Body mapping is an arts-based qualitative research method where participants trace life-sized body outlines on paper or canvas and fill them with colours, drawings, and symbols. Participants are encouraged to visually represent their lived physical, emotional, and social experiences in such activities. Core characteristics of body mapping are 1) embodied storytelling to connect physical sensations, mental states, and social conditions; 2) non-verbal expression to help people

In 2021, I took a huge challenge, designing and teaching the first course Authentic Movement (AM) with Bui Tuyet Minh, Founder of Vietnam...

There is a story of the King and the Spider. Vikram was a brave king. Once, he had to fight against a large army with just a few soldiers, he was defeated. He had to run for his life. Vikram took shelter in a forest cave. He was very depressed. His courage had left him. He was blankly gazing at the ceiling of the cave. An interesting scene captured his attention. A small spider was trying to weave a web across the cave ceiling. As the spider crawled up, a thread of the web br

Trigger warning: suicide thoughts… … Imagine one day, when everything and everyone let you down… Rejection after rejection… And you are...

30 days Authentic Movement Challenge Project - Ann Way Day 6 (04 February 2018) Great Barrier Island, New Zealand Pool of movement. --- I...

30 days Authentic Movement Challenge Project - Ann Way Day 5 (20 August 2017) Great Barrier Island, New Zealand ---- I am a mover. ---...

30 days Authentic Movement Challenge Project - Ann Way Day 4 (30 July 2017) Great Barrier Island, New Zealand --- Day 4 with Heather. ...

30 days Authentic Movement Challenge Project - Ann Way Day 3 (26 July 2017) Great Barrier Island, New Zealand --- Twist and turn....

30 days Authentic Movement Challenge Project - Ann Way Day 2 (23 July 2017) Great Barrier Island, New Zealand --- Day 2 with June. I...

A day like today, when the weather is too bad and the classes are cancelled because no attendee, I sit in an empty space and move with myself. Then the idea comes to life. I challenge myself in a new performance project - the 30 days Authentic Movement Challenge to raise the awareness of this practice in Australasia and South East Asia. While I am surrounding with wonderful movers, I personally feel this practice needs to be shared to people who have not tried it yet. And not

"We dance from the moment our feet touch the Earth" - Sharon Chaiklin Creative movement is any improvisational and spontaneous movement generated by inner resources rather than a set routine or formal technique (smauff2, 2010). All movement is correct and the process of moving takes precedence over the product. Each individual and her own mind and body influence the result. The teacher may guide this impetus to move using suggestions, forms, and exercises. There are no levels

I grew up in an impoverished district of Ho Chi Minh City, although I have wonderful memories from childhood. In 2003, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City began a social program to destroy the slums in my old neighborhood and replace them with low-income housing. The work commenced in the summer of 2005, giving rise to my inspiration. The slums are now gone and new buildings are being completed in order to relocate thousands of people. But somehow, the buildings are as