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Morphic Embodiment is a collective healing arts practice that harnesses the group's collective memory, or morphic field, to explore and resolve images through movement as a means of healing. This practice employs a dramaturgy of image resolution, incorporating a slow improvisational movement score, generative sound, atmospheric lighting, and vocal expression to facilitate emotional release.
The process begins with a guided meditation to ground participants, followed by collective vocal toning to express emotions. Within an immersive landscape of light and sound, participants create an image through body arrangement that embodies a shared story. Participants engage in deep listening to their inner movements, which informs a slow outer movement leading to a collective release and healing.
Elements of Contact Improvisation and experimental score-making enrich these ritual-like movement explorations. Participants engage in haiku exercises, vocal toning, and sound recording to develop a generative soundscape. Trust-building activities such as touch and weight sharing, sit circles, lineage lines, facing lines, and three-minute eye contact exercises are integral to the process.
This practice draws inspiration from Family and Systemic Constellation Therapy, developed by Bert Hellinger and carried on by Peter Orban and Luisa Murh, who trained Cari Ann Shim Sham*. The ultimate goal is to foster awareness of self-care, mental health, empathy, and community through embodied practice.
The core question guiding this exploration is:
How can we use movement, improvisation, and the morphic field to create collective ritual, restoration, sacred space, and healing?
Facilitated by cari ann shim sham*
Informed by Family & Systemic Constellation Therapy
slow movement release
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