Body & Voice: Women's Coastal Landscape Explorations

# Body & Voice ## Women's Coastal Landscape Explorations #### _with Leela Fisk, Shashi Salma Darling & Kate Reed_ * * * Would you like to be supported with gentle attention as you experience the coastal landscape as a listening body? Do you feel called to join the creative hum of nature? Would you like to be part of a group of women exploring together - seeing one another generously, and sharing poetry and simplicity? This series is an invitation to gather with women and move in conversation with the coast. Together we will open to the land, to voice and to our senses, awakening our connection with the body, with each other and with nature. This is a women’s body-based space, held for those who have lived female-bodied experience. These sessions are open to those curious about - or already practising - movement and dance, creative expression, poetry, song and the pulsing vitality of earth, tide and sky. Body & Voice is a series of seven day-long workshops and one introductory morning. You are welcome to book individual sessions or join the full arc of the series. We meet in village halls / dance studios in morning sessions, and explore coastline in the afternoons. Each full day includes: morning studio practice, afternoon exploration on location. This is a Movement for Life community group project, supported by National Lottery Community Funding. _Photo credit: Adam Griffin_ * * * ## The Schedule **Monday 29 June 10:00am - 3:30pm** _Led by Leela_ Harberton Parish Hall AM, Thurlestone coastline PM * * * ## Investment Spaces are freely available due to National lottery funding. If you can donate towards our total running costs, please pay what you can - if at all - on the sliding scale. Drag the slider when you select the ticket to choose what you pay. Recommended donation: - Full day session: sliding scale £0- £80 - Full series pass: sliding scale £0- £400 Fully funded bursaries available for those in need - no questions asked (drag the slider to £0 when you select the ticket) **Travel bursaries:** We can refund parking costs for those in need. Applicable at Wembury, Buckfastleigh and Thurlestone. There is free parking at the other venues. We can compensate bus fares were applicable. To submit a travel reimbursement, send an email to hello@leelafisk.com and give any receipts to the facilitator. * * * ## The Venues **Harberton Parish Hall:** 5 Tristford Rd, Harberton, Totnes, TQ9 7SD There's a lift sharing [WhatsApp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/GspQvGBKOG52FmgOKgZwDQ?mode=gi_t ) to help people travel together. * * * ## The Team ### Leela Fisk Leela Fisk has been leading community dance projects locally since 2010, working in education since 1999. She has great trust in the company of the ocean, where she finds a conversation of movement, song, poetry and silence. As founder of the Devon School of Soul Motion and Movement for Life community group, she has trained community dance practitioners and leads ongoing local community dance groups. Her personal practice explores body in landscape, and how movement can reconnect us with our physical nature in an increasingly technological world. [www.leelafisk.com](http://www.leelafisk.com) [www.devonschoolsoulmotion.org](http://www.devonschoolsoulmotion.org) ### Shashi Salma Darling Shashi Salma Darling has developed ‘Wild Divine Dance,’ dance and meditation practices indoors and in nature over the past 28 years though practice as a dance movement psychotherapist, ecopsychologist, conscious dance facilitator, mindfulness and dharma teacher. [www.wilddivinedance.com](https://wilddivinedance.com/) ### Kate Reed Kate has a lifelong passion for connecting with aliveness through movement, nature, and creative expression. She brings her openness, her love of dance, movement, and the natural landscape into her work, alongside her training in drama and movement therapy, environmental arts therapy and embodied leadership. Her approach is influenced by Soul Motion and mindfulness. Through these practises she invites a space for people to connect with themselves, others and the living landscape. Kate will be assisting some of the sessions of the Body & Voice series. * * * #### Cancellation Policy We cannot offer refunds for this series but you are welcome to rollover to any future session. 
If you need to cancel your attendance then you are welcome to pass or sell your ticket to someone else. * * * #### Booking Terms & Conditions By booking a place on this session, you agree to the following: **1. Participation and Health** You confirm that you are able to take part in light to moderate physical activity, including walking on uneven and sometimes steep terrain. You are responsible for your own health, wellbeing, and any personal medication. You may share relevant health information with facilitators in advance if you wish, to support your participation or confirm suitability before booking. **2. Activity and Environment** Sessions take place in natural coastal environments and include walking, gentle movement, and exploration. You may encounter uneven terrain, cliffs, livestock (sheep, cows), ticks, insects, and other members of the public. Some areas may cross golf courses via public rights of way; the group will take care, but participants are asked to be aware. Sun, wind, and weather conditions vary; please bring clothing and sun protection suitable for the day. Limited toilet facilities are available; participants should be prepared for outdoor toileting (“wild wee”) when necessary. **3. Water Safety** If you choose to enter the water, this is solely at your own risk. Water activity is not part of the guided exploration, and facilitators will not supervise or provide guidance for this. **4. Facilitator Guidance** Facilitators provide guidance on safe exploration, group boundaries, and awareness of the environment. Participants are encouraged to move at a pace that feels comfortable. **5. Insurance and Liability** Facilitators carry public liability insurance for the guided activities. Participants accept responsibility for their own personal safety during any self-guided activities outside the guided exploration. By attending, participants acknowledge and accept the risks inherent in coastal environments. **6. What to Bring** _Essential:_ Comfortable clothing suitable for movement Socks for indoor movement in case of cool floors Warm layers Windproof/waterproof jacket Waterproof over trousers [e.g. these](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unisex-Waterproof-Over-Trousers-Overtrousers/dp/B0G26SZ1BH) (even if it's sunny/dry) Sturdy footwear (and/or water shoes if preferred) Backpack Packed lunch and sufficient water _Recommended:_ Sun protection (hat, sunscreen, sunglasses) Spare socks and small towel Flask with a hot drink _Health & Personal Care:_ Personal medication Tick awareness (tick remover if available) Lip balm / skin protection _Optional:_ Notebook or journal Lightweight sit mat or small blanket **7. Acknowledgement** By booking, you confirm that you have read and understood these terms, that you are voluntarily participating in the session, and that you are responsible for your own safety and wellbeing during both the guided and optional activities.