A great morning at Totnes Childrens Centre at Bumps & Babies. Supporting early movement development, and seeing the impact of taking a babies socks off has. Straight away it’s possible to see all the aliveness of a babies feet, as they flex and extend, wiggling and getting to grips with the floor. And then, […]
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Dads Slow Down
As I look forward to the first session of Rock and Roll Dads in 2016, here’s an update of the December session at Totnes Children’s Centre. In the big clear space, we had the chance to stretch out, take up some space, to move and to rest. With bare feet, we were able to […]
Rock & Roll Dads Coming Up
Planning for the next session on Saturday 5th December : 10.30am – 12noon at Totnes Childrens Centre. This will be the 3rd session we’ve had – it’s been great to adapt and develop how they run each month, responding to feedback and what’s needed. I’ll be sharing some key principles for the session that I’ve […]
Rock and Roll Dads – November
Well the wind howled, and the rain poured, but 11 Dads/Male Carers and their babies came along to the second Rock & Roll Dads at Totnes Children’s Centre. It was busy! And so amazing to see all these men and their babies together in one space. Very unusual in our culture, and very special to […]
Meeting the Therapy Team @discoverhannahs
Great to meet the Therapy Team today @discoverhannahs and give a presentation about Somatic Movement Therapy. It was a lunchtime CPD session for the team. I was able to share the key elements of my approach – working through movement and touch; exploring emotions and images; building relationship through dialogue, both verbal and non-verbal. I […]
‘Somatic Movement Work with Children’ Workshop at UCLAN
I ran a session for MA Dance & Somatic Well-being students at the weekend at UCLAN in Preston. I was invited to share my work as a practitioner working in the field. The experiential session focused on the Somatic Resources I use. Here’s a taster of some of what was […]
Rock & Roll Dads Gets Started
Had the first meeting of this group at the weekend. Thanks for all who came along. We had a big clear space in the family centre. Lots of room to roll and crawl. Some great discussions about what we notice babies doing, and information shared about the significance of movement and sensory play for babies […]
Newsletter September 2015
As we begin the new term, here is an update since my last newsletter. Details include my Movement Therapy work in Early Years Education, and Fostering & Adoption; a new group for Dads; work with adults and teaching further afield. Work with Babies & Children In July I ended my work as a Child Support […]
Rock & Roll Dads
Monthly movement play session for Dads/Grandads/male carers and babies. A chance to spend some time with your baby, move, roll and play together, and meet up with other Dads/Male Carers and their babies. The early months go so quick, and there is a huge amount of change happening for young babies. These informal sessions […]
Somatic Movement Gathering 2014
Bookings are now being taken for this years gathering in London – Nov 7th – 9th. I’m running a workshop, and leading an opportunity for men at the gathering to get together. Details can be found here: www.somatic-movement.org