[CI-Announce] FW: Jamie McHugh playshops at Gay Spirit Camp, Easton Mountain, NY

Robin Gilmore rglimmer@mindspring.com
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 07:33:12 -0500


Hi,

Jamie is a friend and incredible teacher who has taught w/Anna Halprin for
years. 

Robin
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From: JamieRMT@aol.com
To: jamie@somaticxpress.com
Subject: Jamie McHugh playshops at Gay Spirit Camp, Easton Mountain, NY
Date: Wed, Apr 25, 2001, 9:33 PM


Dear Friends,
I am scheduled to teach two sound and movement playshops at the Gay Men's 
Spirit Camp at Easton Mountain Retreat Center, about 30 miles outside of 
Albany, the week before Labor Day. This is the first year of operation for 
this center, and we are trying to find all kinds of ways to publicize its 
presence. Please forward this announcement to any gay friends in the area
who 
might enjoy some time out in nature (175 acres worth!), connecting with
other 
gay men through sound and movement work. I would appreciate any referrals
you 
can send my way from the NYC/Boston area. Thank you!
With warmth,
Jamie

Jamie McHugh playshops at Gay Spirit Camp, Easton Mountain, NY
www.gayspiritcamp.com

Coming Out Vocally: Finding and Celebrating Our Song
August 24-26

"Express yourself completely, then keep quiet."  Tao te Ching
"Silence=3DDeath". ACT-UP

Our voice contains many possibilities and mysteries. Vocalization is simply=
 
the exhale made audible. It is the primary way we express ourselves in life=
.

For the most part, though, our voices remain  unexplored and under-utilized=
 
allies. In this playshop, we will use sound and movement integration to 
explore the world of inner somatic support and outer expressive sound. 
Specific practices derived from different Mystery Schools will open the 
doorway into individual and group improvised chant, rhythm and melody. 
Sounding, speaking, and singing will be used to identify our own unique 
"voiceprint", and how we can further articulate and elaborate this sonic 
identity. This playshop is designed for men who wish to find their voice,
and 
learn new techniques for relaxation, aliveness, and spontaneous expression.

Coming Home to Our Body: Movement as Medicine 
August 26-31

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees 
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
                                - Mary Oliver

Movement is not something we do, but something we are. It is the language o=
f

the body, from the pulsing of the fluid systems to the vibrations of the 
endocrine system. Our cultural conditioning predisposes us to living at a 
distance from our bodily home. Many movement forms and exercise regimes 
impose upon and dominate rather than collaborate with the natural 
intelligence of the body. Yet, this natural intelligence is readily accesse=
d

and expressed when we enter our inner landscape with curiosity, awareness, 
and respect. In this playshop, we will explore this landscape with the six 
elements of somatic movement experience=97breath, sound, touch, movement, 
posture and stillness. These elements are the basis of a bodily dialogue an=
d

collaboration with nature, generating more aliveness, ease, intuition, and 
spontaneity in movement expression. Movement is medicine not just for the 
body but for the soul as well, a practice of compassionate self-care which 
can bring us back home to ourselves. This playshop is for all men who wish
to 
live  more fully in their bodies, especially those living with HIV and othe=
r

chronic diseases. 

Jamie McHugh, RMT is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist, writer and 
performance artist, with 20 years of teaching experience. Jamie is adjunct 
faculty at John F Kennedy University and Tamalpa Institute in the Bay Area;
a 
guest teacher at Esalen and the Institute for Health and Healing; and an 
on-going consultant for the Swiss AIDS Federation. He is director of Somati=
c

Expressive Movement Arts trainings in Europe and the United States and is 
currently completing his first book, "Movement as Medicine: Restoring Our 
Original Grace".

Jamie's work, called Somatic Expressive Movement Arts, uses movement, 
meditation, expressive dance, applied anatomy, bodywork, breath/sound, and 
dialogue to help people discover more choices in expanded expression and 
fuller functioning.  This work has been informed by the Alexander Technique=
,

Body-Mind Centering, Continuum, Halprin Life/Art Process, Mindfullness 
Meditation, Process Oriented Psychology and Taoist practices. For more 
information, visit www.somaticxpress.com

To register, go to www.gayspiritcamp.com