The Creative Body
(Re)connect with your body and explore a creative way to start and stay in movement!
There is a way of moving that comes from pressure, control and overthinking. And there is a way of moving that comes from curiosity, expression and trust. Maybe you have only known the first. The Creative Body exists for the second! I invite you to (re)connect with your body not as something to fix, but as a source of creativity, joy and expression!
Doors are open!
The Idea
The Creative Body is a space where your creative movement practice can develop through clarity, playfulness and expression. Instead of focusing on pressure, performance and getting it right, you will learn to cultivate a practice and build a relationship with your body that feels real and sustainable.
Why I started The Creative Body
For a long time, my relationship with dance was not what it looked like from the outside.
I had been dancing and teaching for over 20 years. I was researching dance and even being paid to write a PhD on a dance related topic.
And still, something didn’t feel right.
My movement was filled with insecurity and fear, just like the way I saw myself. I knew how to follow choreography, but I didn’t know how to trust my own body.
Looking back, there was little space for my expression. For my history, my pains, my contradictions. Little space for creativity to arise.
My practice didn’t feel like a practice because it depended too much on other people’s input and ideas of what dance should be.
Until I reached a point where I almost stopped dancing completely.
What changed everything was not learning more choreography or taking more classes but discovering that movement could be generous.
That movement could include everything: my energy (or lack of it), my emotions, my pain, my curiosity, my history as a Brazilian living in Berlin.
I stepped into a more open way of learning movement, and this expanded my map: of my body, and of how I see myself. I began to move with more clarity, combining structure and playfulness, building a practice that supports my life every day. This obviously justed change my movement, but it mostly changed my relationship to myself, to the world, and to how I want to move in 20, 30 years.
What you get
🎥 2 brand new live classes every week (participate live or watch later on your own time) 📚 The Creative Body Online Library with classes in dance, creativity and movement. 💻 Full access to our Community on Circle with likeminded creative members 💬 WhatsApp with accountability, check-ins and feedback to keep you inspired all year long
Schedule and replays
📅 We meet live on ZOOM usually Wednesday and Friday for 45-60 minutes. The schedule shifts now and them to adapt different time zones. Mostly we practice either at 7:00, 9:00 or 12:00 (CET). 📅 Even if you can't join live, you have access to our whole library of videos!
Your Investment
🎯 For you to notice a shift in yourself, the minimum commitment is 6 months. After that you can renew your subscription monthly, every 6 months or yearly.
What my students are saying
You run the risk to wanting to join after reading the feedback!
After practicing with Mariana for about two months, I find joy in moving every day, feeling more comfortable in getting up, getting down, my balance has improved and I am curious which challenge comes next.
- Gisela
October's practice was all about balance. As a movement coach I thought I was familiar with the exercises. But Mariana proved me wrong. She approached "balance" in such a creative and innovative way. That allowed me to practice with a beginner's mind and it expanded my horizon a lot.
- Kathrin S.
Although it's just been a month that we are "pausing" together, I can already feel quite a difference. I'm more relaxed in my body and my mind feels a lot calmer after the moving sessions. It's like a dump for all the stuff that's already accumulated in the day. I really love it <3
- Kathrin S.
This space is like a moment to feel limits as well as our joyful creative part so we feel more safe within ourselves and more focus! The way that the class are done : different thematic worked every months helps me to give it all and being sad when it finishes and excited for the next part! The energy shared inside the group is great too! Mariana showed me how to be in my body again, her online workshop is my positive anchor during my week.
- Nina
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