Open Floor embodied mindfulness teacher, biologist • From Budapest, Hungary • Studied economics, critical social theory, biology • PhD in Tübingen, Germany, in evolutionary ecology • Dancing, meditating, hiking, cycling, walking, yoga, nature.
I weave critical social theory, evolutionary biology, and an ecological perspective into our shared embodied mindfulness practice, which is usually fun and serious at the same time. With a similarly broad musical palette, I aim to give space for an exploration through movement as diverse as possible.

Jens Dube is a physiotherapist, a thaimassage & acroyoga teacher and therapeutic flying practitioner. As an acroyoga teacher for more then 10 years, he considers acroyoga a great opportunity for people to relate and create something unique and potentially wonderful while playfully exploring fears and limitations. Also in his treatments as a physiotherapist, he wishes to expand people's perception of what their body can do, combining his medical knowledge, clinical reasoning and osteopathic education.

Ayo Gry (they/them) is educated in Sexological Bodywork and Mind/Body Therapy. They are co-founder of Skinship_Berlin - a touch based place for kinship, where they facilitate embodied processes for individuals, couples and groups. They believe in cultivating a sense of belonging and interconnectedness between people and nature as a crucial path for meaningful growth.

Jorge De Hoyos is a contemporary dancer, performer and choreographer from California, based in Berlin since 2012. He loves to channel sexual and sensual energy when he warms up to dance… it is a potent and grounding way to connect to his own body and joyful when he can share this on the gogo platform, in a rehearsal room, a stage or on the dance floor.

Jo Koppe is on an ongoing journey of weaving, integrating and sharing a variety of different experiences, practices and perspectives. He has a background in dance as well as in Sociology and Gender studies. He has worked as a performer and dramaturg, in social justice education, as a tantra masseur, as a personal assistant for differently abled people, and in end of life care. He has been initiated into the “natural religion of being trans” and thus “almost automatically being a witch” (says Anohni).

Phil has been in the S&M scene since he was 20. Over the last 19 years he has been on a voyage of discovery, finding out that the essence of domination and submission is a spiritual one. When Phil is not on his knees serving he works as a coach helping to transform organisations and people through facilitation and life coaching.

Singer/musician/performer/voice mentor born in Mexico City lives between Brighton and Berlin. After studying orchestra conducting in Vienna, he moved to Paris where he led an independent opera company and worked for France’s first TV Channel creating large musical extravaganzas around the world. In 2000 he moved to the UK where his passion for the voice led him to swap the orchestra pit for a life as a story teller, physical performer, singer and voice pedagogue.

Melanie Bonajo *gender expander *pleasure enthusiast * plant whisperer * erotic dancer for plants * chaos clown * sexological bodyworker * personal assistant for people with disabilities * survivor activist * future pleasure oracles *gender queer self-help comedian *allergic to textile *co-creator of SKINSHIP_a touch based placed for Kinship.

Julian originally studied acting, singing and dance before he discovered his passion for massage and bodywork. He regularly organises and leads courses for men and weekend workshops in Zürich under the title of “Men Bodywork”. The main areas of his work are breath, voice, movement, touch, self-acceptance and the discovery and expression of your own needs as the key to a free and fulfilling (sex) life.

Axel lives in Berlin, where he works as a bodyworker (Pantarei Approach) and as an embodied counsellor (Body Mind Therapy). He facilitate groups and gives individual sessions.
Having a background in activism and social justice, especially around the topic of trans- and non binary peoples acces to health care, he is interested in how an embodied approach can support people to get in touch with their own power and resilience.

Peter Pleyer is a dancer and choreographer living in berlin. He choreographs solo and group work and teaches internationally. In the stretch village he is facilitating the queer-contact improvisation lab in a team. Sensuality, physicality, awareness, open eyes and open heart are the key elements in his teaching and living.

Michael was born in London where he trained as a dancer at The Royal Ballet Schools. His dance credits include work with Northern Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, The Lindsay Kemp Company, AMP and numerous others. Michael also works as a choreographer and makes visual art. He currently gives one-to-one bodywork sessions of Pilates, Gyrotonic®/Gyrokinesis®, Biodynamic craniosacral therapy and Thai Yoga Massage, as well as holding creative spaces as a choreographer and workshop leader.

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