What Is a Movement Class?
It would currently seem that the only way to practice movement is through specific disciplines – gymnastics, dance, fitness, martial arts, etc. But there is another way – broader, more general, and connecting the dots, exploring the space between the disciplines. We create a practice around movement itself.
Classes are a bit of a journey, weaving through different topics, tasks, games, challenges. In one moment you might be precisely copying a movement pattern, and the next moment you’ll be doing some hard strength work. To rest you might work on improving how you move your spine and back. Afterwards you could be inverting, rolling, and crawling, or playing a game between two partners. In the end, you might do some somatic work so you can recover, or maybe sit and practice stillness.
What classes are not: NOT a mish-mash, NOT cross-training. The content is not arbitrarily selected so as to deliver a confusing stimulus to the body. Classes are meticulously structured, planned with an eye for where things are going – classes are always in the context of longer term projects.
Our Community
Our community is not defined by a background, an education, or any other demographic. We build ourselves around something else; our students are people who…
- Want a process
- Seek to grow in relation to their practice
- Believe it’s worth the work that they’ll put into it
- Value learning
Ido Portal
Our mentor is Ido Portal. For over a decade, we’ve been studying under him – workshops, coaching, camps, internships, and currently the mentorship program. In the mentorship program, we meet with Ido and a small group of other mentees throughout the year. He has guided us in the opening of our space and provides critical feedback for our classes.
