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ANNUAL 2025 OSF OPEN WORKSHOP IN SEATTLE

“It is such a special place, space, and world you facilitate.” Jeremy Steward

June 2 – 20, 2025
Mondays – Fridays, 10:30am – 1:30pm PDT
The Russian Community Center of Seattle
704 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA, US

Facilitated by Stephanie Skura and Manuela Bondavalli

 All are welcome  —  whether new to the practice or experienced. We’ll navigate  the entire 3 weeks of Introductory level work, And lots of juicy improvisational processes, refined by Skura over three decades of teaching & choreographic practice, and refreshed continually with new ideas & experiments.
  Now in its twelfth year, this annual Seattle OSF workshop continues to provide solace both as refuge and engagement, assembling a worldwide community for movement, creative practice, and deep immersion. Being amongst colleagues with diverse experiences in teaching, healing, therapy, performance, theater, visual art, writing, organization-building and more, contributes to a catalytic yet safe environment for deep transformation.  Sessions are inclusive, welcoming & vitally useful for participants at all levels.  Deeply rooted in & fluidly expanded from Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), OSF involves shedding outer layers, accessing primal energy, agility navigating subconscious realms, imagery as potent tool for transformation, & developing a high degree of consciousness without self-consciousness.                 
        OSF celebrates diversity & individual empowerment: free of inhibition, accessing intuition, inviting the mind to collaborate. Sessions offer powerful strategies to catalyze freedom, specificity & courage in movement, vocal practice & creative practice.
 A key aspect is individual creative empowerment as an instigator of positive change on the planet. With our dancing and our voices, this work says NO to fascism, with diversity, mutual respect, deep reflection, vulnerability and collaboration.

Join us for one, two or three consecutive weeks.
Discounts for multiple weeks. Additional $100 early registration discount before May 15, 2025.
Those with comprehensive experience of Introductory level OSF or SRT may opt to drop in.
**Minimum of first two consecutive weeks fulfills prerequisite for OSF Sourcing Deeper Program. 3 consecutive weeks fulfills prerequisite for our Advanced Practice workshops.**

Fees:
1 week:  $ 273
2 weeks: $ 530
3 weeks: $ 690
Hold your place with a $100 (non-refundable) deposit.
$100 discount if balance paid by May 15, 2025

Open Source Forms celebrates diversity & individual empowerment: free of inhibition, accessing intuition, inviting the mind to collaborate. Sessions offer powerful strategies to catalyze freedom, specificity & courage in movement, vocal practice & creative practice.

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"I'm refinding mytself through your work & I'm deeply grateful." Jadi Carboni, current OSF teacher trainee

OSF SOURCING DEEPER 2025 LIVE IN SEATTLE

June 2 – 20, 2025
Mondays -n Fridays, 10:30 am – 6 pm PDT
The Russian Community Center of Seattle
704 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA, US

Facilitated by Stephanie Skura and Manuela Bondavalli

This 3-week  preparatory program is designed for experienced OSF & SRT practitioners who long to more deeply understand underlying conceptual structures & strategies of OSF. Some may decide to follow with an OSF Teacher Certification Program. Others may want to take the work in other directions.
Though not a commitment to OSF Teacher Training, OSF Sourcing Deeper is a required pre-requisite for all applicants to OSF Teacher Certification Programs.  It’s also designed for those who choose to participate for their own studies, research, or integrations with other practices. 
OSF Sourcing Deeper is a ‘first pass’ at the complex array of skills & concepts that allow facilitators to create seemingly magical environments conducive to deeply transformative experiences. 

The program includes the full spectrum of Introductory Level OSF material in morning sessions, plus substantive afternoon participatory discussions, vocal practice, sophisticated improvisational practice, hands-on practice, writing & drawing practice, language & music considerations — plus related readings in relevant philosophical topics that enhance our understanding of the profound concepts underlying this practice. For those who choose to follow with OSF Teacher Training, Sourcing Deeper will render the rigors of OSF Teacher Certification more digestible, less overwhelming, and decidedly more fun!

2025 Fees

$1900 USD (+ transaction fee with credit card payment)
Hold your place and receive a $100 discount with application by February 15, 2025  and non-refundable deposit of $400  or payment-in-full within two weeks of acceptance. Balance due by May 15, 2025. 

Registration information will be provided upon acceptance. Please access the application at the link below.

PREREQUISITES FOR OSF SOURCING DEEPER
Applicants for OSF Sourcing Deeper need experience with a minimum of two consecutive weeks of Introductory Open Source Forms or Skinner Releasing Technique, ideally within recent years. To apply for OSF Sourcing Deeper Seattle 2025, please complete the application at the link below:

MORE INFO & APPLICATION:
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"Stephanie is one of the most memorable dance educators I"ve studied with. She allows you to unfold in ways that are innate, yet unknown to you." Laura Reichardt, choreographer

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Open Source Forms Teacher Certification 2024/25
Second Summer
July 7 - August1, 2025

There is one space available for anyone who has completed Year 1 of OSF Teacher Certiication

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SEATTLE OSF OPEN WORKSHOP, LIVE in 2024
With Stephanie Skura, Susanna Hood, Manuela Bondavalli, Amanda Hamp, Marisol Salinas
July 8 - August 4, 2023
Monday – Friday, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
19th Ave & Roy, Capitol Hill, Seattle

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"I'm refinding mytself through your work & I'm deeply grateful." Jadi Carboni, current OSF teacher trainee

OPEN SOURCE FORMS SOURCING DEEPER, SEATTLE 2024
“I’ve learned an incredible amount, not only about releasing dance, but about teaching, facilitating transformation, and about my own physical, imaginative and spiritual layers of self.” Anastasia Barron, Sourcing Deeper & Teacher Certification, 2020 -22

July 8 – August 2, 2024
10:30 am – 6 pm PDT
Russian Community Center
704 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA, US

Facilitated by Stephanie Skura, Susanna Hood, Manuela Bondavalli

This 3-week preparatory program is designed for experienced OSF & Skinner Releasing practitioners who long to more deeply understand underlying conceptual structures & strategies these practices. Some may decide to follow with an OSF Teacher Certification Program. Others may want to take the work in other directions.
Though not a commitment to OSF Teacher Training, OSF Sourcing Deeper is a required pre-requisite for all applicants to OSF Teacher Certification Programs.  It’s also designed for those who choose to participate for their own research, or integrations with other practices.
OSF Sourcing Deeper is a ‘first pass’ at the complex array of skills & concepts that allow facilitators to create seemingly magical environments conducive to deeply transformative experiences.

The program includes the full spectrum of Introductory Level OSF material in morning sessions, plus substantive afternoon participatory discussions, vocal practice, sophisticated improvisational practice, hands-on practice, writing & drawing practice, language & music considerations — plus related readings in relevant philosophical topics that enhance our understanding of the profound concepts underlying this practice. For those who choose to follow with OSF Teacher Training, Sourcing Deeper will render the rigors of OSF Teacher Certification more digestible, less overwhelming, and decidedly more fun!

Hold your place and receive a $100 discount with application by April15, 2024 and non-refundable deposit of $400 or payment-in-full within two weeks of acceptance. Balance due by May 15, 2024.

PREREQUISITES
Applicants for need experience with a minimum of two consecutive weeks of Introductory OSF or Skinner Releasing Technique.

APPLY HERE
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OPEN SOURCE FORMS ADVANCED PRACTICE WEEK 2024 LIVE IN SEATTLE

“Revelatory experience of dancing & understanding anew in your workshop… Releasing into the subtlety of qualities, finding precision within the un-named, letting go into power and nuance.” Eva-Maria Mutka, Bristol

July 29 – August 2, 2024
10:30 am – 1:30 pm PDT
Russian Community Center
704 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA, US

Open to all who’ve experienced the first 3 weeks of OSF or SRT, either in 2024 Open Workshop or previously. Already a part of four-week OSF Open Workshop, experienced practitioners may choose just the Advanced Week.

This level of the practice is sophisticated, deep, and evolved in alignment approaches — richly navigating states below conscious level.

REGISTER

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SEATTLE OPEN WORKSHOP, LIVE in 2023
With STEPHANIE SKURA
July 3 - 7 , 2023
Monday – Friday, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
19th Ave & Roy, Capitol Hill, Seattle

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we've postponed til 2024 beginning a new OSF Teacher Training group. And changed our 4-week in-person Open Workshop to a one-week, facilitated by OSF creator Stephanie Skura. All are welcome -- whether new to the practice or experienced. We'll navigate Introductory level work, with options for more experienced people -- and lots of juicy improvisational processes, refined by Skura over three decades of teaching & choreographic practice, and refreshed continually with new ideas & experiments.

A key aspect is individual creative empowerment as an instigator of positive change on the planet. Many are amazed at the seemingly ego-less dancing of OSF practitioners.
Join us!

INFO & REGISTRATION

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OPEN SOURCE FORMS ADVANCED WEEKLY
ONLINE SUNDAY SESSIONS are reconvening!
October 2 - November 20, 2022, 10 am - noon Seattle time

For those who've experienced the full spectrum of Introductory OSF or Skinner Releasing Technique.
with Stephanie Skura, Nate Dryden, Keely Isaak Meehan, Susanna Hood

For responsible facilitation, participants numbers are limited.
Sliding Scale!

INFO & REGISTRATION

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Open Source Forms Weekly Advanced Sessions [ONLINE]

OPEN SOURCE FORMS
FURTHER BEYOND BEGINNINGS
July 11- 15, 2022 IN-PERSON
Monday through Friday
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Russian Community Center
Capitol Hill, Seattle
Facilitators: Stephanie Skura & Nate Dryden

Join us! If you have at least two weeks' experience with Open Source Forms or Skinner Releasing, we invite you to join current OSF Teacher Trainees for five daily sessions, encompassing material offered during the third week of OSF programs.

The rarely-taught material of WEEK 3 -- elegant, intricate and absorbing -- offers a bridge toward the highly sophisticated, deeply nourishing world of Advanced Practice. Images are more sophisticated. We are ready to spend more time in deep processing mode, and more deeply within our own psyches. We find new effective alignment awarenesses and methods for opening our voices. Energy moves in spirals. Many concepts are integrated, and we discover the web-like connections within ourselves, with each other, & with the world. As awareness expands both inward and outward, we discover more avenues for healing, a calming sense of compassionate connection, and ready pathways toward presence & suppleness that extend into our lives beyond the studio.

During what often feels like an increasingly stressful world swirling around us, we Open Sourcerors find ourselves continually more grateful to have the valuable resource of this practice in our lives.

INFO & REGISTRATION

Proof of vaccination & booster required.

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