In recent years, there has been a heightened awareness on the connection between embodiment and leadership. We cannot stop moving. The flow of words can be stopped, but the body is always in movement – always communicating. The language of the body is the first and most essential language of the human being. In all human relationships the language of the body is both a universal and socially and personally toned mother tongue, which follows us throughout our lives. Thus, the language of the body is of great importance for self- awareness, authenticity, energy, empathy, presence and communication reading in professional practice. This workshop builds on the practice-interventions, the methods and the results from several research – and teaching projects about Embodiment & Leadership and The Language of the Body in Leadership and Professional Practice. These examined how movement and the senses may be used when training embodied leadership competences. The projects have a wholeness oriented movement psychological and phenomenological approach and have been carried out in various educational settings in Copenhagen e.g. in leadership courses, teacher education, P.E. university education, nurse education and various postgraduate contexts with different types of professionals. This workshop will be an explorative and moving journey into the multilayered research field, the workshop participant’s experiences and theoretical core concepts from the research.

Kroppssøvningskonference Norges idrætshøjskole. Oslo