Somatic Movement Gathering
Receptive Convergence!
Connect | Restore | Revive
6th - 8th June 2025, Hebden Bridge
The weekend will bring together movement, dance, the creative and healing arts, along with somatic practitioners and participants from outside of our region.
The theme of the first gathering is 'receptive convergence' coming together, with an open receptivity- to feel the connection of a larger community, with the potency of engaging in an all encompassing, multi modality practice, for increased resilience, holistic health and wellbeing.
This event weaves together the old and the new, within the interdisciplinary field of somatic movement practice, aligning body and sensory awareness with intentional movement, and creating fertile ground for rich and integrative experiences.
Through the receptive state of being open, paying attention and tuning in to lived experience, these different practices meet and interact, enriching and informing each other to create new ways of moving, thinking, relating and being..
For more information about the planned programme please read below or download our event flyer. If you have further questions or wish to make a booking please contact me.
Somatic Movement Gathering - Receptive Convergence!
Connect | Restore | Revive
Dates: 6th - 8th June 2025
Friday
Workshop: 'Play Medicine' with Penny Collinson and Tim Lamford
The Birchcliffe Center - 5pm - 8pm
Social: Party, Food & Social
The Birchcliffe Center: Saturday 8pm - 9:30pm.
Saturday
Workshop: Unwinding the Heart: Moving with Fascial Awareness with Nicola Herd
The Birchcliffe Center: Saturday 10am - 1pm.
Workshop: Transforming Toxic Logic with Mo Brown
The Birchcliffe Center: Saturday 2:30pm - 5:30pm.
Performance: Back to Earth - sacred arts medicine with somatic dance artists Sara Carter, storyteller John Hyness, musicians from FT4 and more
The Birchcliffe Center: Saturday 7:30pm - 9pm.
Sunday
Workshop: The Body as a Portal with Sara Carter
Stubb Pond Nature Conservation: Sunday 10am - 1pm.
Closing Circle: With Sara Carter
Stubb Pond Nature Conservation: Sunday 2pm - 3pm..
Fee:
Whole Weekend: £100 - £140
Individual Workshops: £25 - £35
Social Events: £10
Location(s):
Birchcliffe Centre, Birchcliffe Rd, Hebden Bridge HX7 8DB
Stubb Pond Nature Conservation, Hebden Bridge HX7 8NX
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Workshop offerings at this event will support the following opportunities:
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A space to connect deeply to your body self and discover creative expression, the potential for play and intuitive insight.
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A chance to explore your own body wisdom and somatic body intelligence
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An exploration of the balance between somatic listening (receptivity) and active engagement in movement, where different disciplines influence each other and lead to new pathways of body awareness and expression.
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The blending of dif erent sensory modalities (touch, sight, sound, proprioception, and kinesthetic sense) to deepen the understanding of movement and its emotional and psychological underpinnings.
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A combination of expressive creative arts disciplines and embodied processes to support conscious embodiment in practice, performance and everyday life.
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An ongoing dialogue between the various wisdom of body practices and the evolving discoveries in movement science, self and co-regulation, and restorative practice, facilitating a deeper, more holistic understanding of our nature, how life moves and how that movement informs our experience of the world both physically, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually.
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A space to connect and share with others, a sense of belonging.
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Strengthening one's capacity to listen to how the body feels and responds, often through deep listening practices, and connecting with the subtle sensations that arise from movement.
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Explore the integration or coming together of different elements—body, movement, psyche, consciousness and the imaginal realms, with creative arts for transformation and collective healing.
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Explore how the body- mind, and emotions can work in harmony, allowing for a holistic experience of movement, inner authority, and authentic expression
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Biographies​
Tim Lamford
Tim is a dancer, choreographer and teacher with over fifty years’ experience in movement arts, specialising in the teaching of dance skills, and creativity through somatic awareness. He trained at the London Contemporary Dance School, studying contemporary techniques, contact improvisation, release work, choreography, Pilates and Tai chi Chuan. Amongst working at many other institutions and organisations, Tim was a lecturer on the MA Dance & Somatic Wellbeing programme at UClan for eleven years where he taught research through the lenses of embodiment and creativity. He is particularly interested in Jungian and Post-Jungian perspectives on unity of body mind spirit.
Penny Collinson - www.pennycollinson.com
Penny is a movement artist and registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist in private therapeutic, community and educational settings. Penny also works extensively with professional movement practitioners, therapists and teachers as a collaborator, mentor, consultant and supervisor, and has recently co-created the Community Interest Company, Shoreline Health in Motion, CIC, which will collaboratively create dance for health initiatives in and around Morecambe Bay. Penny has studied with Linda Hartley (IBMT), and Miranda Tufnell for over 20 years.
Her publications on the application of somatic practice in health and wellbeing contexts can be found at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2869-7132
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Sara Carter - www.saracarterdance.co.uk
Sara is a somatic dance artist and a registered somatic movement educator and therapist. She has completed a degree in Dance and Masters of the Arts in Dance and Somatic Wellbeing, acknowledging that dance has always 'saved' her and is her greatest passion along with nature.
She also works as a Spiritual Roots Guide, drawing from her background in Shamanic Practices, Energy Medicine, and Reiki Mastery. Guided by lifelong experiences of communication with Earth beings and the Ancestral realms, she weaves these insights with her somatic practice to teach Embodied Spirituality.
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Mo Brown - www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/mo-brown-iaivsaa0
Mo is a somatic- psychoanalytic psychotherapist, drama facilitator for wellbeing and mindfulness practitioner- registered UKCP ISMETA BAMBA.
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Nicola Herd - www.artfulbody.co.uk
Nicola is a movement artist and registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist (ISMETA), Conscious Connected Breathwork Facilitator and Myofascial Energetic Release Bodyworker. Drawing on over 20 years of experience—including two decades teaching in Performing Arts in higher education—she now facilitates somatic and creative processes that support embodied healing, expression, and transformation. She also mentors, therapists, and educators, contributing to professional development and training in the field. At the heart of her approach is a passion for engaging the imagination, the body, and the natural world in dialogue—giving voice to the unseen, suppressed, or forgotten parts of ourselves, and inviting a deeper re-connection with the mystery and flow of life..
