This donation-based workshop is a collaboration with Livable Futures and will take place online through Facebook Live on the Flux + Flow Dance and Movement Center Facebook page. Donations can be made via PayPal https://www.fluxflowdanceproject.org/support
In this workshop, we will work with simple ritual and meditation practices for shifting consciousness and cultivating experiences of connection and kinship with both the earth and sky. We will engage with both astrology and stones in experiential and embodied explorations. Astrology is an ancient tradition of making meaning with the vast more-than-human world through tracking the movements of the planets in the sky from our place here on earth. Stones are some of our most ancient ancestors, both the bones of the planet and the minerals within our own bodies. In these practices, we will work with meditation, simple and accessible movement explorations guided by the current astrological weather and our encounters with stones, writing, and discussion. No previous experience is necessary.
Michael will be bringing a selection of rocks, stones, and crystals with which to practice, but also strongly encourages participants to bring their own if they already have relationships with particular crystals, stones, or rocks.
Due to the escalating conditions related to COVID-19, this workshop will now be conducted remotely online via Facebook Live. We are really excited to be able to not only offer these practices to our local Columbus community but also to anyone elsewhere who would like to join! Michael will be live from 4:30-6:30pm Eastern on Saturday, March 28.
For the second half of the workshop, we will be working directly with stone magic and medicine, meaning that participants will need to have a rock, stone, or crystal with which to practice. If you already have relationships with stones or crystals in your home, great! You have everything you need for the workshop.
If you would like to find a particular stone with which you resonate and you are local to Columbus, we recommend supporting these local businesses: Rock Candy Healing Stones (in Clintonville) and WitchLab (in Franklinton). Both stores are currently closed due to COVID-19, but both are still making sales:
-Rock Candy Healing Stones is currently holding private shop hours by appointment as well as some upcoming live stream flash sales. To connect with Rock Candy, follow them on Instagram at @rockcandy888 and contact them via Direct Message or by text: 614-859-6343
-WitchLab is in the process of posting their stock of stones and crystals to their website for online orders, and is also in the process of developing a process for in-person pick up at the shop. Their website is: https://witchlab.com, and you can follow them on Facebook and Instagram for updates.
And of course, you can also go outside for a walk, and find a rock or stone on your path. We love these local businesses and hope you support them, but this work does not require specific, sparkly purchases. It is a practice of connecting to the bones of the earth, and all rocks and stones hold this magic.
Bio: Michael J. Morris moves, thinks, facilitates, and writes within and between dance, ritual, performance art, gender and sexuality studies, and somatic practices to support personal and collective healing and liberation. Their work takes the form of public rituals and community workshops, participatory performances and dances for the stage, dramaturgy, public speaking, academic teaching and writing, and collaborative art making. They also maintain a consultation practice called Co Witchcraft Offerings in which they center astrology and tarot within ritual and meditation practices to support people in processes of making meaning and healing. They are currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Denison University where they teach in the Department of Dance, Queer Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Environmental Studies.
https://www.michaeljmorris.co