Body & Voice: Women's Coastal Landscape Explorations
Monday, April 27 - Monday, June 29
9:30 AM
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About
Body & Voice
Women's Coastal Landscape Explorations
with Leela Fisk, Shashi Salma Darling & Kate Reed
Would you like to be supported with gentle attention as you experience the coastal landscape as a listening body?
Do you feel called to join the creative hum of nature?
Would you like to be part of a group of women exploring together - seeing one another generously, and sharing poetry and simplicity?
This series is an invitation to gather with women and move in conversation with the coast. Together we will open to the land, to voice and to our senses, awakening our connection with the body, with each other and with nature.
These sessions are open to those curious about - or already practising - movement and dance, creative expression, poetry, song and the pulsing vitality of earth, tide and sky.
Body & Voice is a series of seven day-long workshops and one introductory morning. You are welcome to book individual sessions or join the full arc of the series. We meet in village halls / dance studios in morning sessions, and explore coastline in the afternoons.
Sessions 1 & 2 are for Women of Colour only - offering room to gather, move and explore in shared lived experience.
Sessions 3–7 are open and inclusive - welcoming all women.
Each full day includes: morning studio practice, afternoon exploration on location.
This is a Movement for Life community group project, supported by National Lottery Community Funding.
Photo credit: Adam Griffin
The Schedule
Monday 27 April 10:00am - 12:00pm
Led by Shashi | FOR WOMEN OF COLOUR ONLY
Studio 6 Dartington Trust AM only
Monday 11 May 10:00am - 3:30pm
Led by Shashi | FOR WOMEN OF COLOUR ONLY
Strete Village Hall AM, Strete & Forest Cove coastline PM
Monday 18 May 10:00am - 3:30pm
Led by Shashi | FOR ALL WOMEN
Wembury War Memorial Village Hall AM, Wembury coastline PM
Monday 1 June 10:00am - 3:30pm
Led by Leela | FOR ALL WOMEN
Harberton Parish Hall AM, Thurlestone coastline PM
Monday 8 June 10:00am - 3:30pm
Led by Leela | FOR ALL WOMEN
Strete Village Hall AM, Strete & Forest Cove coastline PM
Monday 15 June 10:00am - 3:30pm
Led by Shashi | FOR ALL WOMEN
Moor Imagination Centre, Buckfastleigh AM, Thurlestone coastline PM
Monday 22 June 10:00am - 3:30pm
Led by Leela | FOR ALL WOMEN
Strete Village Hall AM, Strete & Forest Cove coastline PM
Monday 29 June 10:00am - 3:30pm
Led by Leela | FOR ALL WOMEN
Harberton Parish Hall AM, Thurlestone coastline PM
Investment
27 April morning session: sliding scale £15 - £40
Full day session: sliding scale £30 - £80 (drag the slider when you select the ticket to choose what you pay)
Full series pass for Women of Colour: £60 – £480
Fully funded bursaries available for those in need - no questions asked (drag the slider to £0 when you select the ticket)
Travel bursaries:
We can refund parking costs for those in need. Applicable at Studio 6 (if the LED free gym carpark is full and you have to park in the main Dartington car park), applicable at Wembury and Buckfastleigh. There is free parking at the other venues.
We can compensate bus fares were applicable.
To submit a travel reimbursement, send an email to hello@leelafisk.com and give any receipts to the facilitator.
The Venues
**Studio 6 Dartington Trust: ** Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL
Strete Village Hall : 1 Hynetown Rd, Strete, TQ6 0RT
Wembury War Memorial Village Hall : 19 Barton Close, Wembury, Plymouth, PL9 0LF
Harberton Parish Hall: 5 Tristford Rd, Harberton, Totnes, TQ9 7SD
Moor Imagination Centre: Chapel Street, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0AB
The Team
Leela Fisk
Leela Fisk has been leading community dance projects locally since 2010, working in education since 1999. She has great trust in the company of the ocean, where she finds a conversation of movement, song, poetry and silence.
As founder of the Devon School of Soul Motion and Movement for Life community group, she has trained community dance practitioners and leads ongoing local community dance groups. Her personal practice explores body in landscape, and how movement can reconnect us with our physical nature in an increasingly technological world.
Shashi Salma Darling
Shashi Salma Darling has developed ‘Wild Divine Dance,’ dance and meditation practices indoors and in nature over the past 28 years though practice as a dance movement psychotherapist, ecopsychologist, conscious dance facilitator, mindfulness and dharma teacher.
Kate Reed
Kate has a lifelong passion for connecting with aliveness through movement, nature, and creative expression. She brings her openness, her love of dance, movement, and the natural landscape into her work, alongside her training in drama and movement therapy, environmental arts therapy and embodied leadership.
Her approach is influenced by Soul Motion and mindfulness. Through these practises she invites a space for people to connect with themselves, others and the living landscape.
Kate will be assisting some of the sessions of the Body & Voice series.
Cancellation Policy
We cannot offer refunds for this series. If you need you cancel your attendance then you are welcome to sell your ticket to someone else. If there is a waiting list and we are able to resell your ticket, we will refund you 70% of the ticket value (there is a 30% admin fee).
Booking Terms & Conditions
By booking a place on this session, you agree to the following:
1. Participation and Health
You confirm that you are able to take part in light to moderate physical activity, including walking on uneven and sometimes steep terrain.
You are responsible for your own health, wellbeing, and any personal medication.
You may share relevant health information with facilitators in advance if you wish, to support your participation or confirm suitability before booking.
2. Activity and Environment
Sessions take place in natural coastal environments and include walking, gentle movement, and exploration.
You may encounter uneven terrain, cliffs, livestock (sheep, cows), ticks, insects, and other members of the public.
Some areas may cross golf courses via public rights of way; the group will take care, but participants are asked to be aware.
Sun, wind, and weather conditions vary; please bring clothing and sun protection suitable for the day.
Limited toilet facilities are available; participants should be prepared for outdoor toileting (“wild wee”) when necessary.
3. Water Safety
Optional: If you choose to enter the water, this is solely at your own risk. Water activity is not part of the guided exploration, and facilitators will not supervise or provide guidance for this.
4. Facilitator Guidance
Facilitators provide guidance on safe exploration, group boundaries, and awareness of the environment.
Participants are encouraged to move at a pace that feels comfortable.
5. Insurance and Liability
Facilitators carry public liability insurance for the guided activities.
Participants accept responsibility for their own personal safety during optional activities outside the guided exploration.
By attending, participants acknowledge and accept the risks inherent in coastal environments.
6. What to Bring
Essential:
Comfortable clothing suitable for movement
Warm layers
Windproof/waterproof jacket
Waterproof over trousers e.g. these (even if it's sunny/dry)
Sturdy footwear (and/or water shoes if preferred)
Backpack
Packed lunch and sufficient water
Recommended:
Sun protection (hat, sunscreen, sunglasses)
Spare socks and small towel
Flask with a hot drink
Health & Personal Care:
Personal medication
Tick awareness (tick remover if available)
Lip balm / skin protection
Optional:
Swimwear (for entering water at your own risk)
Notebook or journal
Lightweight sit mat or small blanket
7. Acknowledgement
By booking, you confirm that you have read and understood these terms, that you are voluntarily participating in the session, and that you are responsible for your own safety and wellbeing during both the guided and optional activities.
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