Practice Experiments

At the end of this semester you have the chance to pick one of these practices to continue with. For CEC students this is mandatory to build range as a coach.

The practice experiments should be done in person (preferable) or online if needed. 

The point is to experience yourself during a new practice that includes the qualities/ characteristics of the 4 elements. For example, earthiness can be seen as structured and slow, whereas fire is fast and passionate. Water includes relational qualities and flow, while airiness can be spontanious and bubbly.

In the list below we suggest an embodied art matching each element. If you are familiar with a practice please try something new from the list below that matches its element (ask us if not sure), for example replacing yoga with Feldenkrais or Tai Chi, or martial arts with Flamenco. The point is to try a wide range of things and to go beyond what is familiar to your embodiment. 

The order you do the practices in can follow the course structure, or you can change it, if that’s not practical for you.

• Yoga (earth art) – try it towards start of course

• Martial arts (fire art) –  try it in the first half of FEC

• Improv (air art) – try it in the second half of FEC

• Embodied Relating (water art) – try it before last week of FEC

The list is a great starting point for you to discover embodiment classes for your practice experiments. Some of them are free, some have a fee (not included in FEC/CEC).

In this overview you can find (online) classes recommended by our faculty – that means these teachers are ethical, good at what they do, have an embodiment-focus (rather than just skills or fitness) and we personally enjoy taking part in their classes. 

This is not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to look around, and if you can find classes locally in-person this is preferable. Also great, if you’d like to share your (online) findings in our course group on the learning platform so others might join in on the same class.