Participatory Eco-Somatic Movement Practice

Projects 2026

Deep Time concerns and Residency in the Aillwee Caves

An online EcoLiteracy course through Melbourne RMIT last year led me to delve into a specific course on Deep time offered by Deep Time Walk (www.deeptimewalk.org) with origins in Schumacher College deep ecology Stephan Harding.

Eco-somatic creative residency at Aillwee Cave, Ballyvaughan, County Clare focusing on the bear pit and the memory of Ireland's…

BEAR TIME – Aillwee Cave Residency Spring 2026

BEAR TIME is a self initiated eco-somatic residency at Aillwee Cave exploring the deep-time memory of Ireland’s extinct bears this Spring. Focusing on the cave’s bear pit, the project investigates hibernation and extinction as both biological process and cultural metaphor—opening new ways to reflect on rest, survival, and ecological connection.

Through my choreo-curatorial practice combining somatic movement, dance, drawing, and site-responsive research, the research explores how the body can “remember” the bear. Rooted in personal and ancestral ties to the Burren landscape, it connects ecology, heritage, and imagination, reframing extinction as an invitation to reconnect with the more-than-human world.

The outcome of this research is leading to 3 strands:

Public Performance presentation "How to be brave in a Cave", in Aillwee Cave meeting space in May 26, followed by an eco-somatic workshop on Deep Time and Bear Memory mid summer. The year will wrap up with a public Participatory Performance in the Cave on Cave Time Water. More details will be on here and Instagram as dates are confirmed.

Re-Wilding Bodies*

Re-Wilding Bodies is a facilitation mode we have devised to deliver eco-somatic dance improvisation workshops that can inclusively hold all levels and abilities of movers together. In this slow mindful movement creative practice of deep listening, interconnections are reanimated through embodied exploration of the senses and natural elements associated with the seasonal timelines. This dance process is embedded with our ethos of soft devotion to radical change.

Weekly workshops ongoing in North Clare since October 2023 and are available elsewhere on request.

*An experimental mode of movement facilitation that incorporates tools from Antoinette Spillane's Seasonal Scores, Wuxing-Chinese 5 elements, Body Mind Centering, Authentic movement, Alexander Technique, Joan Davies’ .

Origins: Mary Nunan’s Release technique, aromatherapy, biodynamics gardening and knowledge of Irish intangible cultural heritage with the lunar calendar in the alchemy mix.

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