Project

Questioning notions of “wellness” perpetuated in body work
practices such as yoga, mindfulness, massage and somatic
coaching, this body work practice explores an alternative.

A cheeky homage to mindfulness, with similar intensions, yet
requiring and evoking a completely different attitude. Like
mindfulness the goals are to establish a non-judgmental and open
attitude, be able to escape from the bustle in the head, break
patterns and reduce stress. It addresses topics such as dealing
with obstacles, living in the so called ‘here and now’, creating
the conditions and mind-set to let this happen, practicing trust
and confidence and dealing with thoughts and ways to communicate.

Where mindfulness accounts for patience, caution, modesty,
stillness and peacefulness, however, out-of-your-mindfulness is
playful, confronting, breaks through comfort zones, awakens
creativities and imaginations, prevents seriousness and invites
ridiculousness. Trainings combine movement practice with
philosophical inquiry around the topics “outside the mind, into
the body”, “being one being” (which celebrates the “shadow side”
of life), “exploring non-sense”, and “outside the skin (which
explores blurring boundaries between body and surroundings and
human and non-human). See www.outofyourmindfulness.com.