Back To Basics - Movement
Movement
Before that I was training, teaching Capoeira, and sharing movement with a small group of my own.
When Boulder Movement Collective opened, I was there from day one. I knew I wanted to be part of it, even with the distance. Over time I started going up to Boulder a few times a week. The room was electric, full of movers in clear possession of their bodies. Being with the collective shifted something in me…
Whispers started about a Denver location.
I had just opened a studio and offered it as a temporary home. For a little over a year, Liav, Zack, Matt, Yianni and a few others led sessions at Movement Ritual. A Denver community formed and the desire for a dedicated location grew.
The search led to Edgewater Public Marketplace. A leap of faith was made. The name shifted. ApeCo Denver was born and buildout began just as the pandemic arrived.
Classes started outside. I was invited in as a lead teacher. It quickly became where I spent a lot of my time. Teaching, training, watching people realize new layers of their potential in real time.
Even as a lead teacher I was learning. Refining how to hold space while being held. Classes were curriculum and laboratory at once. When someone discovered something new, you could feel the room shift.
I passed through some of the hardest seasons of my life during this time, held by an incredible community of people. It reminded me that I never had to face any of those moments alone.
Teaching that last class with Robert, then closing the doors for the final time, I could feel all those years in the room. Every drill, every joke, every moment someone saw a different version of who they could be. I am grateful it did the same for me.
Life has its seasons, and so did ApeCo’s Denver location. More than a business ending, it was a chapter completing itself. What remains is the quiet knowledge that for a stretch of time we built something meaningful together.
[Reflections • ApeCo Denver / X · XII · MMXXV]