Deconstructing Movement

Deconstructing Movement

for essence to emerge

Before techniques. Before shapes. Before style. We are setting the conditions so that Movement emerges

Overview

Most movement training focuses on what movement should look like. This immersion explores what movement is built from.

Deconstructing Movement is a weekend-long inquiry into the conditions that give rise to movement; attention, sensation, support, load, play, and stillness. Rather than accumulating techniques, we’ll take movement apart to better understand how it organizes itself.

Movement is treated not as something to be forced or corrected, but as an emergent process that reveals itself when the right conditions are present.

What We’ll Explore

The immersion is structured around exploration rather than instruction, and experience rather than performance.

You can expect to work with:

• Somatics
  Refining sensation, orientation, and awareness as the foundation of movement

• Ground Acrobatics
  Exploring support, transitions, and adaptability through contact with the floor

• Partner Games
  Using play and interaction to reveal timing, responsiveness, and shared intelligence

• Uncommon Strength
  Strength as relationship—to gravity, structure, and environment—rather than brute force

• Stillness
  Creating space for integration, nervous system regulation, and clarity

Sessions will emphasize curiosity, variability, and listening over repetition and correction.

Who This Immersion Is For

This weekend is well-suited for:

• Movers curious about how movement actually organizes itself

• Practitioners interested in somatic inquiry and embodied awareness

• Teachers and coaches looking to deepen perception rather than add techniques

• Anyone feeling constrained by rigid methods or outcome-driven training

No specific movement background is required.
A willingness to explore is more important than experience.

Structure & Flow

Each day weaves together:

• Guided individual exploration

• Partner and group-based movement games

• Simple constraints that expose underlying patterns

• Periods of stillness and reflection

The weekend is designed to feel spacious, and grounded, allowing insight to arise through experience and refined through contemplation.

Location:

The Movement Standard
Dallas, Texas

Dates:

April 25-26, 2026

Schedule:

Saturday: 830a - 630p
Sunday: 830a - 630p

Investment

$625

Participation is limited to preserve quality of attention and interaction.

About The Movement Standard

The Movement Standard is an education focused movement space rooted in exploration, inquiry, and perspective shifting. Rather than teaching fixed systems, we create environments that allow movement to be experienced as an adaptive, intelligent process.