I am a freelance nature connection & somatic movement practitioner based on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. I work in various nature-centred fields with both groups and individuals that include nature connection, mentoring and somatic movement therapy.
I focus my practice on how easeful collaborative processes facilitate welcoming dynamic exchange and growth in formal, informal, designated and wayward settings. These collaborations often involve landscape, awareness of other species and movement practice. I have a keen interest in wildness – in our inner and outer nature. This has taken root in many aspects of my life, including the seasonal roaming Kinship Workshop.
In the dance and performance world, I work as a performer, facilitator, teacher and rehearsal director working in professional and community settings in the UK and sometimes further afield.
I particularly enjoy scored improvisational performance contexts, and over the years, have worked with artists such as Charlie Morrissey, Meytal Blanaru, Joan Clevillé and most currently with collaborators Amy Voris and Jennifer-Lynn Crawford.
My training and influences include Bartenieff Fundamentals, various release-based and floor work contemporary dance styles, Chinese internal arts, and deep nature connection practices.
Wildness and nature-connection practice support finding my place in creative and landscape ecologies. In the crossover of livelihood and life, I have an ongoing practice of embodiment, community-building, allyship, nature connection, straight-talking and diving into the heart of the matter.
Tom Goodwin 