Touch - A Guided Ritual with Anna Natt
We are experiencing a moment in which many of us are not able to interact with others in the ways that normally make us feel connected. Many of us are feeling an acute lack of giving and receiving touch. However, we are also in a unique time in which we are experimenting with and discovering new ways of connection.
In this guided ritual, we will awaken our sense of touch and allow it to expand, perceive our bodies, our senses and the objects around us as instruments of touch that can guide us into a feeling of connectedness. This ritual is not about touching any particular part of the body or connecting to our orgasmic self, although that is certainly welcome.
You are invited to take these two hours to forget about being productive or bettering yourself. Let yourself enter into a state of awareness and celebrate the abundance of pleasure in and around us and know that is enough.
What to know:
This class a hands-on workshop that you can do alone or with a partner/partners.
Anna Natt’s multimedia work explores the intersection of dance, performance and visual arts and has been shown internationally in theaters as well as galleries and alternative spaces. She was trained in traditional flamenco dance in Seville, Spain from 2000-2005 before moving to Berlin, where she is currently based. Although originally trained as a flamenco dancer, she draws inspiration from various somatic and contemporary practices, seeking to define and explore the aspects that characterize the flamenco body and the qualities of this movement in order to abstract them, simultaneously abstracting her own body. Using this method, she attempts to cultivate a deeper understanding of the body and its nuances. A connection to trance and dream states is also a central theme in her work. She was raised a charismatic Christian, a branch of evangelical Christianity that uses techniques such as speaking in tongues and receiving visions. Early contact to such mystical practices led her to experiment with several techniques that have brought me to the same states through secular channels such as Vipassana and Osho Dynamic Meditation, Holotropic breathing and experimental body work. This type of work has culled an interest in metamorphosis and transformation, communication with an audience on a visceral level and the dialectics of intimacy and how this hidden undercurrent manifests itself in everyday life. These experiences have been a source of inspiration for her artistic work.
