Welcome to Moving Naturally
‘Moving Naturally’ has been evolving since 1997 in Michelle Wilkinson’s professional movement community practice. It is a journey to access a natural ease of movement innate in babies, children and people. It is present in the evolution of human movement from life in water to life on land. Time spent in land and seascapes with its diverse wildlife provides an opportunity to access a more natural way of being and moving. It raises the question ‘How do I want to move?’.
‘Does a wolf know how beautiful she is when she leaps? Does a feline know what beautiful shapes she makes when she sits? Is a bird awed by the sound it hears when it snaps open its wings? Learning from them, we just act in our own true way and do not draw back from or hide our natural beauty. Like creatures, we just are, and that it is right.’ Clarissa Pinkola Estes from her book Women who Run with the Wolves.
‘Moving Naturally’ offers movement explorations both in a studio setting and outdoors in the Budleigh Salterton and Exmouth area. Inspiration, scores and understanding arise from a combination of Michelle’s regular sudio and on site explorations along the Jurrasic Coast, the North Devon Coastline, the Heathland of East Devon and the moorland of Dartmoor. See Studio and Outdoor Pages for background information, times and cost. For anyone living outside this area, Exmouth offers a wide range of accommodation and 1 or 2 day programmes can be created to suit individual or group needs. Michelle also is available to teach in other areas of Devon. For more details phone Michelle Wilkinson on the above number (Mon – Sat 9am – 7pm)
Participants’ Comments for Studio Sessions:
My relationship with the garden, and the way I move whilst tending it, is shifting and deepening. I’m realising the possibility of learning to dance with it, to be more open to the earth’s support as I work and to focus less on results. Thank you for creating the space for these realisations to germinate. Lesley-Steel-Cox
The variety…each session is different. Appreciate your personal consideration of us all. Valerie Hillebrandt
I just wanted to say thank you. It may not seem much but being able to stand up without support has given me loads of confidence. I used to be terrified of falling in case I couldn’t get up. I am enjoying the movement sesson so much and I am really feeling the difference in my mobility. I am also feeling a great sense of achievement. People have noticed that I am looking better. LB
Paricipants’ Comments for Outdoor Sessions, Workshops and Events:
I observed a session one day and was greatly moved by the quality and commitment and concentration in his practice and by the way in which Michelle supported and empowered my friend to move and express himself freely in a safely held space. He clearly enjoyed and looked forward to the sessions and would talk about them with enthusiasm, when I visited him each week. Sarah Scoble President, European Consortium for Arts Therapies Education 2009 witnessing an Individual Sessions
Our bodies began to move, slowly and meditatively, in acknowledgement and celebration of our presence and connection. An unforgetable and deeply valued experience. John Fullwood World Dance Day 2010
Thank you for such a beautiful experience…the chance to dance somewhere so lovely with such a theme… the breathtaking expanse of the view out to sea…the structure of the rocks and the colour of the earth..one could not help but dance. I can’t wait for next time. Pat Barker World Dance Day 2011
It filled me with a sense of awe and wonder that we should be blessed with such nature around us…it is all there for us to appreciate and take in. The magic stayed with me through my donkey that wanted to play. I found support and security in the trees after a somewhat challenging descent…saw what my imagination described as a temple in the horizon..a sanctuary of rest. Helen Goodman-Payne Outdoor Workshop
To find out more about ‘Moving Naturally’ sessions and workshops, please browse this website or contact Michelle Wilkinson.
