S2 E14 Natalya Kolosowsky, Shadow Tender, on Creating Meaning and Magic in Embodied Ways

Hello Lovely Listeners,

This conversation was especially rich to me, and I know you're going to want to hear more from Natalya Kolosowsky.

Natalya is a bilingual artist, coach, facilitator, and teacher of creative processes. She is the founder of Shadow Tender - an interdisciplinary project that teaches people how to dance with their demons. Natalya's work is informed by 3+ decades of experience in dance, somatic modalities, and formal training in art, design, and psychology. Her work has been presented in universities, museums, and theaters around the world. Natalya also provides strategic branding and communication services for educators and creative entrepreneurs.

We speak about her experiences as an artist, dancer, and the parts of her background that brought her to where she is today.

She brought insight to my own embodied intuition about being "dismembered" internally in some of the ways I haven't been able to express all parts of my cultural identity. I also loved her perspective on what we can do in this world that can be so destabilizing and how spaces for creativity can be healing.

Links:

Upcoming April 8th & 9th Shadow Tender workshop in Portland, Oregon:

https://www.natalyakolosowsky.com/classes-events-1/shadow-tender-spring2023

Natalya's Offerings

https://www.natalyakolosowsky.com/

@natalya_chaos

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalya-kolosowsky

The Shadow Tender project here:

www.shadowtender.com

Upcoming events and programs will be announced through this link:

https://gmail.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?id=2bd8795ff3&u=bf57377a1aa883713eb7981f9

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Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/composers/ihsandincer/

Cover art credit: https://www.natalyakolosowsky.com/