In this class, after an embodied warm-up, students will reflect upon their previous class facilitation and leadership, and look at how their facilitated activities engaged somatic movement processes effectively or not to meet a developmental need.
We will then review how expressive movement helps to meet the needs of adults, and integrate theory about movement’s effects on the adult body and psyche, from neuro-biology, psychology, and anthropology.
We will learn from the anthropologist Judith Lynne Hanna and others working in diverse fields as to how and why somatic movement and dance makes a difference in adult wellness.
We will also review and integrate our EMF process with this knowledge in hand in group discussion. We will also take time for questions and further integration of EMF for adult classes as a whole, and complete this course with a movement-based closure ritual appropriate for use with adults.
Asynchronous Assignments (2 hours total):
Assignment 1 (30 minutes):
Journaling or Audio Tape
What stands out in these EMF for adults classes as something you might like to engage with adult movers and why? (Think of your own students/participants/clients).
What is a question still on your mind to continue to explore with regard to facilitating for adults?
Assignment 2 (1.5hours):
Part I: Engage in a half hour of movement play with an adult whom you already know fairly well, with you in the role of facilitator of the play (and you might draw from any of the somatic movement and dance experiences you enjoyed in this course so far).
Part II: Then you will ask that adult about their experience of moving with you and what felt nourishing for them and why? Notice if there was an adult developmental need being met?
Part III: Journal for 30 minutes about your experience and include that person’s feedback. Upload into LearnDash.
