Moving Roots - Move, Listen, Tend, Transform
A 5-week journey through movement, reflection, and presence.
Inspired by the principles of contact improvisation.
Moving Roots is a 5-week journey through movement, reflection, and presence. Inspired by the principles of contact improvisation, we explore the stories that live in our bodies, notice what holds us back, and gently cultivate new ways of being. Through guided explorations, journaling, and shared witnessing, we learn how to loosen what no longer serves us and nourish the seeds of self-trust, resilience, and self-love.
Week 1: Stories as roots
Theme: Stories/Dreams
Which roots do we wish to loosen? What narratives about ourselves keep us small, and what might shift if we began to rewrite them? We begin by noticing, naming, and imagining new possibilities.
Week 2: Meeting the hurdles
Theme: Blockages/Loosening
Where do we feel stuck? What feels tender, hidden or vulnerable? We stir the soil, softening the hard clumps and gently revealing what lies beneath.
Week 3: Moving with coeur-rage
Theme: Courage/Fear
What does it mean to move with fear rather than avoid it? Here, we invite bravery into the body, practicing presence with discomfort and sensing the power that arises when we face ourselves.
Week 4: Planting new roots
Theme: Nourish/Strengthen
Here we turn inward and nurture the compassion and care already living within us. Through movement and journaling, we plant seeds of gentleness, self-trust, and strength.
Week 5: Being seen, being loved
Theme: Seeing/Being Seen
We close with community witnessing, affirmation, and celebration. This is a week of self-recognition, of offering love to ourselves and receiving the reflection of others.
Movement explorations include gentle partner work, embodied affirmations (for example, moving with the intention of I am enough while being witnessed), movement journaling (partnered or solo, while noticing and naming inner dialogue), solo improvisations, and other practices designed to support both your own process and the collective energy of the group.
Together, we create a space of presence, care, and curiosity where we can explore, stumble, rise, and be seen. By the end of this journey, you should leave feeling more grounded in your body, gentler with your mind, and more connected to your own resilience, compassion, and capacity to move through life with intention and ease.
Who this is for
This journey is for anyone longing to feel more at home in themselves. If you're navigating change, carrying stories that no longer serve you, seeking greater self-trust, or simply yearning to slow down and reconnect with your body, emotions, and inner wisdom, Moving Roots offers a space to explore with curiosity, courage, and care. No movement experience is needed, just curiosity and a willingness to lean into the experience.
Join the series!
Moving Roots is offered as a 5-week series, meeting one night a week in an intimate group setting. Each cohort is thoughtfully facilitated by Emma and Pablo, founders of Colours in Contact, who bring together their experience in coaching, embodiment, contact improvisation, and community-building to create a space of curiosity, care, and meaningful growth.
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If this journey speaks to you, we'd love to have you join us. Join the waitlist and we'll be the first to let you know when registration opens for our next 5-week cohort.
