COCRÉA FOUNDATIONS TRAINING

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you desire for a greater sense of connection in your dances?

 

Are you ready to step into a greater sense of embodied service to humanity’s awakening to higher consciousness?

Do you feel like there is an underlying piece missing from your dances? An animation that transcends technique and form?

Do you want tools for reliably feeling connected in your dance and in your life that you can readily and easily share with others?

Using techniques from social partner dance as our common language, our intention is to explore form and craft containers with such great integrity, that our ability to request and receive consent and play from our heart, body and spirit emanates in our every movement and action.

 

Believing in life as a dance, Cocréa is a continually evolving holistic movement modality intended to bring individuals into strong, empowered, expressive relationships with their bodies and their communities.

 

At its core Cocréa is a somatic methodology for recognizing patterns and adapting them for a more regenerative, nurturing and harmonious world. We build resilience to change by offering new ideas, saying yes (or no) to invitations, and holding an attitude of curiosity and interest while diving into new experiences.

This training is a foundational deep-dive into the core principles and practices of Cocréa.

Participants in this training will gain a deep understanding of what Cocrea is and how it works.

 

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In this training we will cover:

Fundamental partner dance technique

Understanding Attunement and the Six Realms of Connection

Processing change: The Invitation Circle

Exploration of posture and its effect on partner dance

Group discussions of foundational Cocréa concepts

Intimacy Building in social networks

Musicality and its effect on dance connection

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Unlike our retreats, this four-day training is designed for a more intensive schedule of workshops and forums with less free time built in.

This training is a pre-requisite for anyone considering our Facilitator Training.

This is an excellent training for anyone seeking to work diligently to improve their connection skills through partner dance. You do not need to be an experienced partner dancer to get something out of this training. This is for anyone who desires to utilize concepts and techniques from the partner dance to increase their connection skills both on and off the dance floor.

This training is right for you if you want access to better connection with more dancers on the social dance floor, and especially so if you aspire to teach connection through partner dance some day!
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Venue: Casa Antorcha

Casa Antorcha is a space created with love to come and connect with life. Their small intimate space is ideally suited for our deep work of embodying and commiting these practices to our body’s memories.

Training Ground

For the truly immersive experience, we will bunk up and have the chance to integrate our workshop material with our friends. There are two queen beds available if you want your own space.

We have 10 spaces on site for those visiting from far away or who want the more immersive, community experiences. We also have 10 spaces for those who live nearby and want to communte to and from the house each day.
Lunch will be provided for off site participants.

Food

The Antorcha Chef prepares sumptuous vegetarian cuisine using organic, fresh, local produce whenever possible. Wheat- and dairy-free diets are accommodated. Please provide any dietary restrictions you have at registration!

Why Partner Dance?

Dancing in intentional connection with others offers a wealth of benefits. It has been shown time and again how necessary it is for us humans to engage in healthy, physical contact with one another. We hold this truth at our core and endeavor to offer spaces for this need to be met in a good way. Building upon this foundational aspect of our humanity, Cocréa opens doorways to finding versatility and ease as we move through life.

Improve Communication

  • Improve awareness and sensitivity to emotional and physiological states of other people.
  • Practice listening to verbal and nonverbal cues.
  • Calm the mind to increase presence and attentiveness to another person’s sharing.
  • Increase emotional intelligence.

Embody Consent

  • Practice asking for and giving your full embodied No and enthusiastic Yes.
  • Honoring and respecting boundaries.
  • Interpreting and understanding body language.

Build Confidence

  • Practice taking risks and trying new things in a supportive environment.
    Become more comfortable with spontaneously expressing yourself through movement.
    Enjoy the experience of feeling grounded in a powerful, fluid body and calm, curious mind.

Practice Community

  • Add variety and fun to your week through playful interaction with likeminded people.
  • Gain skills you can teach to existing dance partners.
  • Experience a sense of belonging within the larger Cocréa and Fusion communities.
  • Connect online with national and international Cocréa community.
  • Have fun and laugh with new friends.

Expand Creativity

  • Open new neural pathways of self-expression through exploration of dance form and a diversity of music.
  • Strengthen and integrate all the parts of your body to support that expression.
  • Release self-limiting beliefs that hold you back from being fully expressed.
  • Develop trust in the phenomenon of emergence and learn to be guided by the moment.

Enhance Somatic Awareness

  • Discover movement of your body as a living wisdom within you.
  • Develop stronger body awareness for more graceful movement.
  • Master spatial awareness for greater ease of movement in daily life.
  • Find flow as you move through your world.

Ready to Shift Your Paradigm?

 

Please choose the option at left that most accurately reflects your financial situation. We expect you will use honor in this decision and know what the right price is for you.

We are doing our best to make this event affordable for Ticos and other local people. If you have financial challenges and want to attend, please reach out to us.
 
COVID POLICY
We are requiring every participant to provide a negative COVID test taken at least 72 hours before start of program in order to participate.