Shadow
Moving Light
meditation + somatic awareness + movement class
Our bodies want us to move them! When we move our bodies under light, there is a shadow in our reflection.
Shadows are the result of our bodies receiving and moving through light. Shadows are portals where we can directly see, interpret, and move our expression. We can even imagine our shadow and find parts of ourselves within its projection.
In this class, through Bioenergetic exercises, focused breathing, and movement practices, you can move your body with intention, liberate expression, release stress, and have fun along the way.
SHADOW MOVING LIGHT CLASS will be held on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23rd from 6 - 7:30 PDT, $28
Class is for EVERYBODY. No previous experience is necessary.
The essentials are curiosity, willingness to move your body, & a desire to learn about yourself in the process.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me at alyciascott@gmail.com.
It all started when…
I found myself moving my arms as if cleansing space behind me and in front of me. I continued, and suddenly found an energetic presence I can best describe as my young self. I held this presence in my arms, rocked, cried, and realized there was a part of me hiding in my inner shadows that needed to be seen, loved, and held. Afterwards, it felt as though I had cleansed a fog that led me to see and feel myself within a renewed inner honesty and trust. I embraced the realization that shadows are portals within and outside of ourselves.
I have since shared this practice in classes and began to build from this experience to offer practices rooted in Bioenergetics, meditation, and intentional movement to embrace, play, and express from the parts of ourselves we may not often give presence. Darkness is framed and moved by light. Shadows are portals for interconnecting with profound truths and our wildest imaginations!
“There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.” - Isabel Allende
Led by Alycia Scott Zollinger
Alycia Scott Zollinger is a somatic healing facilitator and educator dedicated to liberating embodied knowledge, pleasure, and cellular consciousness with creative agency and intuitive empowerment. She is a graduate of the Seattle School of Body Psychotherapy, a registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA), and a Practitioner Member of the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy. She is also an International Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor, and a Movement Integration specialist with a Masters of Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since 1999, she has taught somatic healing modalities, movement rituals and cathartic practices. She continually trains and collaborates with mental health professionals, somatic educators, and creative souls.
“I don’t think I could find someone more skillful in teaching these exercises - it requires vulnerability, humility, and personal expression to teach an unusual moving art / type of mindfulness. I have a VERY sensitive disposition - HSP is the Wikipedia version of my internal sensitivity. That said, I experienced the expressive portions of this class as an exercise in mindfulness that brought a distinctly different inner experience and feeling that I do not achieve in Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong or seated meditation.”
“It’s very interesting. Alycia, you really share your knowledge with passion and love. I felt a bit unsure at the beginning, but as more moves and sounds came out of my body, and my system, little by little, let go, I gave myself entirely to the moment, to the movements and sounds. It really felt good. Leaving, I was filled with calming energy and totally relaxed. Have to let you know that I had the BEST VERY BEAUTIFUL BLESSED sleeping night in a long time (amazing 7+ hrs.) that evening... So, it is fantastic.”
“I’ve never really expressed myself through my body like this. Emotionally, it was really quite odd and uncomfortable at first. But still it was an exciting and new experience. I loved it. I love being pushed outside my comfort zone into a whole new world of possibilities and that’s really what it was; an entire world of possibilities. The possibilities of the body are endless. The principles I have learned so far in this class have been enormously helpful. I’ve loved every minute of it. It’s so cool to explore our bodies in such a way that is immensely helpful and constructive at the same time. I’ve noticed that I have become more upright and carry myself in a different way than before. I’m an entirely different person now and I like it that way.”
“Most of the shadows in this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
