BODY IN FLOW
Movement Retreat | Bahia, Brazil
10 - 16 FEBRUARY 2025
The Retreat will take place in the Bamboo Temple from 10 - 16 February 2025, at Praia de Algodões, on the Maraú Peninsula, a place of pure magic and stunning beauty. The journey will be facilitated by Bruno Caverna & Marina Sekacheva. It is our aspiration to hold a space for inner exploration, a fertile ground upon which the participants will be gently guided to retrieve a sense of connectedness and wholeness within the self, through the bodies and nature.
THE INVITATION
Movement, breath, gravity and flow are the foundational elements and principles, which will be supported and delivered by the following practices: Play-Fight, Liquid-Body, Movement Research, Contemporary Dance, Contact-Improvisation, Martial and Healing arts, Somatics, Breathwork and Apnea.
20:00 - welcome opening circle
7:15 - 8:15 breath-ability
8:15 - 9:15 breakfast
9:30 - 12:30 morning movement session
12:30 - 16:00 lunch break
16:00 - 18:30 afternoon movement session
18:30 - 20:30 dinner break
20:30 - 22:30 Jams and other evening activities (optional)
8:15 - 9:15 breakfast
9:30 - 12:30 morning movement session
12:30 - 16:00 lunch break
16:00 - 18:30 afternoon movement session
18:30 - 20:30 dinner break
20:30 - 22:30 Jams and other evening activities (optional)
8:30 - 9:30 breakfast
From 9:30 - Goodbye !
From 9:30 - Goodbye !
10 FEBRUARY
ARRIVAL DAY
ARRIVAL DAY
11 - 15 FEBRUARY
daily practices
daily practices
16 FEBRUARY
departure day
departure day
SCHEDULE
We welcome on board movers and non-movers from all kinds of physical disciplines and backgrounds to enjoy a delightful self-knowledge journey through a body-mind-spirit practice that has the power to ignite healing processes by retrieving an important sense of wholeness and integrity of the self.
To whom
We are making a partnership with Casa Gaia, which is located 8m walking distance from the Bamboo Temple and less than one min to the access to the Algodoes Beach. Casa Gaia is spacious and offers several lodge options for those who would like to invest in having a more comforting stay and overall experience.
Mind that breakfast is the only meal included in the event's fee.
There are several eating options and we will be orienting and assisting as good as we can every participant in accordance with their individual needs and preferences.
* Casa Gaia has a big kitchen and those living there may cook their own food if they wish.
There are several eating options and we will be orienting and assisting as good as we can every participant in accordance with their individual needs and preferences.
* Casa Gaia has a big kitchen and those living there may cook their own food if they wish.
Meals
ACCOMMODATION
FEE
PRIVATE ROOM
CASA GAIA
CASA GAIA
5500 Reais - couple
INCLUDED
● 2 suites with 2 double bed with private toilet and shower
● Breakfast
● 6 days of activities
NOT INCLUDED
Transport to Bamboo Temple
Lunch and dinner
● 2 suites with 2 double bed with private toilet and shower
● Breakfast
● 6 days of activities
NOT INCLUDED
Transport to Bamboo Temple
Lunch and dinner
bedRoomS
CASA GAIA
CASA GAIA
2700 Reais per person
INCLUDED
● 2 shared bedrooms for 2 people
● 1 bedroom for one person
● Shared bathroom
● Breakfast
● 6 days of activities
NOT INCLUDED
● Transport to Bamboo Temple
● Lunch and dinner
● 2 shared bedrooms for 2 people
● 1 bedroom for one person
● Shared bathroom
● Breakfast
● 6 days of activities
NOT INCLUDED
● Transport to Bamboo Temple
● Lunch and dinner
Dormitory
Casa Gaia
Casa Gaia
2500 Reais per person
INCLUDED
● Open space - Max 4 people
● Shared bathroom
● Breakfast
● 6 days of activities
NOT INCLUDED
● Transport to Bamboo Temple
● Lunch and dinner
● Open space - Max 4 people
● Shared bathroom
● Breakfast
● 6 days of activities
NOT INCLUDED
● Transport to Bamboo Temple
● Lunch and dinner
Till 1 Sept - deposit fully refundable
- Till 1 Oct - 50% deposit refundable
- Till 1 Nov - Deposit non-refundable however 50% can be reused into other Play-Fight event with Bruno till August 2025
- After 2 Nov - non refundable however the ticket can be transferred to another participant only when arranged by the one cancelling
Cancelation policy
Bruno Caverna
Creator of Play-Fight and Liquid-Body practices as well as the founder of Formless Arts and GFP methodology
Since 1985 Bruno has been studying and integrating various body-mind practices such as Capoeira, Acrobatics, Contact-Improvisation, Contemporary Dance, Qi-Gong, Russian Systema Watsu, Freediving, Butyeko Method and Oxygen Advantage. Bruno has made his movement practices a "spiritual"path of self-knowledge and self-actualization, a way to connect to the essence of the being and to realize what human existence is about.
Marina Sekacheva
Dancer, choreographer and teacher in the field of Contemporary Dance and the Formless Arts movement philosophy
Since 2016 she has been a Play-Fight Practice Facilitator and teaching contemporary dance since 2010. Creator of the dance courses - "Dissolution" and "Paper Body". In 2017 she graduated from "Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University", the Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography in St. Petersburg. In recent years, her field of study has combined many different dance styles, martial arts, play-fight practice, liquid body practice and freediving.
FACILITATORS
Bruno Caverna
Bruno's first teaching experience was in 1995 as a facilitator of capoeira activities for the inmates of a psychiatric hospital. For a couple of years Bruno tried helplessly to follow an academic path through the studies of Psychology and Physiotherapy. However he grew skeptical upon noticing how the perspective and tendencies of his professional future was sneakily being shaped and imposed onto him.
In 2000 Bruno decided to take a radical decision and dropped out of his comfortable zone from a middle upper class in Rio de Janeiro to go wandering aimlessly alone in the Amazon rainforest. It was an important decision to consciously challenge the establishment at that time, not to conforme or succumb to the flow that society was trapping him into one very narrow life perspective. Such an action allowed Bruno to take the responsibility of his future and destiny back into his hands. Such an impulse led Bruno to leave everything he had behind, to merge into a huge dreadful unknown, facing his deepest fears. This amazonic experience profoundly transformed his perception towards life and death, work, purpose, relationships and even the meaning of love, fear and freedom.
Ever since the Amazon experience Bruno has become a wanderer sharing his visions, practices and philosophy all over the world in more than 35 countries. In these past 30 years Bruno has been committed to teach from a place of authentic, integrative and holistic cultivation, weaving and honoring nearly 40 years of knowledge accumulation he was gifted by coming across distinguished teachers and masters.
Alexander Solovev is one of those rare geniuses who has been directly transmitting to Bruno a concealed knowledge from ancient russian martial arts. The encounter with Alexander in 2016 had a major revolution on every level of Bruno's life and profession, particularly in the way of sharing the embodiment of a very unique falling principle.
Currently Bruno is undergoing a creative process in structuring his own methodology and pedagogy GFP (Gravitational Field Principle) with a clear purpose to bridge this unknown gravitational language to a broader audience. By seeing the effects of this principle applied into people's life beyond the classes contexts, Bruno has become convinced that GFP has the potential to become a deeply transformative tool, a powerful healing knowledge in the individual processes, inasmuch as all of us relate to gravity carrying inevitably the burden of functioning in its field 24/7.
In 2000 Bruno decided to take a radical decision and dropped out of his comfortable zone from a middle upper class in Rio de Janeiro to go wandering aimlessly alone in the Amazon rainforest. It was an important decision to consciously challenge the establishment at that time, not to conforme or succumb to the flow that society was trapping him into one very narrow life perspective. Such an action allowed Bruno to take the responsibility of his future and destiny back into his hands. Such an impulse led Bruno to leave everything he had behind, to merge into a huge dreadful unknown, facing his deepest fears. This amazonic experience profoundly transformed his perception towards life and death, work, purpose, relationships and even the meaning of love, fear and freedom.
Ever since the Amazon experience Bruno has become a wanderer sharing his visions, practices and philosophy all over the world in more than 35 countries. In these past 30 years Bruno has been committed to teach from a place of authentic, integrative and holistic cultivation, weaving and honoring nearly 40 years of knowledge accumulation he was gifted by coming across distinguished teachers and masters.
Alexander Solovev is one of those rare geniuses who has been directly transmitting to Bruno a concealed knowledge from ancient russian martial arts. The encounter with Alexander in 2016 had a major revolution on every level of Bruno's life and profession, particularly in the way of sharing the embodiment of a very unique falling principle.
Currently Bruno is undergoing a creative process in structuring his own methodology and pedagogy GFP (Gravitational Field Principle) with a clear purpose to bridge this unknown gravitational language to a broader audience. By seeing the effects of this principle applied into people's life beyond the classes contexts, Bruno has become convinced that GFP has the potential to become a deeply transformative tool, a powerful healing knowledge in the individual processes, inasmuch as all of us relate to gravity carrying inevitably the burden of functioning in its field 24/7.
Marina Sekacheva
From 1999 to 2012 she completed a full course of additional education at the Center for Choreographic Art in the city of Severodvinsk. In parallel with her studies, in 2010 she began her first steps in teaching.
In 2017 Marina graduated from "Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University", the Institute of Music, Theater and Choreographyin St. Petersburg. After graduation, she actively began traveling and studying outside of Russia, and in 2020 she went to live in Brazil.
During her dance experience, she studied various movement and dance practices, such as: contemporary dance, classical dance, basketball, gymnastics, jazz dance, folk dance, gaga, yoga, tap dance, waacking, high-heels, house, hip-hop, vogue.
Marina has worked with such choreographers and teachers as Laura Aris Alvarez, Rob Hayden, Dor Mamalia, Noa Zuk, Victoria P.Miranda, Natalia Vik, Francisco Cordova, Alexander Chelidze, Tatyana Tarabanova, Maura Morales, David Zambrano, Simon Thakur, Florent Hamon, Tomislav English, Pedro Reis and others.
In 2015 she met Bruno Caverna and, in parallel with dance, she began to explore the practices of Play-Fight and Liquid Body. This learning experience led her to become a Play-Fight facilitator in 2016 and she open the first Play-Fight Study Group in St. Petersburg. For several years she assisted Bruno at various festivals and camps around the world, including one of the largest dance festivals in Europe "Impulstanz" in Vienna. After some time, she has been appointed as a member of the Formless Arts (International cross-disciplinary hub) Team, where she develops and oversees photo and video projects, as well as graphic design and website creation.
From 2018 to 2019, she studied the Russian Martial Art "Systema" with a teacher from Siberia Alexander Solovev.
She is now based in Barcelona and is creating a new way of living in Europe.
In 2017 Marina graduated from "Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University", the Institute of Music, Theater and Choreographyin St. Petersburg. After graduation, she actively began traveling and studying outside of Russia, and in 2020 she went to live in Brazil.
During her dance experience, she studied various movement and dance practices, such as: contemporary dance, classical dance, basketball, gymnastics, jazz dance, folk dance, gaga, yoga, tap dance, waacking, high-heels, house, hip-hop, vogue.
Marina has worked with such choreographers and teachers as Laura Aris Alvarez, Rob Hayden, Dor Mamalia, Noa Zuk, Victoria P.Miranda, Natalia Vik, Francisco Cordova, Alexander Chelidze, Tatyana Tarabanova, Maura Morales, David Zambrano, Simon Thakur, Florent Hamon, Tomislav English, Pedro Reis and others.
In 2015 she met Bruno Caverna and, in parallel with dance, she began to explore the practices of Play-Fight and Liquid Body. This learning experience led her to become a Play-Fight facilitator in 2016 and she open the first Play-Fight Study Group in St. Petersburg. For several years she assisted Bruno at various festivals and camps around the world, including one of the largest dance festivals in Europe "Impulstanz" in Vienna. After some time, she has been appointed as a member of the Formless Arts (International cross-disciplinary hub) Team, where she develops and oversees photo and video projects, as well as graphic design and website creation.
From 2018 to 2019, she studied the Russian Martial Art "Systema" with a teacher from Siberia Alexander Solovev.
She is now based in Barcelona and is creating a new way of living in Europe.
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