TO LOVE YOU MORE
part two: calling forth your power
An Open Floor Movement Lab w/ Kelsey Maloney
~An exploration of power through dance, story, and connection~
This is how the story starts:
She begins in innocence, tending familiar ground. Tending what she knows. She’s betrayed by someone meant to protect her. Someone who’d lost his center. Lost his way. The sacrifice she’s asked to make is tremendous. In the aftermath, she severs her relationship with false niceties. With complacency. She chooses the dark thickets of the forest instead.
How’s the story go from there?
Come explore your own recipe for power from the ground up through dance, story & connection.
Our story muse during this lab will be “The Handless Maiden” wonder tale. Sometimes wonder tales are called fairy tales. When we step into the realm of wonder tales we are dipping into:
dream consciousness
clues & maps for navigating life
connection with the world soul and soul language
the world of questions
timelessness and timeliness
the possibility for multiple levels of interpretation (widening our lens)
the potential to transform from one level of consciousness to another
an opportunity to dive as deep as you’d like to go
TO LOVE YOU MORE wasn’t the original name of this lab. But when I dreamt into the purpose, the WHY, of this particular body of work, TO LOVE YOU MORE was at the root of the inquiry.
To love yourself more. To love another more. To love this world more. To love the wild mystery more.
To love both that which holds you and all that is crumbling around you, more. Inspiration also comes from the book LEARNING TO LOVE YOU MORE by Harrell Fletcher & Miranda July.
While this is part two of a two part movement lab series, you do not need to be a participant in part one (welcoming in the monstrous) to join part two! There will be a combination of folks from the previous lab and those who are attending only part two.
Please note:
-There will be art, connection, and/or further learning invitations between labs.
-You will need a notebook for the group. One that you can write, draw, and paint in (for example, one with blank drawing or watercolor pages). It doesn’t have to be big. Small or medium sized is great... Any size you can carry around with you on a day to day basis is best!
DATES & TIMES:
Part Two: Calling Forth Your Power
Thursdays April 24—June 19, 6:30-9pm
& Sunday April 27, 1:30-7:30pm
*There is NO LAB ON MAY 22.
LOCATION:
Presence Studio, 1412 Cornwall Ave. Bellingham, WA 98225.
Please note: Presence Studio is only accessible by stairs. If you need assistance accessing the studio, please contact Kelsey.
ABOUT OPEN FLOOR INTERNATIONAL:
Open Floor is a moving meditation practice and creative dance inquiry. During TO LOVE YOU MORE, we will lean into dance and other forms of movement as well as the wonder tale “The Handless Maiden.”
PAYMENT DETAILS:
$395—$525 sliding scale
After registering, you will a receive an invoice with information for how to pay via check/cash/credit card/or WECU transfer.
$476-$525: When I pay more, I am contributing to those in the community who can’t pay as much.
$450-$475: When I pay in the middle, I am helping the facilitators cover costs and support themselves.
$395-$449: When I pay less, I am letting my community hold and support me.
All payment levels are acceptable ways of participating!
2-part payment plan available for $262.50/payment:
First payment due upon registration. Second payment due by May 15, 2025.
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT:
TO LOVE YOU MORE is a time for you and it is a time for us, as a collective. The intention is to create a container together where we are real and honest to our experience and also there to build cohesion and connection as a group.
Your attendance and participation are an important part of this exploration.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances or health concerns, please do your best to not miss more than TWO sessions and to arrive on time to each session.
If you know beforehand that you will miss more than two sessions, please contact Kelsey before registering.
Several days before the start of the lab, Kelsey will send an email out with the names of everyone in the group. If you notice a confidentiality conflict with someone in the group, please let Kelsey know as soon as possible.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
If you need to cancel before March 24, 2025 you will receive a refund minus a $50 administrative fee. After March 24, there are no refunds unless we are able to fill your spot. If we are able to fill your spot, you will receive a refund minus the $50 administrative fee. There are no refunds if you cannot continue with the group for any reason. Payment plan payments must be paid by May 15, even if you are unable to finish with the group.
If Kelsey needs to cancel a lab for any reason, she will attempt to reschedule. If this is not possible, there will be no refunds for one cancelled lab. If more than one lab is cancelled you can request a prorated refund for those labs cancelled.
WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT PAST MOVEMENT LABS WITH KELSEY:
“It is a gift from the gods to be human, fully human in this space. I learned how to love myself and be brave here. I am refining my gifts each lab.” —Ave
“It’s rare for me to feel free to be open. Thanks for providing a safe space for that.” —Anonymous
“Kelsey is an amazing facilitator who models embodiment beautifully. I so appreciated [her] creativity, flexibility, and grace in facilitating this group. Thank you for meeting each of us in a way that helped us feel seen and welcomed.” —Kara
“My experience of Kelsey as a facilitator? Warm, open, safe, intuitive, inventive, invested, real, grounded, funny.” —Anonymous
“If you want to move your bones and inhabit your body and soul like never before, show up open and shameless. Delightful things might happen.” —Sara
“The reward for being willing to look inside yourself and bare it to the world is great.” —Curtis
“An amazing way to deepen your understanding of self and connect with others.” —Anonymous
“To walk into a room of strangers and feel at home is a rare experience, yet it is cultivated from the start in these groups. A space to move the way you’re called with room/literal space to do so is a gift and an experience I would recommend to all the people I know (and also those I don’t)!”
—Brook
"Fun. Fantastic. Freeing.” —Anonymous.