Tree Dancing
Soft and slow. Smooth and graceful. Movement leaning more towards the expressive elements of flow and emotive impulse with the tree as your dance partner and muse.
Movement Workshops and Courses
Soft and slow. Smooth and graceful. Movement leaning more towards the expressive elements of flow and emotive impulse with the tree as your dance partner and muse.
A great place to start to get an overview of how important moving and interacting with trees is for me. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced mover, there will be something for you!
This workshop is an opportunity to explore the movement created by the interaction between our bodies and the environment, through climbing and engaging with trees. It aims to help us reconnect with our ancient arboreal heritage. The workshop is open to people with all levels of experience. There will be access to low trees that everyone can interact with. It is suitable for those who are not yet sure about climbing, as well as those who are looking for a diverse and challenging way to nourish their bodies.
MOVE - SENSE | CONNECT - ANCHOR | EXPAND - CONTRACT
Embrace the spirit of spring with movement, nature awareness, and embodied/ecological awareness practices. Experience the transformative power of living in harmony with the rhythm of the seasons.
MOVE WITH BODY | MOVE WITH PLACE | MOVE WITH PEOPLE…
MOVE WITH THE SEASONS
Join me for a 2-hour taster workshop to help you reconnect with the ground to (re)find and (re)build confidence and comfort, as the groundwork to understanding how to fall.
Join us for a dynamic movement workshop led by Inspire by Fighting Monkey Instructor, Roberto Regueiro, and 9Speedtool Instructor, Ben Medder. This workshop aims to introduce or reinforce the guiding principles of Fighting Monkey Practice, drawing inspiration from their research. Explore the art of sustainable and intelligent movement to enhance your physical capabilities and age gracefully. Stay connected with life and embrace every moment with joy.
This workshop is about experiencing movement co-created between body and environment through climbing and moving with trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to challenge and nourish your body.
A full day of movement workshops with the London MAVERICKS team! I’ll be coaching 2 workshops on the day along with other fantastic coaches. Explore different approaches to experience natural movement and holistic training with a variety of indoor and outdoor workshops, for all levels.
Tree Solo Class Series: a unique tree climbing and dancing adventure set in the beautiful Hampstead Heath. Regardless of your level of experience or ability, this class series offers an opportunity for you to connect deeply with trees, nature and creative movement .
The Movement Project, Michelle Flynn & Ben Medder bring you MoveLONDON. A gathering of uplifting movement for mind and body
A 4-week cycle of weekly classes taken from the Move With The Seasons/Trees Practice. Dedicated to moving with, learning about and from the majestic Oak. Climbing, balancing, swinging, jumping and dancing with the most amazing oak trees ever!
Learn the art of Rope Flow from pioneer Tim Shieff of Way of the Rope & connect with other rope rollers at the beautiful Hampstead Heath.
Reconnect to what makes you human! Are you tired of the monotonous gym routine and craving an exciting, transformative movement experience? Get ready to unleash your inner athlete, reconnect with nature, and rediscover the joy of play with Evolve Move Play’s Weekend Workshop as it comes to London!
A movement workshop led by Inspire by Fighting Monkey Instructor, Roberto Regueiro and 9Speedtool Instructor Ben Medder. This workshop is inspired by the research of Fighting Monkey Practice and the intention is to serve as an introduction or continuation to the principles that guide it, pursuing a sustainable and smart movement quality that allows us to age more gracefully while maintaining our capabilities and helps us stay engaged with life so that we can enjoy it more fully.
This workshop is about experiencing movement co-created between body and environment through climbing and moving with trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to challenge and nourish your body.
This workshop is about experiencing movement co-created between body and environment through climbing and moving with trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to challenge and nourish your body.
A movement workshop led by Inspire by Fighting Monkey Instructor, Roberto Regueiro and 9Speedtool Instructor Ben Medder. This workshop is inspired by the research of Fighting Monkey Practice and the intention is to serve as an introduction or continuation to the principles that guide it, pursuing a sustainable and smart movement quality that allows us to age more gracefully while maintaining our capabilities and helps us stay engaged with life so that we can enjoy it more fully.
WEIGHTLESSNESS with Almog Loven is a movement workshop over 2.5 days held at the beautiful Chisenhale Dance Space. This workshop is open to all levels of movers who are willing to be simple. You are welcome to come as you are. Spots are limited.
A movement workshop led by Inspire by Fighting Monkey Instructor, Roberto Regueiro and 9Speedtool Instructor Ben Medder. This workshop is inspired by the research of Fighting Monkey Practice and the intention is to serve as an introduction or continuation to the principles that guide it, pursuing a sustainable and smart movement quality that allows us to age more gracefully while maintaining our capabilities and helps us stay engaged with life so that we can enjoy it more fully.
This workshop is about experiencing movement co-created between body and environment through climbing and dancing with trees. We will explore the evolutionary and biomechanical story of the 5 forms of arboreal locomotion: Quadrupedal, Quadrumanus, Bipedal, Brachiation and Clinging/Leaping. How these patterns helped shape us from tree dwelling mammals to primates, to the primates that ventured and stayed on the ground, will give a different appreciation of the bigger picture of human movement. The trees will also be our dance partners and inspiration as we touch, look, and listen to their shapes, songs and wisdom as a source of creativity for improvisation.
Move With The Trees is a movement workshop with the focus on (re)introducing Arboreal Locomotion (the 5 forms of climbing trees), movement inspired by trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to be challenge and nourish your body.
Move With The Trees is a movement workshop with the focus on (re)introducing Arboreal Locomotion (the 5 forms of climbing trees), movement inspired by trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to be challenge and nourish your body.
5-hour mobility workshop, curating my 12 years of experience learning and applying to my craft from a broad spectrum of movement and mobility practices. Tools and ideas to help you regain and develop your mobility, explore and map the unique landscape that is your body and understand how we coordinate ourselves through movement for joint health, longevity and athletic potential so that we might move better.
Move With The Trees is a monthly workshop by Ben Medder with the focus on introducing Tree climbing / Arboreal Locomotion, movement inspired by trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to be challenge and nourish your body.
Move With The Trees is a monthly workshop by Ben Medder with the focus on introducing Tree climbing / Arboreal Locomotion, movement inspired by trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to be challenge and nourish your body.
Move With The Trees is a monthly workshop by Ben Medder with the focus on introducing Tree climbing / Arboreal Locomotion, movement inspired by trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to be challenge and nourish your body.
Move With The Trees is a monthly workshop by Ben Medder with the focus on introducing Tree climbing / Arboreal Locomotion, movement inspired by trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to be challenge and nourish your body.
Move With The Trees is a monthly workshop by Ben Medder with the focus on introducing Tree climbing / Arboreal Locomotion, movement inspired by trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to be challenge and nourish your body.
Move With The Trees is a mini workshop by Ben Medder with the focus on introducing Tree climbing / Arboreal Locomotion, movement inspired by trees and reconnecting to our ancient arboreal heritage. Open to to all levels of experience, whether you are not sure you are ready to climb to those looking for one of the most diverse ways to be challenge and nourish your body.
Move with the seasons is a 1-day workshop drawing upon the inspiration and wisdom of the changing seasons to explore the relationships of body, people and place and how they sculpt one another. I will share my ideas through guided individual movement practice, creative games and tasks to spark the imagination and fuel the muse for reflection. Shifting attention between working with your own body, with partners/within a group and interacting and moving through the surrounding environment.
Body - People - Place. Moving in, about and with the Seasons
This series of classes will include controlled movements for awareness and retuning, coordinative movement patterns to explore rhythm, musicality and how you learn and sequencing ideas on how to cultivate your own practice once you leave with the material. The core of the practice will be around coordinative movement patterns (arm swinging and dynamic footwork from simple to complex), inspired by Ben’s teachings from Fighting Monkey, universal human patterns of striking, throwing tribal/folk dance and many sports that involve the transfer of energy via weight-shifting, rotation and balance.
Dissolving the borders between movement, natural movement, bushcraft, wilderness skills is one of our intentions here. It is all human activity, we are interested in honouring skills that were once very important to being human and being connected to our outdoor environment. And whilst you may not technically NEED these skills to operate in today’s modern world, perhaps they have something for you, a connection to your wilder self, other humans and your habitat that can be difficult to find for most.