Mysterious Body and Garden of Sensory Perceptions

21 – 27 July 2025

Přím in the Orlice Mountains

Holiday retreat in nature dedicated to movement, dance and somatic practices that will allow us to meet the intelligence of the body and discover its possibilities and ability to change and adapt. We will discover movement that nourishes us and renews our tissues. We will learn about touch that fills us with life and returns our senses to their original function. We will develop imagination that influences the physical body, enters it and changes its properties.

A playful and colorful adventurous journey where movement, touch and imagination will be our main tools. Together we discover a new way to fully live in the body, how to revive our obscured places and awaken stagnant parts. We will seek the natural fusion of movement, sensory perceptions and emotions into one whole that is no longer just mere exercise, but dance whose attraction is irresistible and becomes strong motivation for countless fundamental life changes.

Movement and stillness await us, music and silence in the beautiful nature of the Orlické foothills, lessons in a hall with views of the surrounding landscape, movement in contact with others, dance and dynamic massage, lots of unforgettable sensations, evening walks and small trips to places full of images and stories.

Besides themes that spontaneously arise, we will in our practice:

• get to know the solid structures of bones and their biomechanics in organic movement. We will learn to handle joints gently, draw strength from sources that the surrounding world supplies us with, and efficiently distribute it throughout the entire body.
• learn to release in the direction of structures and thus make our body accessible to passing forces and sensations. We will understand the difference between collapse and release and will seek different types of tuning of internal tonus. This will increase our mobility, calm the mind and help us not unnecessarily obstruct the body’s internal intelligence.
• gradually mobilize the spine as a channel that mediates the transfer of kinetic energy and develop new possibilities that were previously locked within it.
• cultivate our relationship with the earth and return sensitivity to our feet and entire body in contact with the floor.
• stimulate and develop different types of kinesthetic receptors, learn to perceive body language and listen to the environment in which we move. We will find a simple way to connect in movement with another body and function with it as one whole.
• examine our movement and thought habits and seek fluid paths that lead out of established circuits, to new surprising possibilities and unexpected experiences.

Sweaty, with quickened breath and shining eyes we will penetrate the mysteries of the body in movement. We will feel more in contact with the body than you can imagine. Speak with the body, experience through it, develop it and teach it, discover all its intelligence in movement, awaken the senses and maintain physical comfort.

We will touch the potential of mind and body. We will get beyond logic and limits in movement, in dance, in contact with a partner and surrounding space.

Intended for everyone who senses that the body is a treasure trove of breathtaking possibilities and experiences and seeks an engaging and non-violent path to open access to them. For those who want to feel again that they live through the body. Everyone will be welcome who wants to seek and develop their predestination for movement. Those who have a body and want to awaken it, return its original possibilities to it, revive it, heal it and feel more than great in it.

Zita Pavlištová

She teaches movement work, contact improvisation and dance. She shares the art of movement that brings feelings of lightness, agility, strength and enchantment. With her you discover that physical activity brings a lot of energy when the mind is properly engaged and imagination and physical perception are developed. Her classes combine joy of movement, play and fantasy, develop sensitivity of the senses and their use for light, effortless movement.

Movement is for her not only a way to express herself but primarily how to communicate with others. To become perceptive and able to read intentions, make decisions and change your decisions every minute, not to be afraid of mistakes. Working with her you overcome boundaries and irrepressibly learn, discover new perspectives on the body, on yourself and on the world. She challenges you to new things and seeks ways to develop your abilities while feeling joy, pleasure and desire to search further.

All this is going to happen in the foothills of Orlice mountains in a house called Žíl on a vast meadow next to a forest. You go here by train or by bus. The nearest stations: Pěčín, Javornice – Přím, Rychnov nad Kněžnou. Address: Přím 33, Javornice, Czechia, GPS 50.169522, 16.392851

The workshop is intensive: arrivals on Sunday evening or Monday early morning, leaving on Sunday afternoon.

Price of workshop 511 EUR. To reserve a place the deposit of 221 EUR must be paid in advance.

Accommodation 161 EUR.

Food 170 EUR.