Not knowing
I’m writing these notes on my way back from the 2024 Contact Improvisation Festival in Freiburg. It has been an incredible opportunity...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jul 15
- 12 min
Authentic connections & CBC
How do we establish authentic connections? How do we get in touch with one another in such a way that we are both honoured in what we...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jul 6
- 8 min
Intimacy
What does it mean to be intimate? As most words, ‘intimacy’ brings with it a certain metaphorical gesture, even a bodily scheme. The word...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jun 26
- 7 min
On teaching and holding lightly
Turning 38 in a bit more than a month from now, I’m discovering that there is a truth in distinguishing different phases in life. This is...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jun 24
- 2 min
The Pythia’s voice
In the hot dusty noise of the summer I came to the old ruined shrine, heavy With questions, mine and of my dear ones. We are beings of...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jun 4
- 6 min
Get back into your body!
It is common to hear appeals to ‘embodiment’ or complaints about being too much in your ‘thoughts’ (sometimes in your ‘head’ or ‘brain’,...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- May 19
- 6 min
Bitten by reality
I’ve been pondering for quite some time one of Caravaggio’s paintings, the Boy bitten by a lizard. It came to me in a flash of intuition...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- May 1
- 1 min
Mirrors
The bell tower points like a finger To the empty sky. Where are all the stars? I have been many things and none Has lasted. Does...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Apr 22
- 9 min
The soft revolution of Contact Improvisation
Over the past four months I’ve been discovering and experimenting with Contact Improvisation (CI). I’m primarily interested not so much...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Apr 21
- 1 min
A minor
I’m a tune in A minor, Dark blue, foggy, without words, But a vibrant tone that leaves No doubts: let me cry, let me Say that I’m weak...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Apr 8
- 7 min
On Romantic Love
I’ve heard from a student that it would be interesting to discuss how Buddhist teachings can shed light on romantic love. This is a...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Feb 29
- 1 min
It rains
It rains, and rains, and rains— The earth is a drum of a thousands Rhythms, yet so dry it remains— Words like trembling droplets that...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Feb 25
- 12 min
A somatic biography
I became interested in contemplative practices six years ago. For some reason, it didn’t remain a side hobby, but quickly became the...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Feb 17
- 1 min
Take it
Did you hear? The future is sold out. I wanted to give you my smartest words. But it will take ages for them to Paint even a rough...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Feb 13
- 1 min
I hate you so much!
Keep the Truth, I want to fall. Don't wake me up. You're my dream. I don't care for the wise, they understand not. Gravity is my guide,...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Feb 5
- 1 min
Does it matter?
Sleepwalkers all around, deep into their dreams. I slipped in the empty room, Searching for the dawn of movement. You were there. Were...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jan 23
- 1 min
The song of the ground
Did you hear the song of the ground? A soft tune beating here beneath Your feet. Listen! As it whispers: "You can trust me. Yield, roll,...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Jan 1
- 1 min
You are
You are my secret, Hidden in plain sight. The taste of water, The fragrance of air, The touch of space, The sound of silence, The color...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Dec 23, 2023
- 1 min
I'm no poet
I’m no poet. If I were, I could sing Wordless beats. My yearning’s Beauty can But Music Understand— Sometimes, if I let it Come close...
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Andrea Sangiacomo
- Dec 17, 2023
- 10 min
The challenges of embodied learning
This year, I wanted to turn Global Hermeneutics (The Tragedy of the Self) into an occasion for exposing students the idea that genuine...
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