What the Place Carries – An Eco-Somatic Exploration of Place and Perception
How do we listen to a place in order to understand it? What/who is already here — in the earth, the air, the sounds, the light, the movements? And what do we carry within ourselves as we step into relationship with it?
Participation is free of charge thanks to support for Gylleboverket’s Transition Lab from #postkodstiftelsen, but pre-registration at [email protected] is required. We kindly ask that you only register if you genuinely intend to attend. Both experienced practitioners in somatic and movement work and complete beginners are warmly welcome.
In this eco-somatic lab, we explore the body as a vessel to pay attention and tune into our surroundings. Through observation, deep listening, sensory attunement, and shared conversation, we examine how the place moves within us and how we move within it. What happens when we slow down enough to notice what flows between the body and the environment? What can be felt, heard, and followed?
Together, we will explore various ways of grounding ourselves in our senses, opening up to a more attentive and embodied way of being in relationship with place and with one another. We work with simple practices where mindfulness, presence, and movement serve as tools to explore what is already unfolding around and within us.
Karolin is an artist, movement therapist, facilitator, process leader, and permaculture practitioner whose cross-disciplinary practice bridges movement-based art, somatic methods, and ecological engagement. Through slow, site-specific processes, she investigates the relationship between the body, place, and transition, with a special focus on eco-somatics, permaculture, and collective practices for sustainable change. Her work creates spaces where artistic exploration, cultivation, and collaborative learning converge to deepen relationships between humans, ecosystems, and more-than-human perspectives.
This workshop will be followed by an in-depth continuation on August 14–16.
