March 2019
Activation and Response: Fluidity, Giving and Receiving (Strikes)
In this session we will explore some of the Systema principles and work with the pushes and strikes. We will learn the different strategies of sending an impulse into a body (or any other structure) as well as the different strategies of receiving them. We will then escalate both the speed and intensity and observe the changes in the dynamics of the activation and response behavior. We will also explore the different strategies to recover (using burst-breathing and soft movement), which…
Find out more »April 2019
∞OS: Assimilation and Redirection
In this session we will work with the concepts of assimilation and redirection, exploring their effect on our behavior through physical movement and interactive exercises. We will see how adaptability may be improved if we react to an incoming impulse with assimilative response: accepting and integrating its in~tension or redirecting it towards a different set of coordinates. Continuing our work based on the fluid body movement and strikes we will gather the new movement patterns together to see how they…
Find out more »Control, Evasion, Contact, In~tention
In this session we will explore the concepts of contact, control, evasion and in~tention using the body. We will work with the sticks to have a direct embodied experience of connection and leader/follower roles. We will then move on to a really nice work focused on evasion and redirecting in~tention through space.JTNDaDIlM0VHZXQlMjBhJTIwc3BvdCUzQSUzQyUyRmgyJTNFJTBBJTNDdGl0by13aWRnZXQlMjBldmVudCUzRCUyMjhvcyUyRmJlcmxpbi0wNDE3JTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGdGl0by13aWRnZXQlM0U=
Find out more »July 2019
∞OS Activation Program: Networks & Nature
In this 2-day activation session we will explore dynamical network theory using the physical movement as a method of understanding and natural terrain as our playground. We will explore such notions as propagation, infiltration, disruption, diversity, bias, adaptive resilience, agent-based models using the special interactive exercises based on Systema and various other holistic, dance, and movement practices.JTNDdGl0by13aWRnZXQlMjBldmVudCUzRCUyMjhvcyUyRmFjdGl2YXRpb24tbmF0dXJlJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGdGl0by13aWRnZXQlM0UlMEE= Schedule / Day 1 (Inside + Outside): Part 1 — Introduction: Physical Warmup This workshop is a combination of theory of practice, but…
Find out more »Bodymind Operating System ∞OS: Gli “Eightos” della Confluenza
∞OS / eightos / is a body~mind operating system — an immersive practice that explores the notions of ecological interaction and confluence in the realm of physical experience and in the dynamics of everyday life. In their sessions, facilitated by Dmitry Paranyushkin and Koo Des (NSDOS), they propose the participants to practice a new kind of eighthos, based on fluidity, polysingularity of perception, scale-free dynamics, and modulated energy flows. Using a set of tools derived from dynamical systems theory, Systema…
Find out more »September 2019
EightOS Training Session
In this session we will work on the main principles of EightOS: confluence, fluidity, ecological interaction. Starting with a soft warmup we will move on to the floor work exercises that will help us understand the relation between the gravity and the movement. JTNDaDIlM0VHZXQlMjBhJTIwc3BvdCUzQSUzQyUyRmgyJTNFJTBBJTNDdGl0by13aWRnZXQlMjBldmVudCUzRCUyMjhvcyUyRnJlc2VhcmNoLWxhYiUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRnRpdG8td2lkZ2V0JTNF
Find out more »EightOS Training: Floor Work and Wrestling
In this EightOs session we will focus on floorwork and wrestling. We will learn how to use the incoming impulse to one's own advantage and how to get out of difficult situations based on modular isolation of tension and relaxation. We will also do some exercises to practice rapid stress recovery in difficult situations using sticks and breathing techniques.JTNDaDIlM0VHZXQlMjBhJTIwc3BvdCUzQSUzQyUyRmgyJTNFJTBBJTNDdGl0by13aWRnZXQlMjBldmVudCUzRCUyMjhvcyUyRnJlc2VhcmNoLWxhYiUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRnRpdG8td2lkZ2V0JTNF
Find out more »October 2019
EightOS Training: Tension / Release
In this session we will explore the mechanisms of tension and release as generational tools to create chaotic dynamics in the body, in the mind and in the group. We will work with some grappling / wrestling techniques, pushes, holds, and releases as well as some breathing and dissipation exercises. The session will take place in Treptower Park, just outside of the S-bahn Treptower Park, when you come out on the side of the park itself and walk about 1…
Find out more »November 2019
∞OS Activation Program: Polysingularity, Adaptivity and Resilience
In this EightOS activation session we will explore the notion of polysingularity in the urban and natural settings. Polysingularity is the ability to maintain both the local and global perspective, adaptively shifting the point of view, mood, tension, release, attitude and physicality, while also maintaining consistency and intention over a period of time. Combining interactive physical exercises, theoretical discussions and field work, we will explore: • Resilience and endurance strategies (using the dissipative movement, rhythm and breathing)\ • Assimilation and…
Find out more »March 2020
EightOS Program: Dissolving Resistance
In this EightOS activation program we will focus on the notion of resistance. We will study this concept using the body and interactive physical exercises. Together, we will pose and explore these questions: What is resistance? How can we understand it physically? What is the best strategy to resist and to resist resistance? How can we dissolve resistance? How can we scale our understanding of resistance onto social groups and into politics? In order to make sure that we don't…
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