Claim Yourself

Jenny Thing Shows

A Somatic Healing Workshop with Toni Nagy and Seraphina Supernova

Sweet Action Theatre

<p>Hosted by both Toni Nagy and collaborative co-star Seraphina Supernova, this workshop is open to all bodies and experience levels as Toni and Sarah guide you through somatic practices to support you on the non-linear, courageous path of healing yourself, claiming sovereignty over your mind, body and heart, and CLAIMING self-authority (authorship) over your personal narrative so that together, we can heal the world. CLAIM YOURSELF is a somatic and spiritual workshop for personal liberation, self-realization and collective healing.</p><p><br></p><h3>UNLEASH YOUR MOST WILD CREATIVE SELF</h3><p>A somatic workshop with the wacky, feral, pulsing, gyrating, dancing comedian Toni Nagy, designed to unapologetically unleash your wild creativity. Together we will blast past blockages and release emotional constipation so you can disco with your authentic self.</p><p>Everyone is born an artist. It is through our programming and the pressures of society that we often lose sight of our creative flow, thus feeling blocked from expressing the genius that resides within. Creative constipation can make us physically, mentally, and spiritually ill.</p><p>When we are too much into our heads— overthinking, judging, talking ourselves out of our imaginative impulses - frustration can become all-consuming. The mind can make us question ourselves, and that’s when we must turn to our hearts for strength.</p><p>My favorite quote is “create art as if your parents were dead.” I love this idea because I always want to work from a place of unadulterated truth-telling. I want to take risks. I want to push myself beyond what I think is possible. I want to feel free to create unapologetically.</p><p>How do we embody this ethos? How do we let go of our expectations for results? How do we resist over-concerning ourselves with the opinions of others? How do we embrace moments of quiet reflection? How do we release pressure? How can we allow ourselves to slide into our creative flow and not force it?</p><p>It’s my opinion that our greatest insecurities, our deepest shame, our shadow side that we want to hide from the world, is actually our creative super-power. Our shadow is what makes us unique! We don’t want to run from our shadow (it will follow us anyway). We should instead ask our shadow to dance!</p><p><br></p><h3>WHO SHOULD COME TO THIS WORKSHOP?</h3><p>This workshop is open to anyone and everyone interested in investigating their relationship to their creativity. All that is required is curiosity. No prior movement experience is necessary.</p><p><br></p><h3>WHY YOU NEED THIS IN YOUR LIFE</h3><p>The workshop will involve aspects of meditation, reflection, writing, discussion, and most importantly… MOVEMENT! I’ve developed a curriculum of somatic study that will work through emotional concepts such as our relationship to control, rage, love, acceptance, fear, judgement, play, joy, gratitude, and more. Through this work we will physically, mentally, and spiritually provoke shifts in perspective.</p><p>We will also explore stagnation, physical pain, patterns that hold us back, and how we fear change even when it’s the medicine we most need. We will examine the voices in our heads that do not belong to us, and learn to release them. We will connect to our own intuition and body wisdom by letting go of the influences of others that no longer serve us.</p><p>We will develop embodiment practices, and embolden participants with many tools to bring home in order to continue this work in their lives.</p><p><br></p><h3>WHAT WILL THIS WORKSHOP LOOK LIKE</h3><p>The workshop will involve aspects of meditation, reflection, writing, discussion, and most importantly… MOVEMENT! I’ve developed a curriculum of somatic study that will work through emotional concepts such as our relationship to control, rage, love, acceptance, fear, judgement, play, joy, gratitude, and more. Through this work we will physically, mentally, and spiritually provoke shifts in perspective.</p><p>We will also explore stagnation, physical pain, patterns that hold us back, and how we fear change even when it’s the medicine we most need. We will examine the voices in our heads that do not belong to us, and learn to release them. We will connect to our own intuition and body wisdom by letting go of the influences of others that no longer serve us. We will develop embodiment practices, and embolden participants with many tools to bring home in order to continue this work in their lives.</p>

<h3>TONI'S MOVEMENT BIO</h3><p>Toni Nagy is dancer and the proud owner of the movement space and creative incubator SideStream Studio in Brattleboro, VT. Nagy has been teaching movement classes for over a decade at her studio where she workshopped and developed “Gyration Nation.” She graduated from Sarah Lawrence Collage where she majored in philosophy and dance. Nagy performs all over New England and her work is often driven by messages of social consciousness and activism.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD6tm1NyIxIL0_WKEshWZbGXb1Jp7PMxv" title="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD6tm1NyIxIL0_WKEshWZbGXb1Jp7PMxv" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here for a Simplified Example of a “Gyration Nation” exercise</a></p><p>Nagy is also a stand-up comedian and content creator most known for her viral videos where she interpretive dances her philosophies while pontificating, gyrating, and questioning culture. She has over 600,000 followers across her social media platforms… not that she's counting or anything. She’s directed and acted in numerous films and written multiple award-winning screenplays. Nagy has performed stand up at the Comedy Store, Flappers, and Elysian Theater, Los Angeles; the Palm Springs Comedy Festival; Greenwich Village Comedy Club and Chelsea Music Hall, NY; the Improv Boston and Laugh Boston; and Next Stage Theater. The Broadway Comedy NYC club twice voted her “Best New Comedian.” She is currently on a national tour performing a two-person comedy variety show with her 13-year old daughter titled “Go To Your Womb!” Nagy performs a variety of acts including stand up, story-telling, clowning, dance, and a mixture of all of the above in one psychedelic soup.</p><p><br></p><h3>SOCIAL MEDIA</h3><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@toni.nagy" title="https://www.tiktok.com/@toni.nagy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.tiktok.com/@toni.nagy</a> (421k followers)</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/toninagy/" title="https://www.instagram.com/toninagy/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/toninagy/</a> (156k followers)</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/toninagycomedy" title="https://www.facebook.com/toninagycomedy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/toninagycomedy</a> (151k followers)</p><p><br></p><h3><strong><strong>ABOUT SARAH</strong></strong></h3><p>Sarah Buckner is a multidisciplinary artist, dancer, somatic practitioner, yoga teacher and higher self embodiment doula offering trauma-informed and body focused containers to support healing, awakening, self-realization and revolutionary self-love.Through her work as an artist, practitioner and teacher, Sarah guides people in embodying their personal power, deepening intimacy with their bodies, breath and intuition and self-caring in a way that hits the spot so that they can express their truth and live from their power. Sarah holds a Bachelor of fine arts from Savannah College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from Duke University. She has completed a 500 hour yoga and meditation teacher training with MindBody Centering Yoga.</p><p><br></p><h3><strong><strong>WEBSITE</strong></strong></h3><p><a href="https://bloodboneandhoney.com/" title="https://bloodboneandhoney.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://bloodboneandhoney.com</a></p><p><br></p><h3>SOCIAL MEDIA</h3><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bloodboneandhoney/" title="https://www.instagram.com/bloodboneandhoney/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/bloodboneandhoney/</a></p>

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