Continuum founder, Emilie Conrad wrote: “Each moment is fresh without history. This is where flexibility really is. “Exploring the freshness of each breath, each moment and each fluid interaction we can begin to inform our whole lives from the dwelling place of our embodied selves. This series is an invitation into fresh beginnings. During each class we explore a different aspect of our Embryonic Journey during the first 3 weeks of life.
Based in the Somatic Movement inquiry of Continuum, each class includes a 15 minute warm-up and 30 – 40 minute dive with music and poetry woven in.
What's Included:
Class 1: Embryogenesis Phase 1 | Opening the Midline
Class 2: Embryogenesis Phase 2 | Exploring the Developing Brain and the Cisterns
Class 3: Embryogenesis Phase 3 | Opening the Eyes and Renewing Vision
Class 4: Embryogenesis Phase 4 | Discovering the Skin as a Messenger of Wholeness
Class 5: The Liquid Heart | Opening Through Movement
COST:
$75 for 5 classes, or
Individual classes for $18 each
**Purchase includes 6-months access to the class recordings**
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About Beth
Beth Pettengill Riley, M.A., dancer, choreographer, yogi, & somatic educator arrived with a soul call: MOVE!
15 years of professional ballet training and performing later, she discovered modern with dance pioneer, Hanya Holm, while completing a BA in Literature at Colorado College. In 1981, she received her Masters in Education with a Dance Specialization from Stanford. Beth served on the faculty of Cabrillo College for 17 years where she taught all levels of dance, fitness, yoga and creative movement. Beth was a performing, teaching and administering member of Tandy Beal & Co, an internationally recognized modern dance company for over 10 years.
In 1975, Beth began a passionate exploration of Yoga: origins, theory and practice. After two years at the Iyengar Institute in San Francisco, CA, she went on to become a founding member of Mt. Madonna Center where she served on the staff for more than 10 years. Baba Hari Dass - the root teacher of the Mt. Madonna community - continues to inspire her life and her teaching. In 2001, Beth received the Good Times award for the “Best Yoga teacher in Santa Cruz” in its annual readership poll.
Continuum awakened a deeper calling in 1978 when she began studying with Emilie Conrad and Susan Harper. It was spiritual practice, creative art, psychotherapy and fitness regime all in one. She began apprenticing with Emilie in 1986 and for over 30 years has been leading classes and workshops locally and nationally. In 2001, she pioneered a graduate level course in Continuum at the newly formed Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, specializing in Somatic Psychology. Beth maintains a private practice in Santa Cruz, California assisting individuals in finding greater freedom 0f movement.
Beth passionately engages embodiment as a spiritual path. Her latest project, focusing on teens, “The Embodied Generation,” is re-imagining and inspiring true physical education in the 21st century.