“We are born of waves, conceived in the pressured depths of our mother ocean, delivered into the world as the warm pulsating generative womb of our excitatory liquid elan. Throughout our lives we are migrating to and from the dark fertile swirling currents of our deep visceral impulse and the layered striated surfaces of our personal and social realities.

A lifelong tidal existence of flow and form, fluidity and structure, we live a dynamic dance of liquid streaming surges infusing the malleable structure of our flesh. Neural nets like great drifting kelp beds sway and extend in the charged currents of soft tissue and blood, supporting an inter and intra- muscular ecosystem of impulse, response, memory, habit and intention. Participating through voluntary effort we grow and shape this inner environment, managing and influencing the size, force and speed of our deep inner waves, generating a personal reality and the unique animate seascape of our bodied lives, the enduring wake of our life-long voyage.” — Peter Wright

The Retreat Leaders

Sonja H. Sutherland, a Guild-certified Feldenkrais practitioner of twelve years with years of ongoing studies in Formative PsychologyTM, maintains a private practice in Berkeley, offering individualized hands-on sessions for adults and children. She also teaches group classes, leads workshops and retreats. Sonja holds a black belt in Aikido and a Masters in Dance.

Peter W. Wright is a Somatic psychotherapist, receiving his Masters in Somatic Psychology in 1991. He has been practicing and teaching Aikido as an integral part of healing and self-discovery for over 20 years. Peter is a supervisor at the Center for Somatic Psychotherapy, and sees individuals and couples in his private practice in Berkeley and San Francisco.