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Somatic Playground
A Weekend Training in Authentic Relating & Contact Improvisation
Imagine a weekend retreat where you can drop deeply into embodied awareness, show up authentically with other heart-centred humans, and get straight to the core of what truly matters, through conversation, movement & touch?
Welcome to Somatic Playground, a transformative weekend experience where you are invited to flowfully connect using an inspiring range of communication modalities: Authentic Relating, Contact Improvisation, Ecstatic Dance and Conscious Touch.
This October, you are invited to The Salisbury Centre, a beautiful & cosy spiritual urban sanctuary in the heart of Edinburgh. Come explore the many layers of yourself and others through a journey of deep, meaningful, playful communication and contact games. Enter a room full of strangers and cultivate connections that may last a lifetime!
WHY spend a weekend at Somatic Playground?
The connection skills you will learn and practice include:
Getting deeply curious about another person’s world
Tuning into profound presence by listening to your body and the subtleties of sensation
Empathising with another’s human experience through the cultivation of heart-space
Tuning into what your body really desires and empowering yourself to make requests
Exploring connection beyond sight, using blindfolds to invite you deeper into your intuitive nature
Setting boundaries that honour yourself, and gracefully receiving the boundaries of another, through differentiating between the ‘stretch’ zone and ‘stress’ zone
Welcoming and befriending the visceral spectrum of your emotional reality, including the uncomfortable parts
25th October (10am to 5pm) & 26th October (11am to 5pm)
bout the Facilitator – Laurie King
I’m Laurie (he/him), a queer British-Kiwi who’s current home-base is Berlin. My passion is creating spaces that cultivate healthy, thriving human-to-human relationships, helping people take off their masks, feel their sensations and celebrate their aliveness on Earth. Since 2019, I have organised and facilitated hundreds of Authentic Relating, Dating and Embodiment workshops across Oceania and Europe.
My training includes World Peace Yoga School (250 hours), The Embody Lab, Authentic Revolution, and Connection Institute. I have facilitated at internationally acclaimed festivals such as Stretch and Ignite, and organisations such as ART International and Authentic Bay Area.
My workshops have sparked thousands of nourishing connections, turning many strangers into life-long friends. I look forward to holding space for you!
I also offer online Holistic Coaching sessions, inspired by Authentic Relating, Positive Intelligence and Somatic Experiencing techniques.
For more information, check out itoiauthenticrelating.com.
For Insta, check out @itoiauthentic
£175 – Earlybird ticket (until the 1st October)
£215 – Regular ticket
I look forward to welcoming you into a beautiful container that is sure to inspire you to step further into the kind of life you truly desire.
