This is a private event by application only

An OPEN FLOOR Art in Motion programme combining:

• MOVEMENT/DANCE
• DRAWING
• CREATIVE WRITING
• DIALOGUE

at Mana Retreat Centre, Coromandel, New Zealand.

This is a committed series of six workshops over 15 months for those looking to go on a deeper dive. It is an intense personally transformative process that progresses over the six consecutive workshops. Participants must commit to all six workshops.

Maximum number of participants = 30

In this powerful process we will be engaging movement and dance, drawing, creative writing and storytelling to evoke the wisdom of the body and the creativity of the imagination as a source for authentic expression, artful communication and new ways of responding to the challenges and most compelling themes of our lives.

Dates:

This is Module 6: Dec 11-17, 2020 (six days at Mana).

This ongoing group is the only work Geordie will be offering in Aotearoa through 2020.

The hours will count towards prerequisites and elective study for Open Floor teacher training.

What your retreat includes:

Tuition fee for all six workshops: NZ$2,500

• A $500 payment will be due prior to each of the five workshops at Mana (five payments of $500)
• 20% discount available to Open Floor teachers and Open Floor teachers in training
• There are two $500 scholarships available. To apply for scholarship email [email protected]

*The above tuition fee does not include Mana costs.

Mana costs:
Full room and board includes cosy accommodation and three delicious vegetarian meals each day – six day workshop: $830

Single room and board includes single room accommodation and three meals each day – six day workshop: $1,010

Camping with three meals each day – six day workshop: $590

Commuter rates include lunches and dinners – 6 Day Workshop: $440

Introducing

The Teaching Team

Geordie Jahner Ph.D
Geordie Jahner, Ph.D. (Psychology), Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT), is a dance artist, educator, and facilitator of conscious dance practices. Formerly a professional modern dancer and dance teacher, Geordie currently leads workshops and training internationally teaching Open Floor Movement Practice.

She has been teaching embodied movement meditation practice for many years and is known for providing a safe and creative field for personal inquiry, exploration, and transformative process.

Her certifications covering 40 years of study include many healing modalities, including 5Rhythms® dance teacher, Movement-based Expressive Arts therapist, Tamalpa Life/Art Process practitioner, Hellerworker, massage therapist, bodyworker, and dancer.

Geordie is passionate about the exploration of dance as a healing art and as a spiritual practice. Her classes support creativity & growth and nurture a deeper sense of presence & embodiment through conscious movement.