From Tea to Improvisation

Over dit evenement

We drink tea
We share presence
We move from stillness
We share imagination
We play


This offering contains three parts:

🫖Tea Ceremony

A tea ceremony is an ancient tradition where we share a moment of presence, stillness and the pure joy of a good cup of tea. It can be ritual, a journey inwards, a passage way to connect with each other or an opening to new taste sensations.

Here we consciously slow down—we expand time, allowing the space to fully engage and indulge in the simple moment of drinking tea together.
Slowing down together allows our nervous system to calm down, our senses to open and allows us to tap into the more subtle parts of our being. A precious moment of sharing and connecting through stillness and presence, without the daily chatter.


🏵️Guided Somatic Movement

With opened senses and full of warm inspiration we will start to invite movement into our bodies. A somatic exploration: how can we move from stillness? What does stillness move like / sound like? How can we find ourselves in and get carried away by the power and beauty of imagination?

We begin to expand our communication, meeting each other in imagination, movement, and touch.


🌈Open Jam + Potluck

After the guided exploration we collectively move into an open jam. Inspired by the Contact Improvisation Jams, this is a place where we can just be, move, play, improvise, rest, connect or witness. A space where nothing has to happen and everything can, co-creative, dynamic and unique to those who are shaping it. Instruments are very welcome!
Depending on the group and the energy we will either have a collective closing with potluck or let the Jam and potluck continue to flow naturally.


🌳Practicalities

Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Vsfzh5LxJJyeSTLj8



Schedule:
11:15 - 11:30 Arriving
11:30 - 12:30 Tea ceremony in stillness
12:30 - 13:30 Guided Somatic exploration
13:30 - 14:30/open end Open Jam + Potluck


You can either join from the beginning for entire journey or for the Jam only. If you are intending to join from the beginning please sign up beforehand, as there are limited places. Please be on time so we can start collectively.


What to bring
- Comfortable clothing you can move in freely
- Food to share
- Water
- Instruments
- A good dose of curiosity
- swinming equipement

Location
Depending on the weather we will be taking this journey either outside right on the edge of the beautiful Nieuwe Meer or in a spacious and cozy studio in Amsterdam Sloten. I will post the exact location two days beforehand.


Contribution
Sliding Scale: € 25 -15
Jam only: Donation based (suggestion: €10)

We want to make this experience accessible for as many people as possible and at the same time this is our work we live from. Please pay honestly according to your financial possibilities.



Looking very much forward to sharing this special journey with you!

💚
Johannes and Daniel



🔶About the Facilitators


Daniel is a tea practitioner and meditation facilitator with a passion for creating spaces of presence, connection, and mindful exploration. Inspired by tea traditions, contemplative practices, and nature, he guides experiences that invite people to slow down and connect more deeply with themselves and others. @danielaknaev

Johannes is a musician, interdisciplinary performer, composer and facilitator. He creates spaces for (somatic) movement and improvisation that allow authentic connections with oneself and others to unfold. Imagination, care and vulnerability are essential languages in his art and teachings.

He integrates elements from the Feldenkrais Method, Body Mind Centering, Non-violent communication, Contact-Improvisation, Instant composition as well as from his personal healing journey and years of research through deep patterns and chronical illness.