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Last month we met in residency for the hOme project, and began the VESSEL mentorship program. It has been a month of diving into memory and definition, embryology, fascial anatomy and group process. In the residency, we danced together, sang together, ate and slept together: inquiring about home and sharing

Falling Into Spring

While in Brazil, I had the great pleasure of going to several different ‘cachoeiras‘ (waterfalls). One was on a steep rock, with pools that caught the falling water. I played and danced in those pools and on that cascading rock, as the water fell all around. I felt like a

Early Bird Registration Open: BAASE 2026!

Registration is live for BAASE 2026! Early Bird Pricing is available through April 7th. Register at: www.bookwhen.com/baase/ 💡 SAVE THE DATE: This year BAASE will be held at The Finnish Hall in Berkeley from June 23-28 Register here! BAASE - Nuria Latifa BowartNuria is a professional movement artist,

Game of Life

I was recently playing chess, and was reminded of just how much a perspective can shift when the angle of orientation changes. In other words, the perspective available to us is limited by our location and when we change our orientation, the same “thing” can become something different. This shifting

New Year 2026

As we head into this New Year, I want to share a glimpse at my year ahead: where I will be teaching, working, and attending events. Information & Links for 2026 Events! If I am going to be in a city near you and you are interested in a workshop,

End Of 2025

As the shortest day moves through and we begin our arrival to the other side of the light, I find myself observing time through the lens of a one hour standing practice. I notice how time is conditional. As my awareness shifts, so does my experience of time.  When I

November

We have entered into the time when many are celebrating the holidays. The word "holy" comes from the Old English "hālig," meaning "whole," "uninjured," or "healthy." What if we had the awareness of all that makes us able to experience

October-November Offerings

October Bay Area Bodywork Availability I am back in the Bay Area October 12th - 20th and offering Bodywork & Private Sessions. View my openings and book here! Bay Area Bodywork Availability Upcoming Teaching Offerings November 1st & 2nd: Workshops at WildHeart Center for Performance and Embodiment Practice WILDHEART: Registration

Applications for VESSEL 2026 are Open Oct 1!

Dear Friends and Students, I'm excited to announce the second year of VESSEL, a small-group mentorship program grounded in the Axis Syllabus©. This program is designed especially for movement and healing arts practitioners who wish to deepen their teaching practice. VESSEL will run from March - May 2026.

Transitions

This year has been full of transitions. Since deciding to no longer work at the Field Center, I have been focusing more intently on teaching and mentoring, art making, and family. The choice to move toward love in a time of turmoil has been a necessity for health and survival.

The Power of Play

A lot of what I do is to encourage adults to engage in their innate skill of play. Too often, our playful selves get shuffled under our need to be professional, or to be acceptable, or to simply be safe. Despite the fact that we as humans are known to

Growth || Summer Offerings

I was helping my son clean out his house and I found a bag of potatoes, bursting with life, reaching out and up into the sky with the energy sourced from the material below. This material is what we cultivate. It is what we are given and what we do

Are we the Champions?

A few hundred years after the first colonizers arrived to this land, most of the old trees that once lived here, are no longer alive. There are a few remaining however. They are called "champion trees". The Pacific northwest is a home for such beings, as well as

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BAASE Early Bird Registration!

Registration is open now for BAASE 2025! BAASE returns to the Bay Area, June 24-29, 2025. Registration information and link to purchase an Early Bird All-Access Full Event Ticket can be found here. I invite you to register now and take advantage of the discount offered through early registration through

En Route

It is February. I find myself surrounded by more loss and more change. The death of a dear friend to suicide and a Capoeira mentor to cancer has brought me to my knees, in inquiry and prayer. Pertinent questions arise: How can I face the magnitude of the loss without

Happy New Year!

This new moon, new year, is a beautiful time for beginnings. As the year 2025 begins, I am thinking only about endings. Is it the end of American democracy? The end of peace? The end of my mothers life and my dearest friendship? I do not have confidence that everything

A Blink

Another year has passed in the blink of an eye. It is the winter solstice. Just as we dive into the heart of winter, by some generosity of design, we will simultaneously begin to see and feel more daylight. Perhaps this pattern is something we can identify in life: a

Thank You!

This month I have had an exceptional time teaching and learning from so many people. The Nomadic College at Earthdance was a tremendous joy to participate in. I had the opportunity to present a body of work around Fascial Intelligence that I have been stewing on for many months now.

Bay Area Bodywork Offerings

I will be returning to the Bay Area October 16-23rd. I will be a part of hosting the annual BCC capoeira event and Batizado at the Casa de Cultura in Berkeley. This event is special to me, and I hope I will see some of you there. Also… I have

Falling Out of Summer

I recently was blessed to watch a blue heron fishing in the coral blue light of a glacial lake sunrise. Most of the 'action' was waiting. I watched the bird as she transitioned her positions dramatically, all at a pace barely perceptible. Readying and then waiting, slowly transitioning

Summer updates

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Bay Area Axis Syllabus Exchange at the end of June. I loved being, teaching, and dancing together with you. I learn so much from watching the beauty in the way we move through space together. Our community showcase was a blast. Thanks

Moving Underwater

Grief is a river with a force that you cannot control. You can try to clamber out and get pummeled against the rocks, or surrender and let it take you into the unknown depths of loss. Traveling through time in all directions without a compass. With pain as the sun

The constant of change

Time is passing and with it, so do I, pass through and into something else, someone else, somewhere else. On April 9th my mother died. The miracle of death was revealed to me. This great exhale, the letting go and falling apart that comes with grief. The cosmic coordinations that

BAASE registration is live, and a last call for Modes of Modulation

It is time to plan the garden. The weather is warm, then cold. Rainy then snowy, then sunny. I have been pruning all of the fruit trees. A strangely aggressive yet collaborative act. The tulips are emerging, the garlic is growing and I am about to plant my first starts

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Modes of Modulation and BAASE 2024

I have just returned to the Field Center from Brazil, where I had a strong experience teaching in Serra Grande. It was my first time teaching in Portuguese. I worked with concepts revolving around tensegrity and the role of fascia in communication and support. These workshops were powerful and they