Suprapto Suryodarmo

A Javanese artist and teacher Suprapto Suryodarmo has, since childhood, studied different types of movement, including traditional Javanese dance and martial arts.

Suprapto Suryodarmo He studied Buddhist meditation (Vipassana) as well as the Javanese relaxation meditation (Sumarah) in response to his personal desire to explore nature and consciousness.

His teachers encouraged him to bring the same ethos to bear on all aspects of his movement work. Subsequently practicing and exploring alone for many years in all weathers and landscapes, he discovered the possibility for all nuances of the human condition to be expressed through movement.

Suprapto Suryodarmo This long and solo journey gives him great compassion and understanding in his teaching. Although its founder, Prapto does not see himself as the sole creator of this work but rather as a guide to an awareness that exists in its own right and is fundamentally 'The River of Life'. He serves its evolution and learns along with his students.

"This is the staring unsleeping eye of the world and what it watches is not our wars."