Pause of Silence ° 4 days of silence with movement, stillness, nature and live music

Pause of Silence

Open Floor Movement Retreat with Jonas Klingberg

4 days in silence with movement, stillness, nature and live music with Johan Bysell / Alucuo.

Pause of Silence is a retreat in silence where, through movement, stillness, music and nature, we explore what becomes possible to perceive when the pace slows down. In a silent community, we create space for recovery, reflection, deepened presence and contact with what is alive within us.

An opportunity to catch up with yourself, listen to what becomes clearer when the outer noise decreases, reconnect with vitality, inspiration and what is important to you.

Silence – when the body gets to speak

Silence can be a simple path to recovery and inner reflection. When conversations cease, we do not need to formulate, explain or relate through words.

Attention can instead move towards the body’s more subtle language: the breath, tension and relaxation, an impulse to move closer or further away, to open or close, rest or act. We open our curiosity towards our first language, movement.

When the power of words is allowed to relax, the body can have more space. Sensations, impulses, emotions and movement can become part of the dialogue with ourselves. When words are allowed to rest, there can be more space to notice what otherwise easily disappears in the pace of everyday life.

Catching up with yourself

Surrounded by nature, silence and music, we have time to stay a little longer with our own experience.

What happens when I do not need to move on straight away?

What do I notice when I give a sensation time?

What happens in the body when I follow an impulse – or choose not to?

By alternating between movement and stillness, and our own exploration, we can become more responsive to the body’s signals, boundaries, needs and resources.

A kind of inner calibration where the body is allowed to take part in showing what needs more space, what can be released and what feels important to orient towards.

Words from participants

Over the years, participants have described how the silence and movement have made their contact with the body and the present moment clearer.

Others speak of greater mental clarity, less stress and worry, improved emotional regulation and a deepened self-awareness. Many also describe a feeling of having landed more deeply in themselves after a few days.

The content of the retreat

Open Floor Movement Practice forms the embodied foundation of the retreat.

We explore movement from the simple and concrete: the breath, the body’s centre and periphery, weight and direction, rhythm and pause. From there, the movement can develop into dance, contact, expression and a more dynamic exploration.

We weave this together with silence, meditation, breathing, yoga, sound baths, mindfulness through our five senses and connection-building exercises.

Music is part of the somatic landscape. During the retreat, recorded music meets live music with Johan Bysell / Alucuo.

The structure of the days

We gather twice a day, in the morning and afternoon, with a longer break in the middle of the day. The sessions move between movement exploration within Open Floor Movement Practice and quieter periods of stillness, rest and seated meditation.

The silence continues between the sessions as well. The meal, the walk, nature, the sauna and rest also become opportunities for embodied presence. There is a rhythm between moving outward and listening inward, between activity and rest, contact and one’s own inner process.

What is Open Floor?

Open Floor Movement Practice is a somatic movement exploration where we use dance and conscious movement to explore how we are in contact with ourselves, others and our surroundings.

An opportunity to explore bodily awareness, relaxed presence, emotional intelligence, a calmer mind and contact with our inner core.

Through movement, we practise our ability to feel, follow, express, regulate, choose, as well as remain with what is. For everyone regardless of experience. Read more: bodymoves.se/openfloor/

About us

Jonas: is a behavioural scientist and trained teacher in the movement method Open Floor Movement Practice in 2015, and has also studied foundation and advanced courses in dance and movement therapy at the University College of Dance in Stockholm and Karlstad University. He is also a trained 5Rhythms teacher, educated in 2004 by Gabrielle Roth, the founder of the method, at the Moving Center School in the USA, and is a member of 5RTA. Read more here

Johan: is a responsive musician whose live music touches deeply. Through a finely tuned dialogue with us dancers, he creates improvised soundscapes through his acoustic and electronic tones. Johan plays a number of instruments – from the Indian bowed instrument esraj to different string instruments, drums and wind instruments.

Listen to Johan’s music here: alucuo.se or on Spotify

More about Johan at www.mellantid.se and his book Meaning-Creating Conversations in Practice :

Dates:

12-15 Feb, limited number of places. Thurs start at 16.00 and ends Sun at 15.00

Location:

Rasbo kursgård, 1 hour north of Stockholm

Fee:

retreat only SEK 3,950 when paid before 17 January, thereafter SEK 4,750 (service fee will be added), wellness allowance applies.

Payment link:

https://secure.tickster.com/6xnxx840xdvjcdn

Accommodation:

SEK 1,570 for all days, paid on site.

Food:

SEK 840 for all meals during the weekend, paid in cash on site

More info:

[email protected]