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Benevolent Instruction

Mina Estrada & CoCo Loupe

Choreographers and movement educators Mina Estrada and CoCo Loupe create and curate weekly audio scripts of curious and kind movement instructions that allow the listener to move, imagine, play, meditate, dance, create and discover the joys and mysteries of inhabiting benevolent worlds that you build right there in the moment. Call it guided meditation or facilitated improvisation or structured playtime… it is all of this. Created by dancing humans (us!) but made for everyone, Benevolent

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Ep 30: 4 Part Dance

Benevolent Instruction ·

2023/10/21

Oct 21, 2023 - This session takes you on a small choreographic exploration can result in what we'll call a 4 Part Dance. Starting with asking "Where do you want to move today? Where in the body do you feel the urge to create action or flow?" Then we build short 2 Part Sequences that we then combine into a final 4 Part Dance of your own. Moving actions from one location in the body to another. Easy. Low stakes creativity and motion.Written and recorded by CoCo Loupe. This podcast and

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Ep. 29: Back from Hiatus - Standing Tall

Benevolent Instruction ·

2023/10/08

After a long, long break, we are offering new episodes of Bevevolent Instruction! Enjoy listening, moving, dancing, responding, being alive and curious and creative. This episode features a new script "Standing Tall" by CoCo Loupe.

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Ep. 28: Embodied Paraphrasing

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/11/29

As 2022 comes to a close, some rumination feels fitting. CoCo Loupe has created a lovely script that reflects on her dancing/learning life. There's a short introduction about the script by CoCo at 1:25. Embodied Paraphrasing starts at 7:00. Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction or go to our website benevolentinstruction.com for updates and news. The Community Zoom events will resume on Jan. 7 at noon EST. See you in 2023!

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Ep. 27: Archive

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/11/07

CoCo Loupe curated a stellar trio of goodies from the archives for our last community zoom session. We loved it so much we wanted to share it with you! 1:30 - a soft and rebounding sequence (CoCo Loupe) 10:30 - Radiant Mass (Mina Estrada) 14:40 - Run On Story (CoCo Loupe) Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction or go to our website benevolentinstruction.com for updates and news. The next Community Zoom event is Nov. 19.

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Ep: 26 a conversation with Mina Estrada

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/08/15

Welcome to another episode of Benevolent Instruction. Season 2 Episode 26 to be exact! I'm CoCo Loupe, co-creator and facilitator along with Mina Estrada, Nicole Garlando and Noelle Chun. For today's journey through the Benevolent Instruction world, we offer another interview slash conversation. This time i sat down with Mina Estrada. the person who without her playful presence and rigorous commitment to being my friend and fellow movement interrogator, this practice would have never really

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Ep. 25: -ness

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/08/09

CoCo and Mina dig into the ness of it all... Readiness and Centeredness are two scripts itching to get you moving and being and maybe moving a little more. Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction or head over to our website benevolentinstruction.com for updates and news. Please consider joining us for our next Community Zoom on Saturday, August 20 at 12:00 EST.

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Ep. 24: a conversation with Noelle Chun

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/07/31

Welcome to another episode of Benevolent Instruction. I'm CoCo Loupe, co-creator and facilitator along with Mina Estrada, Nicole Garlando and Noelle Chun. Today we have something different and very special to share with you. Since the Intro episode where Mina and I talked a bit about what Benevolent Instruction is, all of our episodes have been the scripted recordings that we create for our solo practice and for our community sessions. So now after almost 50 episodes of THOSE recordings, we wanted

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Ep. 23: readymade

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/07/23

In this Benevolent Instruction episode, CoCo Loupe offers an exploration of the body's readymades and the creative practice of bringing external objects into the movement activities available to us through anatomical sites of action (all of the body really). Community gatherings to practice these journeys together happen every other Saturday via Zoom. Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction and check out our website benevolentinstruction.com We hope you enjoy this latest offering and as

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Ep. 22: bodybeing

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/05/20

Let your bodybeing delve into these new scripts from Mina and CoCo. 1:45 - the 2 the same (CoCo Loupe) 14:15 - Visceral Vernacular (Mina Estrada) Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates and news. We are taking a hiatus from the Community Zoom event until July 9. Visit our website at benevolentinstruction.com to find out more about us and the practice.

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Ep. 21: a soft and rebounding sequence

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/04/30

In this episode, CoCo says a few words about the practice and introduces her new script "a soft and rebounding sequence" and relates the benefits she's enjoyed from moving with it and to it. Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates and information about our community zoom sessions and other activities. Visit our website at benevolentinstruction.com to find out more about us and the practice.

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Ep. 20: nothing

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/04/14

This exquisite mediation on nothing, written and read by Noelle Chun, is quite a lovely journey. Enjoy. Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates and news. We would love for you to join our next community zoom event Saturday, April 23 at 12 EST.

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Ep. 19: simplicity

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/03/29

03/29/22: Simplicity CoCo talks about the short hiatus that we took from publishing episodes, our community zoom sessions, our upcoming engagements at The Ohio State University Community Conversations series in April and the Body Mind Centering Conference in Ohio in June and the script offered today, Simplicity. She gives a brief description of the practice and welcomes everyone to start dancing, moving and enjoying the Benevolent Instruction practice. Follow us on IG @benevolent_instruction and

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Ep. 18: A Trio of Goods

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/02/24

1:20 – Rigorous Ease (Nicole Garlando) 13:35 – Local Travel (CoCo Loupe) 26:20 - Ball on the Ground (Nicole Garlando) Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates and news. We would love for you to join our next Community Zoom event this Saturday, Feb 26 at Noon EST.

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Ep. 17: continuing body

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/01/29

CoCo Loupe has done it again… letting the self ramble, unaware of the beginning, you are just continuing… there is no rush in my being. Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates and news. Our Community Zoom events are shifting to a new day and time. Starting on Feb. 12 the event will be Saturdays at 12:00 EST. We would love to have you there!

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Ep. 16: And the body waits on the playground...

Benevolent Instruction ·

2022/01/10

This selection of Benevolent Instructions is from the last Community Zoom event, which was the first one of 2022! 1:20 – scoopflatbody (CoCo Loupe) 10:25 – aom_ (Nicole Garlando) Check out Nicole Garlando's new book "The Plural of Or" at nicolegarlando.com Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates and news. We would love for you to join our next community zoom event this Tuesday Jan 14 at 7pm EST.

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Ep. 15: commemorance

Benevolent Instruction ·

2021/11/26

Commemorating + Remembrance = Commemorance. The internet says this is not a word... well it is now. Benevolent Instruction is celebrating ONE YEAR in the podcastverse! It has been a lovely road and we will continue to travel it with you. Each of us created a new script to acknowledge this milestone. 1:35 – Anniversary (CoCo Loupe) 9:35 – Horizons Bend (Nicole Garlando) 18:30 – Gratitude (Noelle Chun) 21:05 – Skydiving (Mina Estrada) Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates and

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Ep. 14: Soft

Benevolent Instruction ·

2021/11/19

This selection of Benevolent Instructions comes straight to you from the lovely Community Zoom event we had the other night. 1:45 – in your skin (CoCo Loupe) 5:50 – Soft (Noelle Chun) 9:30 - in your skin longer (CoCo Loupe) Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates and news. The next community zoom event is Tuesday Nov. 30 at 7pm EST.

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Ep. 13: horsehawksnail

Benevolent Instruction ·

2021/11/03

This selection of Benevolent Instructions comes straight to you from the lovely Community Zoom event we had last night. 1:30 – loosen (Nicole Garlando) 8:30 - BodyBand (Mina Estrada) 14:00 - horsehawksnail (Nicole Garlando) Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates and news. The next Community Zoom event is Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 7pm EST.

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Ep. 12: being a yawnbody

Benevolent Instruction ·

2021/10/27

Hello everyone! Welcome to Benevolent Instruction. This is Season 2 Episode 12: being a yawnbody This episode contains 3 audio scripts…. 2 written and recorded by me and 1 by Noelle Chun. These are the recordings that we used for our community zoom gathering last week, and I must say that until I went through the script by Noelle I had no idea that i could yawn on command repeatedly….what a revelation. I felt completely cooled and cleansed by the end of that session so give it a try….turn into your

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00:16:14

Episode 11: impulse groove questions

Benevolent Instruction ·

2021/10/09

Welcome to Benevolent Instruction! This is Season 2 Episode 11: impulse groove questions This episode contains 3 audio scripts…. 2 written and recorded by Noelle Chun and 1 by Mina Estrada. These brand new scripts take us on a journey that has impulses meandering through the body, asks us to check our pulse for groove qualities and then asks us a few questions about shifts in consciousness and bodily perspectives. If this is your first time experiencing Benevolent instruction and you’re not quite

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