Moving Between Worlds: BODYSTORIES NOW
Date: September 20-21, 2025
Location: Ex-Abbazia dei Celestini, Novi Velia (SA)
With: Caryn McHose, Andrea Olsen, and guests
Book: To reserve your place please contact us here
A one or two-day retreat in the heart of the Vallo del Cilento and Diano National Park (Italy), hosted by Mobius Atelier at the Ex-Abbazia dei Celestini, Novi Velia (SA) in collaboration with Body and Earth International.
Andrea and Caryn once again come together to share their deeply embodied practice and wisdom in eco-somatics. Recognizing that body is intricately interconnected with our global environment, daily practices will explore Experiential Anatomy, Evolutionary Movement, Authentic Movement, and Embodied Writing as ongoing resources for creative living and forming.
Local produce meals will be provided to nourish the experiential journey.
Pricing:
One Day Retreat 20th September (Food included) = €135 Early Bird until August 15, 2025 (Full price €175)
Two Day Retreat 20th & 21st September (Food included) = €250 Early Bird until August 15, 2025 (Full price €290)
It is not possible to attend solely day two of the retreat. Accommodation not included in the price, but it can be booked on Airbnb and Bookings.
Travel
Nearest rail: Vallo Della Lucania
Nearest Airport: Naples International Capodichino Airport or Salerno Costa d’Amalfi
Biographies
Andrea Olsen – Dance Artist, Writer, Educator
Andrea Olsen is a Professor Emerita of Dance at Middlebury College, and a certified instructor of Holden QiGong and Embodyoga. She is author of a quartet of books on embodiment: Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy, Body and Earth: An Experiential Guide, The Place of Dance: A Somatic Guide to Dancing and Dance Making with colleague Caryn McHose, and Moving Between Worlds: A Guide to Embodied Living and Communicating, along with numerous articles and chapters in anthologies.
Recent projects include continuing the Body and Earth: Seven Web-Based Somatic Excursions film website created with Scotty Hardwig, Caryn McHose, and international guests (https://www.body-earth.org/), participating in the multi-award-winning film Matkalla: On the Journey by Scotty Hardwig, co-created with Eeva-Maria Mutka (https://anatomyzero.com/#/matkalla/), and performing/hosting “Dancing Your Age” events internationally.
Her work is influenced by long-time colleagues Janet Adler and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen; Dr. John M. Wilson’s philosophy of movement at the U. of Utah; and daily dancing, daily writing. She is an artist-participant in The Workroom Collaborative Cohort for 2024 at 33 Hawley in MA, USA.
Caryn McHose – Movement Artist, Educator
Caryn McHose is an Advanced Certified Rolfer™ and Rolf Movement Practitioner®. She has taught creative movement for people of all ages for over 50 years. Her experience includes teaching dance and experiential anatomy/kinesiology at Middlebury College and in workshops internationally. She collaborated with Andrea Olsen on the books Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy, and The Place of Dance, a Somatic Guide to Dancing and Dance Making. She co-founded the Resonant Kinesiology Training Program in Burlington, VT.
Caryn is the co-author (with Kevin Frank) of How Life Moves, Explorations in Meaning and Body Awareness (North Atlantic, 2006). She is also a Certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, a Certified Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Practitioner, and a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist.
Her work is influenced by her study of tonic function with Hubert Godard, developmental movement with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Continuum with Emilie Conrad and Susan Harper. Other influences are the Somatic Experiencing approach to trauma healing, developed by Peter Levine, and her study of cranial/sacral and visceral techniques.