Open Source Forms / Releasing
online thru Movement Research
all Mondays 10 - 11am (EST/US time)
in March, April and June 2026
I'm teaching OSF in Movement Research's online Monday Releasing series! These 1 hour classes are a great way to start your week, and can be done in your home, anywhere in the world. I look forward to gathering in international community.
Link to register thru Movement Research
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OSF / Dancing the Inner Landscape
2 hr in-person classes in a beautiful, large studio in Kingston, NY
March 13 & 27, April 10 & 24, May 8 & 22, June 5 & 19, 2026
Arts Society of Kingston, NY. 97 Broadway (2nd floor), $20 class
Register: Earthbodybreath@gmail.com
In OSF classes we enter a creative process; letting go of outer layers of holding to find primal energy and ease. Guided by embodied imagery as a powerful tool for transformation we’ll learn to move with agility, transparency and depth. Through alignment studies, movement exploration and group improvisation we’ll cultivate a deep connection to our inner and outer environments.
In this series we’ll explore three unique states of dancing; I move, it moves me, It moves! A remarkably effective way of learning, the OSF approach can catalyze transformation in many kinds of practice, in unique movement virtuosity, and in daily life.
What to expect: This is an improvisational movement class for all levels of movers, and can be done with any amount of energy, in any amount of space. Kinesthetic insight is approached in multi-directional, structural and poetic ways. Music and silence is interwoven with (spoken) poetic imagery, deep meditations and active, focused improvisation. Open Source Forms™ was developed by Stephanie Skura and is deeply rooted in the seminal work of Joan Skinner / Skinner Releasing Technique™. I’ll also draw material from studies with Yvonne Meier and my Earthbody research.
Teresa Smith brings to her teaching a warm appreciation of each person's essence and delights in awakening the creative spirit. She is a certified teacher of OSF™, and studied the root form Skinner Releasing™ for several decades. Through her dance company ‘Earthbody’ she presents performance, artwork and workshops emerging from an intimate conversation with the body, psyche and natural environment. Teresa’s exploration of shifting states of consciousness informs a wide range of her somatic research and knowledge. In addition to teaching OSF, she is a certified teacher of Sufi Dancemeditation™, and a certified facilitator of Dreamshadow Transpersonal Breathwork® and Grof® Legacy Breathwork. She also teaches and facilitates contact improvisation, dance composition / improvisation and authentic movement. She lives in Woodstock, NY, where she has been influential in the Hudson Valley dance community, co-facilitating the Hudson Valley CI Jam and several improvisation projects.