L'Amourgasboard - A Valentine's Gathering For Everyone
PRESENTED BY ERIN FOWLER MOVEMENT & THE EMBER ROOM
About
This Valentine’s Day, you’re invited to 'L'Amourgasboard' - a lush, sensorial evening for couples and open hearted individuals to gather, enjoy, and explore connection and pleasure in all its flavours.
If your relationships have been feeling rushed, disconnected, or on autopilot - and you’re craving more presence, aliveness and connection in your life - this evening is for you.
The evening will include an 'amuse bouche' of delights – including opening and closing circles to drop in to the present moment, talking and listening exercises to get to know and connect with each other, guided somatic practices and dance to ignite freedom, passion and aliveness to the body, and practices that evoke pleasure through the senses.
We believe in the restorative power of intentional pleasure – be it sensory, erotic, relational, creative, or nature-based - invites us into being rather than doing. It allows us to feel more resourced, resilient, and compassionate towards ourselves and others, something we feel is strongly needed at this time.
So much of our connection now happens through screens and digital spaces. L’Amourgasboard is an invitation into the aliveness of intimate moments with yourself and others - be it your partner or someone you meet on the night!
Event facilitators and sisters Erin and Tess Fowler draw from their shared backgrounds in the arts (music and dance), events, embodiment, ritual, intimacy and relationship practices, and Tantra. At their shared private practice in Norwood, Tess works as a somatic psychotherapist (MCounsPsych) and Erin as a Holistic Intimacy & Relationships Guide (Certified Tantra Practitioner and Qoya Inspired Movement Facilitator.) For more information on what they do, please visit www.erinfowlermovement.com and www.tessfowler.com.au/theemberroom.
ABOUT OUR CONNECTION PRACTICES
During this workshop you may be invited into solo, paired and/or small group practices. These practices may include talking and listening, relational exercises, guided somatic movement and/or presence, and sensual touch. All practices are grounded in consent, safety, and self-autonomy. You are always welcome to participate fully, take a pause, practice solo or simply observe.
Paired practices are done in a respectful and tasteful way with people deciding on what level of connection they would like, within the agreed boundaries and desires of the space and of the pair. There is no nudity or genital touch at any of our events.
This gathering welcomes couples and individuals alike. For couples - you are welcome to stay paired with each other. For individuals, we offer clear and supportive guidance and multiple opportunities to pair with other individuals in the space. Whether arriving with a partner or on your own, the invitation is the same: to meet the evening - and one another - with openness, respect, and curiosity.
WHO THIS EVENT IS FOR
All community members are welcome to this event. We welcome all sexual identities, orientations and choices.
For both events, you can come solo, with a partner, or with a friend.
Like any good “amourgasboard”, you’re welcome to explore what sparks your curiosity, engage with what enlivens you, and leave the rest. You don’t need any prior experience, confidence in dancing, or a particular way of being.
If you’re longing for an evening that feels nourishing, playful, and gently enlivening, this space may be for you and we would love to have you.
Additionally, L’Amourgasboard is also being held on Sunday 15th Feb for women to explore similar themes in a women-centred space. (For this event this means cis and trans women, as well as and non-binary people who feel aligned with a women-centred space). You can find that event page here: https://www.trybooking.com/DIWDA
KEY EVENT DETAILS
PRICE
$70 per person
$120 for a couple/bring a friend ticket OR an individual booking into both events
WHEN
5:30 arrival for a 6pm start - 9:30pm finish
VENUE
Location: Belair Community Hall, 1 Burnell Dr, Belair, SA 5052 // Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/sx6nu91AZGWBKYtf7
WHAT TO BRING
- 1-2 cushions to sit on for comfort. The floor at our venue is wooden so we suggest bringing socks and/or a yoga mat and blanket to sit on.
- Eye shades or a scarf to cover your eyes for the sensory ritual. (This can be removed at any time)
- Water bottle
- Pen and paper if you like to journal
- Come dressed in something you can easily move in and that you feel good in
**We will provide tea, fruit and chocolate throughout the evening, but we recommend you eat a meal before coming along.
A FEW THINGS TO NOTE
As this is a shared space, please arrive with good personal hygiene and fresh breath. While cleanliness is appreciated, please avoid heavy perfumes, colognes, or strongly scented deodorants as people can be sensitive to strong and synthetic fragrances. This is also a strictly alcóhòl and drüg-free event. Thank you for helping us create a respectful and enjoyable environment for all.
CANCELLATION POLICY
We are unable to offer ticket refunds however you are welcome to transfer your spot to someone else if you can no longer attend. Please let us know their name and email address at least 24 hours in advance if this is the case, so we have time to send them the registration form.
PARTICIPANT HEALTH & WELLBEING
As this is an intimate, close-contact event, we ask that you take care of the group by not attending if you’re feeling unwell.
HEALTH DISCLAIMER & LIABILITY
We will engage in practices that require some gentle movement – if you have any serious injuries now or in the last 5 years, or health issues that may interfere with your participation, please discuss this with the facilitator (Erin).You are responsible for your own health and wellbeing during this evening. Erin Fowler Movement will not be held liable for any injury or other medical, physical, mental or emotional issues that may arise, are sustained or aggravated during or after this event.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT
For further information on this weekend, please contact Erin at hello@erinfowlermovement.com
Erin Fowler Movement and The Ember Room acknowledges that we live and work on the land of the Kaurna people. We respect their spiritual connection to country and acknowledge their living cultural and heritage beliefs. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
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