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A deep slow dive
A movement lab for self care and client work with Amanda Levey and Clare Luiten
In late August as we near the end of winter, we need to start to expand and extend deeply into our bodies – ready to welcome the energy of spring. Amanda and Clare will combine their somatic practices and knowledge to create a gentle and detailed exploration of movement with a therapeutic lens.
The morning session will consist of structured guided movement practices, including solo, partner and small group activities. Following a shared lunch there will be opportunities for the group to explore where this might take us in terms of our own self nurturing, as well as extensions of these understandings into creative practice and client work.
About Clare:
I trained as a professional dancer, and have explored Pilates, Yoga and Feldenkrais. When I started to teach people I realised that my natural movement ability was not so natural for others. Movements had to be broken down into very small parts for people to make headway. As I embraced this gentle, somatic approach, I felt more authentically myself – and so did my clients. I kept searching for support, and that’s when I discovered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy. At my practice Fluid & Bones in Auckland, I combine my expertise in movement, touch, and therapy to create transformative programs. My goal is to help others overcome pain and achieve resilience and vitality.
When
Saturday 22 August 2026, 10am – 3pm
Where
Unit 37/332 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland. This is an aikido studio with a floor consisting of beautiful mats – a perfect space for this work.
Hosts
Amanda Levey and Clare Luiten
Catering
Some refreshments will be provided – please bring a contribution to a shared lunch.
Cost
$100
Register
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Play
There is something magical as an adult to find people one can play with; to feel safe enough to be fully engaged and present and embodied; to be spontaneous and improvisational; to be silly and serious; to try things out; to be surprised and to make mistakes. In the play space everything is allowed and accepted as part of the play. Being witnessed and witnessing is a key aspect when video and photographs come into the play. One can be witnessed and witness, and on viewing the videos and photos can witness oneself and make sense of the choices made and fall in love with one’s own movement as a true expression of oneself in that moment. The relationship to one’s play mates is full of sensitive attunement and stimulation for new possibilities and creative sympoeisis. When play occurs in nature all the elements of nature become partners in the play – wind, sky, clouds, trees, grass, sand, rock.
Amanda has facilitated and co-facilitated training and workshops in the creative arts therapies with many different intentions and audiences.
At present she is most interested in running experiential experimental labs for participants who are comfortable to work with movement, improvisation, performance and collaborative creativity. Participants experience the vulnerability and excitement of our individual and shared experience emerging.