The Moving Stillness Lab: Experiments in Meditation and Contact Improvisation With Amma Thanasanti and Nick Smith
What happens when meditation meets movement? When stillness learns to dance?
Through mindfulness, loving-kindness and focused attention, meditation teaches us to know what is, as it is. Through improvisation, touch and listening, Contact Improvisation reveals how structure can emerge spontaneously from presence.
This is a lab—a space for experimentation without predetermined outcomes. Together, we’ll explore what emerges when these practices meet.
Bring questions. Bring ideas. Bring presence. Let’s discover how meditation begins to dance.
Location: The Berkeley Alembic, 2820 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA
Price: Sliding scale of $5 – $85. Please pay what is affordable, supportive, and meaningful to you.
Time: Mondays, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Pacific, ongoing until December 1st.
Registration: Please use the Alembic’s registration system at https://www.berkeleyalembic.org/events – filter the calendar by searching for Nick to see all dates.
