A baby who is supported in exploring their physical movements – touching, reaching, shifting, and pulling – builds a felt, experientially-based support for “grasping” the metaphorical. A baby learns to form and act on their desires and intentions through seeing and touching something, deciding, planning, measuring, moving toward, reaching, grasping, pulling, encountering limits, evaluating, problem-solving, integrating, settling – and repeating. The ability to change, to make transitions, to adapt, and to shift perspective play out first in movement. When a baby finds their way to a new skill through their own agency, they can more fully own the skill and build upon it. A child’s process of learning a new skill is not only about getting the skill itself – it’s about learning how to learn. Progressive, experience-based education can begin at birth and support lifelong learning.

As caregivers and humans in relationships with others, how do we re-pattern what we were taught and perhaps no longer value, and find a different way to relate to the ones we care for – not only because it’s healthier for and more respectful of the other, but also because it’s better for ourselves? What's true for babies is generally true for babies of all ages. How do we best support and facilitate this ongoing cellular unfolding? How do we decolonize parenting philosophy and practices - recognizing and respecting baby’s agency? 

This workshop is based on developmental movement principles, and the ongoing work and research by Sarah and Satu as Infant Developmental Movement Educators and Body-Mind Centering Teachers.

Teachers: Satu Palokangas & Sarah Barnaby

Dates: Saturday & Sunday 11-12. February, 2023

Times: 10-17

Place: Kulttuurikeskus Sähinä, Helsinki

Cost: 240€ (incl. VAT 24%)

Early bird: 220€ if paid in full by 8. January, 2023

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