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About Penny Allport

Penny Allport is a Creative Explorer with a passion for all that is possible in the living inquiry of what it means to be an embodied human.

For over two decades she has facilitated individuals and groups through explorations in Yoga, Continuum Movement, Perceptual Inquiry, Creative Expression, Storytelling, Dream Inquiry, and process oriented writing and painting.

The imagination of the natural world continually inspires and informs her offerings.

Perma What??
Perma what? My friends and family ask when I tell them of a class I am registered for. “Permaculture”, I reply. “Oh, that’s some back to the land idea isn’t it?” one of them replies. “Actually,” I say, “Permaculture is about relationship. The relationships among people, the earth, her creatures, plants, micro-organisms, the elements – everything!”
I have six and a half acres of land I want to know how to steward well. I have no idea what I’ve signed up for, but trust “the call”. Thirteen moons of gatherings with a diverse constellation of people exploring “the Tao” of living in dynamic relationship with all of life, right down to the worm’s composting and the micro-organisms feasting below the surface of the soil.
Listening to the land, four leggeds, ferns and fauna ….. winged ones ……. and people. Trusting the forest knows how to be sustainable …. Listen and see.
The fertility of stone and the fringe places where two people, ecosystems and ideas meet.
Diversity is.
Work with nature.
In thoughtful observation and action.
Take responsibility for our existence and our children’s children.
Co-operation.
Awareness and contemplative understanding.
The Earth calls us together and demonstrates “beneficial authority” passing the talking stick to each being in an open system of exchange. A new constellation is taking form.
Everything gardens. Everything has a voice if we listen and regard. Not watch, but see. All of nature needs and longs to be seen.
The stars align and we remember ourselves in a web of diversity. Back to the land of being.

Testimonials

"Penny has a deep intuitive gift that she listens to and follows with enormous trust. This gift is apparent in the work she does with private clients, her workshops, creative endeavours, community events, working with young and old ... and in her own life.

Penny Allport acts as a tuning fork for the people fortunate enough to study with her and to know her. She is a living example of what it means to move beyond intellectual learning, beyond popular thinking, beyond what the mind dictates; to what it means to embody love and live deeply and with intention from the heart."
Elizabeth McNally

"Thank you again for the amazing and experiential continuum workshop. I really believe it has deepened my connection to the planet as well as to the divine feminine."
Christine Brain

"This inspiring woman imparts a wealth of wisdom that creates a path to understanding the human body, fluidity of movement, awareness of the senses and a sacred space in which to practice. I have been graced by 15 years of Penny's mentoring and have incorporated this experience into my Hatha Yoga teacher's practice."
Marilyn Buchanan

"Through Continuum, Penny has gently placed my fingers on the latch so that I may open the window to journey into my own essence and spirituality."
Joyce Alisharan

"Penny Allport performed magic at Loon Lake this past weekend. The Integrative Energy Healing Alumni invited her to give a Continuum workshop at its annual Alumni Reunion Retreat. Penny gently introduced us to the practice of Continuum, creating a sacred space within which we could experience a new way of embodiment.

Through demonstration and guided exercises, she helped us to feel the difference between our body “in action” and “in being”. By the end of the day, participants were moving in the rhythm of the universe, discovering the flow and fabric of the body, and the connection between all.

Penny’s depth of knowledge, her enthusiasm, caring and creative expression, contributed greatly towards the success of our weekend retreat."
IEH Alumni Committee
September 2008

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