Workshops & Regular Classes

Our daily lives are usually filled with so many activities and responsibilities, and our senses are bombarded almost all the time with so many different impressions. Therefore we are often preoccupied and very rarely find
time or space to feel ourselves and to ask ourselves what really matters to us in life, what we want to spend our energy on and what is actually the source of our existence. But without being connected to this source,
we find ourselves repeatedly in states of time pressure, stress, exhaustion or depression. A feeling of happiness may occur only occasionally for a short time and seems to be very fragile because it is dependent on external conditions that are variable and which we ourselves cannot usually influence.
The philosophy of the Upanishads and the Bhagavadgita shows us a completely different perspective. Our innermost essence is independent of all changing circumstances. Qualities like freedom, joy and love are part of our being, and if we discover them within ourselves, it becomes easier to recognize them also in the changing world around us.
These workshops are an invitation with the help of yoga asanas and breath work to go a together on the journey a little bit closer to ourselves.

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Further information and registration:
www.jogakatrinkohler.cz
info@jogakatrinkohler.cz

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Schedule: 9:30 – 12:00 and 13:30 – 16:00,
in between will be a lunch break
Price: 1600.- CZK for each workshop (2800.-CZK for both)
The course will be held in Czech and
English, according to the needs of the
participants.

Somatic Dialogue is a gentle practice of body and mind in motion. It uses a gentle approach to the body, allowing the mind to accompany the body in a loving way. Through guided dance improvisation and practical techniques, participants can enter into an intimate dialogue with themselves, the other and the world around them.

This practice opens a space within us where we can enter into deep listening, discover our inner universe and approach our physical, emotional, sensual and poetic self.

The Intimacy of Touch is a work that allows us to travel between the worlds of proprioception, interoception and exteroception.

It is an invitation to touch and be touched by the poetry of bodies in motion. This work is strictly non-performative and purely experiential, it leads us to an intimacy of being in and between ourselves.

For more information visit here

As a couple, we have a special relationship, we share an unique intimacy. If we think back

to the beginning of our (love) story, there was usually plenty of space for physical contact.

We touched, cuddled, kissed and had may

be frequently sex.

In the meantime, we usually are busy with our work, taking care of the house, children, pets, aging parents, etc. These everyday duties take up a lot of our energy and our intimacy has less space to be lived. So it can happen that our touch and encounters are increasingly characterized by habits.

In this workshop, we will use the practice of Somatic Dialogue and take time to get in

contact with ourselves and our own bodies. On this basis, we can open up and communicate with each other. We try to really "listen" to our partner with all our senses, to perceive him/her as he or she is at that moment and to really be there for each other. This can help us to open up to the love within us and perhaps we can rediscover the "magic of touch".

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9:30 – 12:30 and 14:00 - 16:30
Price: 3400.- Kč per couple
The course will be held in Czech and English, according to the needs of the participants.
 

Further information and registration:
Katrin Köhler
www.jogakatrinkohler.cz
info@jogakatrinkohler.cz
tel.: 603 360 554

This four-hour workshop will utilize Somatic Dialogue to engage your spine, pelvis, legs, and connection with gravity, focusing on waves and relaxation in our bellies. We will experience deep relaxation, energy flow, and finding our center through the mobility of our spine and pelvis, the connection from head to tail, and the strength we draw from gravity. The workshop will offer both improvisations and techniques in belly dance.

Anatolian Belly Dance encourages internal movements that allow us to explore our fascial tissues, focusing on reaching our spine and each vertebra.

Belly dance, an ancient and archaic form of dance, is often seen as a glamorous performing art. However, it can also be approached as a ritualistic method for moving meditation. Through this practice, we can use our bellies to find our centers, ground ourselves, and connect with gravity, aligning our bodies. Gentle waves in our bellies can awaken our life energy.

In the Anatolian style, belly dancing emphasizes internal awareness and subtle movements rather than spectacle and grand gestures. It encourages us to feel our inner space in motion, allowing our bodies to naturally organize themselves into a harmonious state without extra effort. To maintain this harmony, it is essential to feel our connection with the earth and let gravity flow through our dance.

This workshop aims to deepen your understanding of these practices. It will make you aware of the invisible relationship between our center and the ground, constantly flowing back and forth. You are invited to reconnect with your body and the earth through the magical touch of Anatolia.

More information about Buse Cetin, here

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Date and hours: 16.11.2024, 12:00-16:00

Price: 1.200 Kč

registration here​

Language of the workshop is English.

Somatic Dialogue and the Intimacy of Touch:

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This workshop is welcoming anyone who would like to discover or rediscover the basic Principles of Somatic Dialogue. The work is non-performative where each participant is guided to discover the path towards a dialogue with themselves. The intimacy between our body and our mind will enable the Muhabbet, a dialogue in which love flows.

In this one day workshop we will practise in silence, that is without speaking,  the main movement principles of Somatic Dialogue:

The floor and my ground

My three centres :Head- Chest- Pelvis

My centre and my limbs

7.12.2024, Saturday from 9:30-18:00

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Somatic Dialogue and the Intimacy of Touch

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The intimacy of Touch is a work which enables us to travel between the worlds of proprioception, interoception and exteroception through principles of Somatic Dialogue.

It is an invitation to touch and be touched by the poetry of bodies in motion.

 

This work is strictly non-performative, and purely experiential, it takes us to an intimacy of being within and between ourselves.

 

Course content and Themes:

In this workshop, we will practice the main movement principles of Somatic Dialogue and Touch from a silent place inside of us. We will not speak during the practice but then have time to verbalize our experiences.

 

The floor and the spine: we will always start the work with floorwork, precise guided improvisations will help the body to feel the floor and re- establish an active and sensual relationship with it. The improvisations will help to understand and feel our relationship to gravity. We will explore what is touching us and what we are touching while approaching another person. We will experience the ‘touch that listens’ and the moving-force of touch.

 

Hands and Feet: We will explore the hands and feet as listening ‘antennas’ or ‘membranes’ which can perceive and open ways of communication.

 

Initiation to the intimacy of Touch in Somatic Dialogue: We will work delicately and in a very subtle way in couples with our bodies relating to the various qualities of Touch, from immaterial to material.

8.12.2024, Sunday 9:30-18:00

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Price:

For 1 day 2.500 Kč

For both days 4.500 Kč

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Dear friends,

In autumn we would like to invite you again to a series of movement meetings where we can continue or start our somatic journey.
The evenings will be led alternately by Kateřina Ledvinková and Katrin Köhler. We look forward to meeting you.

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It is my wish that during our time together we shall have the opportunity to discover movement from a personal perspective, find our way to ourselves, and dance from that very place.

We will awaken receptivity to what is happening in our movement. Through movement improvisations and simple exercises we will experience different physical invitations. We will be guided by the specific physical impulses that our bodies naturally develop in dance. Because physical "awareness" brings the essential kindness so necessary for free movement. Simplicity and clarity has the power to make each of us dance.*

For me, working in a closed group, its dynamics and intimacy, adds specific value to our unique somatic journey.

Kateřina

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With this class, I would like to offer a space in our usually very busy everyday life where we can just perceive ourselves and our own bodies.

Using movement and dance improvisations with music on the ground and in space, we will listen to our body and invite it to express what it is experiencing in the present moment.
We do not need to think about how we should move or how we look from outside.
In this process we will be supported by the guidance of various physical and inner themes. In this way, we may get deeper into contact with ourselves and our feelings and may learn to be more at home in our bodies.

Katrin

more information about Katrin Köhler here

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No previous movement experience is necessary for this somatic journey. We are going to meet for ten evenings, from 6:15pm to 7:45pm.
The evenings will be alternately led by one of the lecturers.

The dates are as follows:

25.9. /  9.10.-23.10. /  6.11.-20.11.

4.12. -18.12. / 8.1.-22.1. / 5.2.

• The price for 10 lessons of 90 minutes is 4 500 CZK

• Meetings are held on Wednesdays at studio Limpid Works

• Registration at info@jogakatrinkohler.cz

Are you in need of a sustainable practice that support your body-mind  connection?

Moving our body and silencing our mind in our busy lives is not always easy. Making room for the ups and downs of our lives and mindfully expanding our inner space to contain all the dynamics with compassion and acceptance is a skill we can learn to lead a more harmonious life that our human soul desire. 

Somatic dialogue is a body practice that allows us to gently explore and transform the way we relate to our body. It encourages us to explore possibilities of getting in contact with ourselves, connecting to our body wisdom and adopting an embodied approach to life where we can face the changes from a more earthy, joyful and playful place.

It helps us with the topics like: embodying the "letting go”, stress relief, self regulation and balancing our “doing/being” energies. 

During the sessions you are guided through simple movement improvisations accompanied with beautiful music to connect to your inner resources in your own pace and mindfully expand the perception of your body in physical, mental, emotional and sensational levels. 

Come to give yourself a moment to meet yourself again, regardless of the circumstances! It will not only move your body, but your heart…

Group classes - September/November (ENG/CZ)
Tuesdays from 19.00-20.30
Price: 2100 (7 sessions of 90 minutes)
Registration: barta.elif@gmail.com
+420 604 101 664

DATES:
17.9. - 24.9. - 1.10. -8.10. -15.10. - 29.10. - 5.11.