Do you desire to develop more ease and authenticity in your dance floor relationships? 

Do you want to fly and fall, lift and be lifted with grace and fluidity?

Are you ready to allow your creative spark to lead the way?

Are you in NEED of a tropical reset?

Join Shannon for a magical weekend of somatic delights , silly shenanigans, and Contact Improvisation.

• Slow down to our bodies, breath and BEING with soul inspired yoga

• Stir up the spontaneity with Experiments in Communal Play

• Dedicate to embodiment in the dojo of Contact Improvisation

• Nourish in the field of Nesting And Resting.

  (A contanier for integration, recalibration and co-regulation with attuned humans)

  
  

This retreat will be whimsical, practical, devotional, playful and nourishing.

Investment in play: $150-$200

*Sliding scale*

no refunds

For accomodations: https://www.goodgatherings.org/event-details/playing-contact-retreat

Lunch will be provided for an additional charge on Saturday

All other meals you are responsible for providing

Spa pass is $18 per person (included if you book accomodations)

Enjoy the spa in your free time!

Refrigerated cold plunge, wood stove sauna, and pool.

*YOUR GUIDE*

Shannon is devoted to inspiring students to experience their own essence through play, inner strength and nourishment.   Contact Improvisation is the love of her life, and Shannon geeks out on articulating the mechanics of weight sharing and how to trust your own architecture.  She is well known for her loving approach to yoga that was developed while living and teaching at Harbin Hot Springs and through her mentorship with Angela Farmer. 

She holds a BFA in Dance from S.U.N.Y Purchase and has been facilitating yoga and dance for 2 decades .  Shannon has had the good fortune of studying extensively with many of the most influential practitioners of CI: Nancy Stark Smith, Chris Aiken, Andrew Harwood, Scott Wells, and Kathleen Hermesdorf.    She brings delight to the space with her unique ability to create safety while spicing things up with humor and spontaneity.  

*SCHEDULE FOR RETREAT*

Friday Feb 28th.

2pm- Opening circle/ welcoming/ logistics

3-4- Drop in with yourself first... with contact inspired yoga

4-5:30- Playshop: Contact Improvisation

5:30-6:30- Dinner break

6:30-7:30- Jam

7:30-8-Nesting and Resting (integration)

Saturday March 1st

11am-1pm pm- Playshop: Contact Improvisation

1-2:30- Lunch break

2:30-4- Playshop: Experiments in Communal Play

4-5- Nesting and Resting Jam

5:30-7- Jam

Sunday March 2nd

9-11- Song circle

11-1- Kalani Ecstatic Dance

2-4- Free time

4-6-Playshop: Nesting and Resting: The art of integration

6-7- Closing Circle

*Song Circle (donation) and Kalani Dance ($15) are not included in the tuition.

**Schedule is subject to change**

Class descriptions:

Contact Improvisation is a partner dance form based on the physical principles of touch, momentum, shared weight, and most quintessentially - following a shared point of contact. 

This dance practice explores the skills of falling, rolling, counterbalance, lifting using minimal effort, how to make ourselves light when being lifted, and responsiveness to our partners and surroundings.

Experiments in Communal Play:

It has been scientifically proven how vital play is to our well-being.

Animals and young children are always playing which supports their nervous systems to be fluid and flexible.

Ever notice how contracted life can feel when we are taking ourselves too seriously?

Just a small dose of play per day can expand you into a state of awe of joy and aliveness.

How can we remember to play?

Let me support you!

This workshop is an improvisational playground for collaborating in community through movement, theater, and humor.

Nesting and Resting:

This workshop will be based in rejuvenation and restful contact duets.

A safe container for healing your nervous system from overstimulation.

We will investigate Contact Improvisation as an exploration of BEING nature and allowing our dancing dates to simply be an embodied elemental conversation.

This gathering will be a rich time to recalibrate your nervous system, and enjoy the pleasure of resting into Being with one another.

Soul inspired Yoga:

A yoga practice based in simplicity, ease, and loving the body back into the NOW.

Shannon is known for her loving approach to yoga that was developed while living and teaching at Harbin Hot Springs and through her mentorship with Angela Farmer.