how music heals

96-year-old Stuart Hodes on dancing into old age.

Episode 1 of the On The Move Podcast is a quick call to action to get your body moving right now

A conversation with Andrea Juhan, Milan, November 2019

The on-going practice of modifying or transforming our mind- state from ordinary thinking to pure presence through the vehicle of embodied moving is the Soul Food we long for and the resource we need for a more harmonious sustainable world.

Moved to Teach is a film that documents the process of becoming an Open Floor movement teacher.

Relational Obstacles and Opportunities on the Dance Floor

What supports you in feeling at ease, centered, and able to cope? If you are like so many of the people I have asked, some form of exercise, movement, mindful breathing, sleep, surrender and good connections with loved ones are part of the answer.

“There is a looming chasm between what your brain knows and what your mind is capable of accessing” — David Eagleman from Incognito: The secret life of the Brain

I think most of us are familiar with, desire, the longings within us, at least the longing we can tolerate feeling and acknowledging. Equally, I imagine most of us know something about Ice; our tendency to shut down or shut out others and even ourselves from the vulnerability our desires create for us.

How we can use conscious dance to explore the continuum of wanting (Desire) and shutting down (Ice)

Open Floor helps you move through life with flexibility, resilience and ease

In first episode of “Moving In – Conversations on Conscious Dance”, Andrea explains how you can use movement as a resource to turn what's happening in your mind into a dance.

We don’t often think of blind people as dancers but Bill Stevens is about to change your mind. With courage, grace, and gentle wit, he points out how our culture has many unintentional biases towards what blindness is and what it means to be a non-sighted dancer.

A film about sex but not in the usual sense. It's about how to understand and harness the energy that sexuality gives you as you move through life.

Join us on the Open Floor... Filmed in Dublin, Ireland by Will Harris

In Dancing with Dreams, Andrea Juhan speaks about Open Floor Movement practice and Gestalt oriented dream work and how it can be a bridge between the dream world and the everyday world.

The original Open Floor therapeutic process before it became Open Floor Encounter