Howard Sonenklar (USA) has been exploring movement for as long as he can remember. His lifelong passion led him to contemporary dance and Contact Improvisation, opening a path of discovery into the many ways we can listen, understand, and connect with the body. Over the past four decades, his journey has taken him around the world and into a rich exploration of Body-Mind Centering®, Craniosacral Therapy (Institute Upledger), Fascia Therapy (Method Danis Bois), and the work of Gabor Maté, including Compassionate Inquiry®. An experienced international teacher, Howard has shared his work in diverse settings, including universities in Portugal, the Netherlands, and France. In this work, he invites us to slow down, become curious, and explore movement and bodily awareness in an open and supportive space.

Constança Morais (PT) is a somatic therapist, Life-Dance teacher and founder of Release — Embodied Arts Association. She is moved by a deep faith in life’s intelligence and awe for how it operates through our individual and collective body-minds. In her journey, the maps created by incredible pioneers such as Gabrielle Roth (5Rhythms), Joanna Macy (The Work that Reconnects), Anna Halprin (Life/Art Process) and Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) took her far and deep and opened many inner doors, as did her Vipassana practice and her studies at Tamalpa Institute and Associação Brasileira do Trauma. The learnings from relating with amazing human beings in communities around yoga, authentic movement, contact improvisation and conscious dance were also as important. In the heart of her work she likes to nurture freedom, community… and hope.