A digital mental health festival - Five days celebration of your self (3 Workshop Pass)
Duration
5 days
Language
English, Hindi
Age
18 or higher
Detailed Schedule

Day 1 Sessions:

  • 1. Infinity: Acceptance of Sexuality through Movement: This one is open to all genders. We will be trying to build a relationship with our sexuality and embrace our feminine and masculine parts, let go of body judgments and build a relationship with the sexual energies we have taken in and wish to release from our body. (Damini Sahay, a dance movement therapist and a belly dancer; she has been performing, studying and teaching the nuances of this rich and ancient practice of Oriental Dance for 9 years now.)

  • 2. Reclaim your Mind; Reclaim your Life: Feel the real freedom by helping yourself unlock the hidden potential within to handle external influences. Make conscious choices and reign in your focus through simple practices of self care. (Frederic, a facilitator, coach, mentor, writer, yogi, minimalist, philanthropist, social entrepreneur, mystic, story healer, mechanic of the inner self & gardener of the soul and above all, a friend.)

Day 2 Sessions:

  • 1. Fascinating world of Dot Art: An introductory session to dot art which will get the participating exploring this art form that is my meditation. ​ (Sharmila is a self-learner, unschooler, a parenting guide, mother of three human children and four non human children and have chosen the ‘unschooling way’ of life. She help parents in their parenting journey and guide them in their journey of life without school.)

  • 2. Aligning our Polarities: Juggling for Self Care In this workshop we will learn about the importance of integrating the different sides of our brains/body, the vagus nerve and its impact on the central nervous system and related practices that we can use to overcome stress, depression and trauma and become happier, healthier and more confident. Juggling will be one of the practices that we will be exploring. ​ (Daniel is an experienced facilitator. He has spent most of the last 10+ years in Asia, and is now back in NY, re-integrating and exploring creative possibilities.)

  • 3. Vital energy of a Dancing body This workshop will introduce some of the basic components of the Italian methodology Relational Expressive Dance Movement Therapy (DMT-ER®). ​ (Luisa Spagna, certified Dance Therapist at the three years international post-gratuated school of Relational Expressive Dmt founded and directed by Dr. V. Bellia in Italy. She is member of ARTE, professional arts therapy association.)

Day 3 Sessions:

  • 1. Panel discussion with experts in the field of Sound, Movement, Art, Theatre and Mindfulness in understanding and getting insights into their experiences with Mental Health and using Art as a way of promoting Mental wellness.

  • 2. AhamSambandh: traversing outer Transitions through inner Translations – from interpretation to invitation: Transitions are a fact of life – some initiated by us, and most experienced by us. The current context invites us to rapid transitions. In this introductory session, we explore an emergent approach to transitions by exploring newer translations of outer events for our inner Selves, and thereby move from interpretation (of event) to invitation (to life and living). ​ (Divya Sankaran & Ashish Pant are individuals and dreamers who’ve charted their path in quest of their own Self. Through somatic and process oriented psychotherapy, Jungian oriented DreamWork, embodied coaching, counselling and consulting)

  • 3. Let's be playful to be Mindful: This workshop will introduce you to tools of Interplay to connect with the wisdom of our bodies and access the innate joy in ourselves. Except stories, movement, sounds and stillness. It's going to be fun, playful, light and interactive. There is no right way to do Interplay. So the magic happens when you play. Join us :) ​ (Vibhuti is an Interplay leader, Clown and a facilitator who is exploring herself constantly through art and learning. Ecology and consciousness are the themes making her alive everyday.)

Day 4 Sessions:

  • 1. Meditative Art: The workshop is all about how do we understand and learn through art about our past experiences on certain behaviors of us which have conditioned us and how we unlearn some of those learnings which are no more relevant to our life but we keep it with fear. The two art forms that we will explore and use as the technique is stone art and Zentangle based on the availability of resources. ​ (Damko Wangyal, is a gifted artist especially interested in Zentangle and stone-art, has a love for music, and enjoys entertaining others.)

  • 2. Soundplay: Simple tools and practices using sound, rhythm and voice to enable catharsis, focus, immersion, motivation, community building and relaxation for overall well-being. ​ (Leslie, Singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist on a journey with Nature, Community and Self. ​ Mayuree, loves exploring, co-creating and facilitating processes and spaces for well-being connecting with the earth, community and self. Nishtha, loves designing processes and spaces for well-being and learning. She is currently exploring music, movement, art, creative writing, theatre and story-telling.)

  • 3. Exploring your inner landscape through the arts: A space to experience checking in with yourself with the help of arts - will draw upon visualisation, coloring, movement and writing as tools to explore our inner landscapes. ​ (Megha Modi is an Expressive Arts Practitioner and a co-traveller for inner journeys.)

Day 5 Sessions:

  • 1. Dance the change you want to be in the World: Movement Medicine for people who have been holding space, who are well aware of their emotions, mind, body, heart and soul, to reconnect with your inner resources, align body heart and mind,  and set clear intentions for the future. ​ (Silvana is a Movement Medicine teacher and cycle mentor from Italy, TEDx speaker and the co-founder of the Ulab Hub, Pordenone)

  • 2. Mindfulness and Self Kindness: Befriending Ourselves: In this workshop we will -  have an experiential exploration of Mindfulness? -  have a capacity for an inner sensing of the body - examine the relationship with ourselves and come into a kinder relationship - have tools to befriend ourselves and come into resilience even in the face of challenge. ​ (Sandy Dias Andrade, Founder-Director at Just Being Center, Pune. Psychotherapist in Mindfulness & Presence. Internationally certified in MBCT.)

  • 3. Inside Out: Understanding feelings, emotions, those are Inside us. Managing and Living those feelings Outside with the help of applied theatre tools. ​ (Lini Kapse,  an MBA professional. She is a certified Trainer, Applied Theatre practitioner and Playback Theatre practitioner.)

  • 4. Holding Hope: Hold it  too slack,  it drops. Hold too tight it is smothered. Through games and improvisations, stories  and sharings we discover within us the balance. ​ (Jaya likes to imagine herself is as a pilgrim on this planet. Pilgrimage to her is about travelling light, engaging with respect, celebrating diversity, pushing self with compassion, letting go joyously and embracing the unknown willingly.)       

The things you will learn
  • Acceptance of Sexuality through Movement
  • Unlock the hidden potential within to handle external influences
  • Fascinating world of Dot Art
  • Juggling for Self Care
  • Italian methodology Relational Expressive Dance Movement Therapy
  • Using art as a way of promoting Mental wellness
  • Approach to transitions by exploring newer translations of outer events for our inner Selves
  • Tools of Interplay to connect with the wisdom of our bodies and access the innate joy in ourselves.
  • Exploring your inner landscape through the arts
  • Mindfulness and Self Kindness
  • Understanding feelings, emotions, those are Inside us.
  • Holding Hope
Useful guidelines
  • This is a 3-session pass for the 5 days online experience
  • You will receive the Zoom link(s) and other details for the workshop a day before your workshop.
  • Please try to join the experience on or before the given time
  • Please carry a proof of identification with you
  • Always communicate through Freebirds and never transfer money outside the Freebirds platform
  • You can cancel upto 3 days before the experience is scheduled to start
Hosted by
The Movevent Project

The MoveVent Project is Shubham Srivastav and Damini Sahay's combined effort to create spaces for the community for healing. Our philosophy is simple: movement never lies, and can be an effective medium for understanding the self, our surroundings and for healing.


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