Amerta workshops 2026
- Spring day workshops: March 7th, May 16th, June 6th
- Movement, somatics and art-making for embodied practice. 3 weekends July 4th-5th / September 26th-27th / November 28th-29th. Co-facilitated by Laura O'brien
- Summer movement and creativity in the landscape 8 week course (To be confirmed)
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Scroll down for links to event information and for Amerta movement resources (web links, videos, books)
Scroll down for links to event information and for Amerta movement resources (web links, videos, books)
Spring workshops
3 day workshops , suitable for newcomers as well as experienced movers,
covering themes of movement as communication, movement with nature, and movement as prayer and ritual.
Click here for full details of spring workshop series and booking info
covering themes of movement as communication, movement with nature, and movement as prayer and ritual.
Click here for full details of spring workshop series and booking info
Making Space
Movement, somatics and art-making for embodied practice
A 3-weekend programme for therapists, movement practitioners, artists and creatives, and those engaged in personal, spiritual or creative development wishing to deepen their connection with body, presence and creative expression
Co-facilitated by somatic therapist Laura O'Brien
Click here for more info and to apply for the course
Movement, somatics and art-making for embodied practice
A 3-weekend programme for therapists, movement practitioners, artists and creatives, and those engaged in personal, spiritual or creative development wishing to deepen their connection with body, presence and creative expression
Co-facilitated by somatic therapist Laura O'Brien
Click here for more info and to apply for the course
About Amerta Movement
Amerta movement was created by Suprapto Suryadarmo (Prapto) from Java.
(From Triarchy press)
"In 1970, Prapto started “to practise movement with the approach of exploring like a child…”
He practised “in many conditions of time and space, in nature, temples exploring the qualities of freedom and limitation”. He perceived the world through movement rather than from stasis, or, as he initially described it, “from the Buddha walking, rather than from the Buddha sitting”.
Alongside Buddhist practice and observing the movement of children, his practice was influenced by studying the elements and movement in nature, the practice of Sumarah (a traditional Javanese meditation practice of ‘letting go’ or surrender) and,
through his parents’ influence, Javanese mysticism."
I studied Amerta with Prapto from 1997-2019. He passed away at the end of 2019.
More information about Prapto and his work: https://www.triarchypress.net/prapto.html
Amerta movement was created by Suprapto Suryadarmo (Prapto) from Java.
(From Triarchy press)
"In 1970, Prapto started “to practise movement with the approach of exploring like a child…”
He practised “in many conditions of time and space, in nature, temples exploring the qualities of freedom and limitation”. He perceived the world through movement rather than from stasis, or, as he initially described it, “from the Buddha walking, rather than from the Buddha sitting”.
Alongside Buddhist practice and observing the movement of children, his practice was influenced by studying the elements and movement in nature, the practice of Sumarah (a traditional Javanese meditation practice of ‘letting go’ or surrender) and,
through his parents’ influence, Javanese mysticism."
I studied Amerta with Prapto from 1997-2019. He passed away at the end of 2019.
More information about Prapto and his work: https://www.triarchypress.net/prapto.html
Resources
Videos:
Information about Amerta and the Amerta movement community worldwide
Books:
- My video describing moving with the theme of naming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvxrovlrKN8&t=2s
- My video describing moving with the theme of sensing, rhythm, resting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-r5ZWR9zyM
- Video of Prapto at Avebury UK: "Stone is nit just stone": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAFAuzo5xms
- Interview with Prapto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO_OObTVRfo
Information about Amerta and the Amerta movement community worldwide
- International website https://amertamovers.art/
- Uk website https://www.amertamovement.co.uk/
- Videos by Amerta practitioners sharing some of the basic practice principles. https://www.amertamovement.co.uk/basics.html
- Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerta_Movement
Books:
- Bloom, Katya (2006). The Embodied Self: movement and psychoanalysis. Karnac Books
- Bloom, Katya, Margit Galanter & Sandra Reeve. (2014) Embodied Lives: Moving in the Garden of Amerta. Triarchy Press
- Lavelle, Lise (2005). Amerta Movement of Java 1986-1997: An Asian Movement Improvisation. Lund University Centre for Languages and Literature
- Reeve, Sandra (2009). The Ecological Body. Exeter University PhD Thesis
- Reeve, Sandra (2011). Nine Ways of Seeing a Body. Triarchy Press