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Somatic Workshops


  • PS1 Close House Dance Hall (2nd floor) 538 South Gilbert Street Iowa City, IA, 52240 United States (map)

Saturday, September 7th

1:00-5:30: Play your Way to Pleasure and Dance (this is broken down into two parts)

-1:00pm-3:00pm: Pleasure: Reclaiming Innocence through Play

-3:30pm-5:30pm: Intro to Ecstatic Dance

Sunday, September 8th

-11:00am-1:00pm: Permission to Pause: Recalling Your Embodied Yes

**workshop space only accessible via stairs.

$15 per workshop, with a $5 discount if you attend both Saturday workshops

Joan Gutierrez and Ashley Heffernen are somatic intimacy educators, artists, and friends who believe in the transformative potential of collective ritual, play, and pleasure. Recently, their paths converged during Sexological Bodywork training through the Pacific Center of Somatic Sexology. Through their work they intend to create containers that foster a new kind of intimacy and encourage somatic openings within their communities. They consider this not only the privilege of their service, but the desire that drives their inspiration. 

Earlier Event: September 6
Northside open gallery hours
Later Event: September 8
Watercolor Monotype Printing - full!