flow

Spicy meatballs, dynamic movement (and stillness) but chill.

This workshop is designed to cultivate radiant energy that is balanced and sustainable through yoga and movement explorations. Boost your energy and circulation with a creative, mindful and grounded flow, setting your own rhythm without rushing, forcing or pushing.

Build confidence in your practice, tuning in to what you need, whilst experimenting with ways to shift stagnant energy and tension to take back into the "real" world!

At the start of the workshop we will have a creative exploration which includes live music played by the plant’s own biorhythms, and inspired by my immersive art installation Haugtussa!

Expect some immediate state-shifting to boost your energy and circulation using some fun and refreshing breathwork combined with movement studies. We'll give attention and space to the upper body and particularly the shoulders and chest, (desk-hunchers unite!) hips and spine (stagnancy begone!) playful balance, some creative transitions and lots of experiments with movement and ease - plus a lot of good vibes along the way.

This session is a full, rounded, rejuvenating practice and suitable for all levels. You will be encouraged to choose your own mild and/or spicy seasoning in the practice, taking as many rests as you need and/or experimenting and exploring as you feel.

Create more space, fluidity and expansiveness, all whilst being radiantly you.

Hope this session will inspire your yoga and creative movement journey.

What to expect:

Unhurried flow class with creative movement explorations:::::
Experiments in mindful movement and stillness:::
Breathwork::::
Meditation::::
Mindfulness::::
Immunity boosting techniques:::::
Creative activity::::
Aromatherapy element:::::
Standing and floor work using props (or not – it's your practice!)::::
Build heat, strength and energy but from a sustainable and centred place of awareness::::
Experiments in fluidity, movement and ease:::
Rejuvenate. Refresh. Recharge:::

Workshop timings:

Sunday 29 March
arrive from 09:45
workshop 10:00 - 12:15

Please bring a yoga mat and blanket.

Intended to be a “balm for your bits”, this workshop will explore somatic and restorative practices to encourage grounding, relieve stress, anxiety, unravel the chest, hips and spine.

This will be a deeply relaxing and meditative workshop designed to help you unravel tension and find ease.

At the start of the workshop we will have a creative exploration which includes live music played by the plant’s own biorhythms, and inspired by my immersive art installation Haugtussa!

A safe, intimate, nourishing and rejuvenating environment for your body and mind. Journey through a grounded, quiet, calm and restorative self care practice.

Deeply gentle, relaxing and restorative, this class will take the rhythm of our (Take care of you) Yoga + Self Care Workshops.

Feast on tools and techniques that encourage you to slow down and delve a little deeper into yourself.

Time out to get to know yourself again, thoughts, body, guts, home. Reacquaint, recharge and explore how to come back to yourself and discover ways to maintain self care when we return to the outside world.

A sumptuous and sensual exploration discovering the best methods to nurture and support yourself. Addressing how to integrate self care into daily life. More space, stress less, refuel and replenish.

This tends to be a deeper and more intuitive self study, combining movement and stillness. I'll be guiding the session but exploration and deep listening (to yourself) is encouraged.

What to expect:

Slow, gentle, tender movement, mostly on the floor:::
Detail::::
Stillness:::::
Fluidity::::
Self massage::::
Breathwork::::
Discovery::::
Deep rest::::
Aromatherapy element::::
Less doing, relax into being::::
A deep, replenishing reset:::
Creative activity::::

Workshop timings:

Sunday 29 March
arrive from 13:30
workshop 13:45 - 16:00

Please bring a yoga mat and blanket.

Times & Location

Griegakademiet, Prøvesalen
Lars Hilles Gate 3
Sunday 29 March

10-12:15 (Workshop 1: FLOW) &
13:45-16:00 (Workshop 2: RESTORE)

We will open the doors 15 minutes before the workshops start. Ketil will greet you all by the main entrance in Lars Hilles Gate 3 (behind KODE 2, pictured below), and show you upstairs to the majestic Prøvesalen where the workshops take place.

Tea will be served after each workshop.

Booking

Deal for both workshops 800 NOK
Deal for each of the workshops separately 450 NOK

*Places are limited and are assigned on a first come, first served basis.

*To register and reserve your space, pay to Ketil's VIPPS - phone number: 45082772 name: Ketil Kinden Endresen, or pre-pay to my Norwegian bank account: Dionne Elizabeth, 1203 91 73059 (DNB)

*Then email hello@dionne.space or use the form in my contact section and we will confirm your place via email.

* Payments are non-refundable unless your space can be filled.

* Please bring a yoga mat and blanket.

* These workshops are open to all.

*Patrons get 10 % discount (720 Kr for both workshops or 405 Kr for a single workshop).

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If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Can’t wait to see you!

x x

dionne (+ ketil)