movement education // treatments // Embodiment events
we are aotearoa embodiment collective
Aotearoa Embodiment Collective.
A community of wellness practitioners dedicated to reconnecting you with
nature, your self and your body.
A community of wellness practitioners dedicated to reconnecting you with
nature, your self and your body.
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Photos clockwise from top left: Mix Festival 2016/17 photo by Gregg Painter; ACIC 2018 photo by Ian Ferguson; ACIC 2018 photo by Ian Ferguson; NZ Contact Retreat 2017 photo by Ian Ferguson. Header: Mix Festival 2018/19 photo by Johannes Walter. Below: Protrait of Miriam by Yasmin Dubrau
Meet Us
Meet us!
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Jooske Honig is a passionate Acroyogi who started her Acro journey in 2011 in Te Anau NZ. Taught by International Acroyoga instructors Jason and Chelsey Magness, co-founders of Yoga Slackers, Jooske ‘s love was awakened. Since then she has attended further training with them as well as other Acro teachers in Aotearoa, the US and in her native country of the Netherlands. In the US she attended Acroversity and Divine Play (2017) and recently travelled in combination with visiting family to the Dutch Acrobatic Convention 2018.
In January 2018 Jooske received her certificate in Acromastermind Teacher Training. Based in Dunedin, she teaches Acroyoga foundations and Intermediate acroyoga training sessions along with private acro coaching. She has offered workshops at festivals such as Circulation, Autumn Arena, Dunedin Fringe, Waitati music fest, Vogel st street party and The Mix New Year’s festivals over the last 4 years.
Her teaching is a combination of different practices and styles of movement that Jooske has worked with over the years. Jooske has been part of creating and performing at events such as 2017 Fragments of a Dream, 2018 Dunedin Fringe Festival The Hands That Bind Us, 2018 The Mullet Festival, 2019 Strork/DANZ at the Dunedin Fringe Festival. Jooske runs a therapeutic clinic from home, In-Spiral, and is part of the Embodiment Collective - a holistic collective where she offers massage and energy work to support people reconnecting with their body, mind and spirit.
In January 2018 Jooske received her certificate in Acromastermind Teacher Training. Based in Dunedin, she teaches Acroyoga foundations and Intermediate acroyoga training sessions along with private acro coaching. She has offered workshops at festivals such as Circulation, Autumn Arena, Dunedin Fringe, Waitati music fest, Vogel st street party and The Mix New Year’s festivals over the last 4 years.
Her teaching is a combination of different practices and styles of movement that Jooske has worked with over the years. Jooske has been part of creating and performing at events such as 2017 Fragments of a Dream, 2018 Dunedin Fringe Festival The Hands That Bind Us, 2018 The Mullet Festival, 2019 Strork/DANZ at the Dunedin Fringe Festival. Jooske runs a therapeutic clinic from home, In-Spiral, and is part of the Embodiment Collective - a holistic collective where she offers massage and energy work to support people reconnecting with their body, mind and spirit.
Miriam Marler is an-Aotearoa-based dance artist and body worker who hails from the deep south of Ōtepoti/Dunedin where she facilitates Contact Improv Dunedin, teaches Contemporary Dance at RASA School of Dance, is a carer/support worker, and is a mother of a three-and-a-half year old. With a background in Contemporary Dance (Unitec 2004), she has shared her skills and passions with festivals, workshops, community groups, conferences, universities and birthday parties.
Somatic movement, contact improvisation, contemporary dance, Body Weather and butoh, (acro)yoga, performance and Traditional Thai massage make up Miriam’s training. She has been inspired by movement-artists such as Louise Potiki Bryant (NZ), Frank Van de Ven (Netherlands), val smith (NZ), Min Tanaka (Japan), and Charles Koroneho (NZ) with whom she’s worked or trained with. She trained in Traditional Thai Massage (TTM) at Chiang Mai's award-winning TMC School, gaining a certificate in TTM at Intermediate Level (2010).
Recently Miriam held the role of rehearsal director for Hiedi Latsky's On Display Dunedin under the direction of Touch Compass Dance at the 2019 Dunedin Fringe Festival, and the work was nominated for Best Dance award. She has choreographed live and video work for Tempo Dance Festival Auckland, the Dunedin Fringe Festival and The Body Festival Christchurch.
Miriam holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Industries from Auckland University, and a Masters of Dance Studies from the University of Otago (distinction) where she was the 2018 Teaching Fellow for Movement Education in the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences.
acro dance yogaCourses and workshops in Acroyoga, Contact Dance, Muscle & Bone and Partner Therapeutics to embody yin and yang movement possibilities. Grow your capacity for strength, alignment, flexibility, coordination, trust, and playfulness!
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recharge + realignBodywork, massage, energy readings and coaching sessions to refresh, recharge and focus you holistically.
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go deeperRetreats, workshops, wedding & corporate packages and performances tailored to suit your group's needs.
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