Brotherflow Workshop #4: Breath, Body & Brotherhood by Luis Bracamontes

Kunstinstituut Melly & Brotherflow are proud to present our second season of free workshop series from October to December for men and male-identifying individuals.

This Laboratory for New Masculinities is a four-part somatic workshop series exploring how masculinity can be experienced and expressed differently through the body: by softening, feeling, listening, playing, and connecting. Each session is led by a different practitioner, offering a distinct lens on embodiment and the many ways we can relate to ourselves and others.

THE PROGRAM:

25 October: Sacred Pelvis — The Centre of Groove by Diego Oliveira & Priscilla Verwaaijen

8 November: Growing Awareness Through Touch by Joost van Veen & Pedro Lechuga-Farias

22 November: The Wounds That Keep Us From Being Ourselves by Lester David Arias

13 December: Breath, Body & Brotherhood by Luis Bracamontes

Workshop #4: A Journey of Connection Through Presence and Touch by Luis Bracamontes: Breath, Body & Brotherhood

Want to join this workshop? Book your free ticket here!

Breath, Body & Brotherhood: A journey of connection through presence and touch. What happens when we are given permission to experience touch with curiosity, softness and play? In this embodied workshop, Luis Bracamontes invites us to explore our relationship with touch — how we give it, receive it, avoid it, and what happens when we slow down enough to actually notice it.

Through breathwork, self-touch, sensory exploration and consensual connection with other men, we will experiment with different textures, materials, pressures and sensations. The invitation is simple: to become curious about what feels comforting, unfamiliar, playful, vulnerable or alive.

Touch can carry many meanings. It can be affectionate, friendly, intimate, grounding, playful or sensual. For many men, however, touch can also become associated with competition, aggression, sexuality, performance, or simply something we are not used to receiving. This workshop offers space to explore some of the possibilities in between. We will work with boundaries, consent, tenderness and presence, while noticing how our bodies respond to different forms of contact and connection. Every practice is invitational. You choose how you participate, and you can pause, change an exercise or step out at any moment.

No previous experience is needed. Come with curiosity and an open mind.hrough that process.
Part of the Laboratory for New Masculinities, a free workshop series by Kunstinstituut Melly & Brotherflow.

This workshop is for people who identify as men, aged 18 and over, and will be held in English.