WISDOM OF THE BODY - RELAX, RESET & RENEW with ALLEN PITTMAN

PRESENTS

in association with the Little Five Points Community Center

Gateway Performance Productions in assocation with the Little 5 Points Community Center is honored to present internationally renowned teacher, martial artist and yoga master Allen Pittman. Allen has enhanced Gateway’s programming for decades as an instructor and a performer. He is offering this workshop for a fraction of his usual fee in order to introduce paticipants to his uniquely designed health and wellness protocol. Allen is also offering this workshop as a training for Gateway artists who will serve our local community on an ongoing basis with this protocal.

WISDOM OF THE BODY is a comprehensive system of retrieving and releasing trauma, establishing mental and physical congruency in the musculature and nervous system and preparing the human being for life and its existential threats. It is the only system at present (2024) which unifies educational child development principles, yoga culture and enlightenment spirituality with the training of existential self defense.Wisdom of the Body, is rooted in innate movements that we are all born with. The system weaves together individual history, world history and existential initiation into a protocol of movement combining animal insights with Rites of Passage. The workshop is for ages 12 and up. It is especially suitable for couples. Any child attending must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited. Early registration is recommended.

WHAT TO BRING

Bring a towel, water, a mat and snacks if you like.

LOCATION - DETAILS

The Mask Center – located in the Little 5 Points Community Center

1083 Austin Ave., ground floor, suite 008, Atlanta, GA 30307

FREE PARKING in the lots at the L5PCC.

BIO

Allen Pittman has dedicated his life to the study of the human body as the enlightenment vehicle. He has apprenticed with Wisdom teachers around the world in medicine, martial arts and yoga. His main studies have combined the Warrior and the Healer. At the age of 15 he began his studies with Robert W Smith and after 7 years he moved to Taiwan and studied with Hung I Mien, which set him upon a world journey meeting various teachers and practices. Allen taught for Robert Smith for 18 years and co-authored two books with him. Few have Allen’s level of experience and practice. He has studied various forms of yoga and developed a practice named Wisdom of the Body. Its unique root has been the culmination of 45 years of study and practice. Allen has been the security coordinator and sometime personal escort/bodyguard for celebrities who participated in The Mythic Journeys Conferences and at various times the bodyguard to H.H.the Dalai Lama, Ralph Nader, Andrew Young and Deepak Chopra.

​Gateway Performance Productions' programming is made possible in part by support from the Georgia Council for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulton County Commissioners under the guidance of the Department of Community Development, Fulton County Veterans Services Program, the Fulton County Commissioners under the guidance of Fulton County Arts and Culture, the City of Atlanta - Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and individual contributors.

Event Venue

Mask Center, 1083 Austin Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, United States