FLOW: Finding the Zone | TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process Workshop

FLOW: Finding the Zone |  Rhythm & Movement for Evolution

TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process with Michael Kokinos & Ria Soemardjo

Melbourne May 25-27

About TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process:

TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process is a unique musical group process that combines voice, movement and rhythm using the body as the primary instrument. No musical experience is necessary and participants are invited to participate at their own pace.

For a brief video intro to TaKeTiNa watch: https://youtu.be/Inr0coWTYlA

In your daily life, TaKeTiNa can help you to:

- experience a profound state of peace, relaxation and inner silence

- connect with your innate vitality

- increase your physical, emotional, and mental resilience

- manage chaotic or challenging life situations with creativity, humour and effectiveness

- decrease your anxiety about making mistakes and always getting things right

For more information about TaKeTiNa, visit www.taketina.com

About the Facilitators:

Michael Kokinos is passionate about music and healing. He combines experience as a studio musician with deep knowledge of the role of rhythmic intelligence in somatic health.

His background as a physiotherapist includes over 20 years developing methods for awareness, perception and movement of the body : The TaKeTiNa process is unique as an opportunity for deep embodiment and a space to explore the connection between consciousness and soma.

Michael also has a strong connection to Arnhem Land people with 12 years working with NT Indigenous community organisations. He works closely with Steiner schools specialising in rhythm and movement for education and wellbeing. He is the founder of NT clinic Blue Sky Therapies, holds a masters degree in health management and works all over Australia and internationally.  www.blueskytherapies.com.au

Ria Soemardjo is a Melbourne based musician with a passion for collaborating with artists across diverse range of genres and artforms. Her distinct, haunting vocal style reflects her Australian/Indonesian cultural heritage and she draws on her love for Balinese and Javanese musical traditions in her song writing and collaborative projects.

A fascination for exploring voice and movement lead her to train as an Alexander Technique teacher, and she taught at the School for FM Alexander Studies for several years, with a focus on the practical application of this approach for voice and performance. In 2018, she will complete her training in a cutting edge approach to rhythm/voice training - Taketina Rhythm Process, and share this work through group workshops.

Ria's most recent performance 'The Echoes Project' in Chinatown for 2017 Mapping Melbourne festival, reflects her ongoing interest in developing contemporary performance/rituals, in response to urban sites. Ria has received Green Room nominations for her compositions and live music performance for dance works– including Enfold (2016) and Opal Vapour (2013) – and an award with Helen Mountfort for ‘Tower Suites’(2012), with dancer Ros Warby. She has recorded with many ensembles including original compositions with her contemporary world music trio 'Fine Blue Thread' which melds tabla, cello, viola and voice and continues to learn and perform different styles of gamelan and percussion from Indonesia. www.riavoice.com

About the Organiser:

Andy Harrison has been involved in TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process since 1999 and is passionate to share this unique work with community in Melbourne. He is Director of Melbourne Piano School. 

www.melbournepiano.com.au

"Rhythm is one of the most ancient and efficient ways to influence and develop human consciousness. In our globally-networked and technologically-focussed world, human beings often lose touch with their own internal rhythms, making them feel displaced and de-synchronized. TaKeTiNa allows them to reconnect with the healing powers of rhythm and primordial motion. Social, mental, creative, spiritual and of course musical faculties are reawakened and developed with the practice of TaKeTiNa."

- Reinhard Flatischler (Founder of the TaKeTiNa Process)