Summer Movement Intensive 2024
Hampstead Heath London
-5th to 9th August-
-What-
We invite you to the 5th Annual outdoor Summer Movement Intensive, held in the beautiful 790-acre Hampstead Heath in London.
Join members of the Ferus Animi // Terra Nova collective and our wider training community for 1-week (over 35 hours) of intensive movement education delivered through our renowned practice-as-research methodologies.​
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Email info@ferus-animi-terra-nova.org for the full registration info.
-When-
The Intensive runs from
-Monday the 5th to Friday the 9th of August 2024-
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Schedule
(Mon - Fri) ​
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9:30am // Meet at Hampstead Heath
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10am to 1pm // Morning Training Session
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1pm to 2:30pm // Lunch
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2:30pm to 5:30pm // Afternoon Training Session
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5:30pm to 6:30pm // End of Day Session
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-Who-
Ferus Animi // Terra Nova is a world-leading specialist movement collective, who's practice-as-research methodology explores the fields of social anthropology, neuroscience, evolutionary physiology, functional biomechanics, performance psychology and applied philosophy.
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Our educational programs aim to develop and disseminate embodied research from the forefront of scientific and philosophical thought in a relevant and accessible way in order to enrich the practices of our students and collaborators.
The teaching team for this event is Tina Afiyan Breiova, Kim Amankwaa, David Kam & Winston Reynolds.
Full teacher bios can be found on our home page by clicking on their respective photos.
-Where-
This intensive occurs in the beautiful outdoor setting of the 790-acre Hampstead Heath in London, United Kingdom.
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Hampstead Heath is serviced by stations on the London Underground, Overground and Bus networks, and is easily accessible from nearby areas of London by walking and bike.
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The closest stations are Hampstead Heath Overground, Gospel Oak Overground, and Hampstead Underground stations.
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Participants can choose between meeting at Hampstead Heath overground station each morning at 09:30am and walking into the Heath with the FA//TN team, or meeting directly at the daily training locations, which will be sent out each morning on an event WhatsApp group. ​
-Investment-
Full Price (1 week) // £320
Students and the unemployed (1 week) // £275
(proof of eligibility required at registration)
Summer Movement Intensive returners // £250
(proof of eligibility required at registration)
We are a community-minded collective who strive to make our training accessible and affordable for all, while paying our staff and collaborators fairly for their expertise. If affordability is a sincere barrier to your attendance then please write to us on events@ferus-animi-terra-nova.org and we can discuss discounted prices for students on limited means, the unemployed and those with young children.
-What to Expect-
Over the week we will explore the principles of movement and training that underlie our Ferus Animi // Terra Nova research methodology. It will involve:
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A daily 'form' practice of mobilisations and activations to explore movement nourishment for health, athleticism, and longevity.
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Mindfulness- and meditation- based practices to reflect upon our cognitive and embodied relationship with ourselves, in interaction with our environments.
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Collaborative and combative partnering games, to locate and refine our problem solving blindspots.
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Scientific theory around performance psychology, evolutionary physiology, behavioural neuroscience, and functional biomechanics, to ground our training in existing lines of enquiry and thought.
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Physically challenging and mentally stimulating movement puzzles, designed to expose us to a daily dose of functional failure.
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The cultivation of a rigorous and resourceful learning environment and a positive motivational climate, in which participants are invited to explore the training propositions in an optimal developmental manner, guided by both the research and our collective instincts.