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Making a difference with the Open Floor International Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Scholarship fund. Simone simply wouldn’t have been able to participate in the Open
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14-17 February, 2025
online via Mighty Networks
Move & Include is Open Floor International’s annual fundraiser—a joyful, collaborative event to celebrate our community and the transformative power of movement. This year’s event honors our founding members and welcomes participants from across the globe to come together at our online home on Mighty Networks.
With 26 session slots and 4 Zoom spaces running simultaneously, the event blends planned programming with spontaneous, participant-led sessions using Open Space Technology.
Whether you’re a seasoned mover or new to Open Floor, this is your chance to connect, create, and celebrate in a supportive, inclusive space.
USA (PT)
USA (ET)
Europe (CET)
UK (GMT)
Resourced by their own embodiment practice, people create adaptive and regenerative relationships with themselves, each other, and the planet.
We currently have trainees from all over the world who are facing challenging financial hardship. We raised over $20,000 in the last two years at Open House, and with additional fundraising we have already awarded over 30 scholarships. Funds raised go towards ensuring that our teachers in training can complete the teacher training.
Become an Open House sponsor!
To become a sponsor of Open House and make sure that new teachers reflect the beautiful diversity of world’s people, let us know by selecting a sponsorship option on the Eventbrite ticketing page. We will get back to you right away to see how you or your business would like to be acknowledged for your gift.
Click on a logo below to find out more about businesses that share the values of Open Floor International. These values include diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Sessions are listed in chronological order, in the teachers’ local time zones.
All sessions are live, participatory, 60 – 90 minutes movement sessions.
A new session starts every two hours.
I've been practicing inquiry movement in many different ways, but I've never experienced anything quite like Open Floor. I know I love this modality and that it truly resonates for me.
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Your donation supports resilience, compassion, and joyous connection with others.
Your gift will support our efforts to diversify the field of embodiment, develop further the OFI curriculum, and expand the reach of our teachers globally.
Open Floor International is incorporated in the United States as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Donations made to Open Floor International are deductible to the full extent allowed by U.S. law.
We provide an electronic receipt at the time of the donation. Both the receipt you see onscreen at the completion of the donation process and the e-mail you receive shortly thereafter meet all IRS requirements as a record of donation. If you are asked to provide a paper receipt for IRS purposes, please print out a copy of your email receipt. If you need another copy of your receipt, please email us.
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Our application process is rigorous so that we can ensure readiness, and make sure the group has integrity and diversity as a whole.
How it works
* The application fee is non-refundable and will be applied towards the full price upon acceptance.
PLEASE NOTE
Open Floor Teachers and Working Members do not need to apply, please email us directly for information on how to register to this Immersion.
*Conscious Dance Practices: Open Floor, Soul Motion, 5Rhythms™, Movement Medicine, Freedom Dance, Azul, Tamalpa Life/Art Process, Continuum, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies. Let us know in your application if there’s another conscious dance practice you have studied that you would like us to consider.
The cost of this Immersion is: $850 (excludes travel & accommodation)
Includes a $30 non-refundable application fee, which will be applied towards the full price upon acceptance.
OFI has two scholarship funds that support those who are in financial need and wish to study. You can apply for these scholarships once you have been accepted onto the Immersion.
MUDRA FINANCIAL AID SCHOLARSHIP FUND
A mudra is a position in which we place our bodies to cultivate a specific awareness. The spirit of the mudra of sobriety is “neither more nor less than necessary.” We ask applicants to contemplate, in consideration of their own true needs, and all others who need help too.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SCHOLARSHIP FUND
OFI provides scholarships to increase the diversity of OFI students and teachers. With this Scholarship, Open Floor International is taking a first step in reaching a goal of students and teachers being reflective of the world where Open Floor is practiced. The majority of OFI’s current teachers live in the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Most are European or of European descent, speak English fluently, are 35 – 65, identify as women, and are able-bodied. We are actively looking to expand our reach outside these populations with our scholarship fund. Priority is given to people who identify as Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC), LBGQT+, gender fluid, differently abled, and/or live in less wealthy regions.
Open to professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds, our Advanced Programs are ideal if you are looking to gain new skills to integrate embodiment across disciplines such as, but not limited to, healthcare, social services, business, education, and the arts.
THIS ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM DISTILLS AN APPROACH TO INTEGRATE INTO A VARIETY OF MODALITIES SUCH AS:
• Teachers and facilitators of embodiment, mindful movement and conscious dance
• Movement and Dance Movement Therapists
• Coaches
• Physicians (MD, DO, ND, DC & others) & Physician Assistants
• Nurses & Nurse Practitioners
• Psychotherapists, Psychologists, Counsellors
• Emergency Medical Personnel
• Meditation & Mindfulness Teachers
• Massage Therapists & Body Workers
• Complementary & Alternative Medicine Professionals
• Community Leaders
• Educators
• Social Workers
Common Knowledge Immersion – EUROPE – May 18-23, 2023
Common Knowledge Immersion – USA – June 2-6, 2023
Common Good Immersion – EUROPE – February 2-7, 2024
Common Good Immersion – USA – March 15-19, 2024
Venue: Findhorn Ecovillage
Universal Hall Arts Centre, The Park, Findhorn, Forres, Scotland IV36 3SH
For more information visit: https://www.ecovillagefindhorn.com/
Travel:
The Findhorn Eco-village is in the Northeast of Scotland. There are multiple ways to travel to Findhorn, depending on your mode of transport, climate values and economics. For more information click here.
Accommodation:
You will find a range of B&B’s, Caravans, and eco-chalets by following these links:
https://www.findhornbayholidaypark.com
https://findhorn.cc/services/bed-breakfast-list/
If you stay at The Park/Findhorn Ecovillage you might be anywhere from a 2 to 10 minute walk from the venue. If you stay in Findhorn Village (the old Scottish fishing village) you’ll be a 20-minute walk away.
Venue: Presence Studio
1412 Cornwall Avenue
Bellingham, WA 98225
USA
For more information visit:
https://www.presence-studio.com/
Travel
Bellingham has its own international airport and is just over an hour’s drive away from Vancouver International Airport in Canada (which will require border crossing) or just under 2 hours from Seattle Airport. Find out more here.
Accommodation
You will find a range of hotels and B&B’s close by. More information here.
Open Floor International is incorporated in the United States as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
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