MOVESHOP: Moving with the Heart with Rachael Sharkland

Sun Feb 15 2026 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm UTC-08:00

The Alembic | Berkeley

The Alembic
Publisher/HostThe Alembic
MOVESHOP: Moving with the Heart with Rachael Sharkland
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“Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.”-- Derek Walcott, Excerpt from Love After Love

For this Moveshop we move with, for, and through the heart. Blending playful, embodied improvisation with experiential anatomy, we will explore devotional heart practices; how might we call ourselves back to the garden of our belonging, our vulnerability, and our true nature.
About Moveshops
Moveshops are in-person, movement-based gatherings exploring embodiment as a pathway to expression, connection, and freedom. Through guided solo and group experiential and improvisation-based practices, we cultivate an expansive and creative partnership with our breath, voice, and body. Moveshops are playful, body-positive, and meant for every body — no prior movement experience necessary. Each gathering is responsive to the group and follows a loose structure:
-Welcoming circle & theme introduction
-Experiential warm-up for the voice, breath, and body
-Solo and group embodied exploration (scores, body puzzles, creative play)
-Closing circle

Rachael Sharkland is a Certified Hakomi Practitioner (CHP), Certified Mind-Body Coach, dancer, and movement educator. She is dedicated to embodiment as a creative and healing force on the path toward liberation and wellbeing for all life. More about her Embodiment and Relational Healing practice here: https://rachaelsharkland.com/
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The Alembic, 815 Heinz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710-2754, United States

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