Introduction to The Batdorf Technique Weekend Retreat

Thursday June 19 at 6pm – Sunday June 22 at 5pm

Physical Emotional Connection for Performers (TBT)

Open to anyone
Though this weekend is designed to train performers to have more emotional range and authenticity, we are opening up to anyone looking for simple and concrete tools for increasing their Interceptive Awareness (the ability to feel sensations from the involuntary systems of the body; breath, blood flow, temperature, pain/pleasure…) Good for yoga practitioners, meditators, runners, actors, dancers, writers… Do you want to ‘get out of your head’? TBT is perfect, simple and can be applied to almost anything!

Day 1: Thursday June 19

4-6 pm

arrive and settle in, walk the 3-acre property

6pm

community dinner PROVIDED, get to know your colleagues and the teachers

7:30pm - 9pm

ease in with some gentle embodied voice and movement work

sit around the campfire and then SLEEP

Day 2 & 3: Friday June 20 & Saturday June 21

9:30-11:15am

learn the simple language of TBT and concrete tools to stimulate deep physical sensation

11:30-1:00pm

Structured play with 'stretch and yawn'

Lunch*

2:00-6:00pm

Simple ways to help you FEEL your circulatory system and breath work

Dinner*

Bonfire! hang out around the fire or have some alone time

Day 4: Sunday June 22

9:30-11:15am

Gravity! Find the pull and push of gravity

11:30-1:00pm

Put gravity and breath and blood together

Lunch*

2:30-4

Explore whole body movement with an interoceptive foundation

Cost

$550/$450 + HST (May 1 early bird deadline)
Plus accommodation (see accommodation information page)