Elaine Colandrea explores how the somatic arts shape consciousness, inform and inspire the creative process, as well as foster connections with nature to organically create a more humane world. Continuum teacher and Artistic Director of Watermark Arts, as well as a dancer/choreographer, somatic educator and massage therapist, her work has been deeply influenced by her association with Emilie Conrad, founder of Continuum, a practice she has pursued for over 30 years. With Rori Smith, Elaine co-authored The Elemental Body: A Movement Guide to Kinship with Ourselves and the Natural World, Epigraph, 2022.
Elaine’s abiding passion is bringing people together to directly experience the body’s transformative capacity.
Events with Elaine Colandrea
Continuum In-Depth Retreat: The Nourishing Waters WithinSeptember 5 - 8, 2024
RETREAT BY INVITED PRESENTER Life force is difficult to define. Yet, once we step away from outer-focused action we can both sense and nourish it. Over this nourishing long weekend, we will engage in biologically based explorations, developing deep personal resources by tending our inner fluid nature. We will use the Continuum process of breathing, sounding, and fluid movement to provide ourselves heartfelt and soulful attention, galvanizing health and wellbeing; it’s the perfect antidote to today’s overly programmed and homogenized world. To highlight our connection with the natural world, we will divide our time between the covered Outdoor Pavilion and…
