Description
Move Your DNA Workshop—Brussels area (Pelt, Belgium)
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MOVE YOUR DNA WEEKENDS, CLICK HERE
Instructor: Mina van Brunschot mina@alignmentlab.eu phone +31653207809/+32476347792
Dates/Times: October 11-13. Friday 7:00pm-9:00pm, Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm, Sunday 9:00am-1:30pm
Event Location:
alignmentLAB
Grote Heide 108
3910 Pelt, Belgium
Price: Course is $450 USD. Save $50 if you register by August 11th.
Getting There:
Pelt is one of 6 Belgian and Dutch municipalities in the 15,000 acre cross-border nature park Groote Heide. alignmentLAB is located on the edge of the part called Hageven in Belgium and The Plateaux in The Netherlands, the stream valley of the small river The Dommel.
Pelt is a quick drive from Hasselt, Eindhoven, Weert or a bike ride away from Hamont-Achel, Valkenswaard, Lommel. Closest train station: Neerpelt(B), about 5km away and in The Netherlands: Weert or Eindhoven (both about 25km away).
International flights: closest airport is Eindhoven (EIN), or bigger airports like Amsterdam (AMS) and Brussels Int (BRU). AMS has the easiest public transportation connection, via Eindhoven.
Contact Mina for the best connections.
4 rooms (to share) for rent in the next door “furniture-free” holiday home, maximum 10 people. Saturday lunch and walk will be combined. For dinner, the easiest food options are the supermarket (10 minutes by car) and the Belgian fries shop (5 min on foot). Mina has exercise props for sale.
Description and Program Logistics:
This event includes both indoor and outdoor movement. Please dress accordingly!
Learn how to see the way you're moving in a more nuanced way! Move Your DNA Weekends are fun, two-day sessions designed to give you a strong foundation in aligning your body well during a variety of exercises—-including walking and squatting—so you can start learning how to be your own personal trainer and guide yourself to moving more with greater ease and less pain. Using 40 exercises from the bestselling book Move Your DNA as the curriculum, you'll leave the weekend knowing how to nourish your body with movement, head-to-toe.
Workshop is limited to 10 students per instructor so you get plenty of individual attention and learn how to fit all our exercises to your body. Three quarters of the course will be on the mat, but you'll also spend time applying good form to walking, hanging, and introducing your feet to “vitamin texture.” We aim to maximize the fresh air and outdoor experience, because moving together, outside, is what our DNA expects. Whether you are new to exercise or a movement professional wanting to give more technical instructions to your students, the skill of breaking down an exercise, body part by body part, will pay off again and again.
Move Your DNA weekends include:
- thirteen hours of instruction over two days
- practice of 40 MYDNA exercises
- small group training (1:10 instructor/student ratio)
- minimal footwear/barefoot experience
- introduction to walking with better alignment
- connection with other lovers of alignment and natural movement
- a downloadable exercise workbook you'll receive when you register
- a life-changing experience worth traveling for
WHAT TO BRING
Please bring a mat (or let your instructor know if this isn't possible) and a blanket or towels for bolstering various exercises. All other equipment is provided. There are two short breaks and one hour-long lunch break each day. No food is provided; please bring a sack lunch or search what food options might be close by. Print and bring your workbook for taking notes! See your receipt for workbook details.
COMMUNICATION
Your instructor's email address is listed above. You can reach out to them for more information. You can use the event address above to find the best accommodations if you're traveling. The course instructor will contact you with additional information two weeks before your course date.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
We reserve the right to cancel any event due to low attendance (five or fewer), instructor illness, or unforeseen calamity. If we must cancel an event, you will receive either a full refund or the option to transfer to another similar/rescheduled event. For low attendance-related cancellations, we will notify you at least two weeks before your event. If you're booking travel and accommodations prior, please contact your event instructor to stay abreast of enrollment!
No transfers or refunds given for cancellations within 60 days of a workshop unless we can fill your spot. If you can no longer make it, please email us; we might have someone on the waitlist! You are also welcome to send someone in your place (please email your instructor and let them know of any changes). Exception: In case the participant tests positive for Covid illness within 10 days of the workshop we are offering full refunds (less service charge of $25) up to the day of the event. Save your dated test results to submit for refund (more on how to submit proof for covid-related cancellations here).