Simon Thakur

Simon is a movement teacher, lifelong practitioner and explorer of bodymind traditions from around theworld.

He has an academic background in medical science, anthropology, evolutionary biology and ecology;movement disciplines including Yoga, Chinese internal martial arts, Capoeira Angola, Feldenkrais, Butoh,wrestling and Brasilian Jiujitsu; a decade-long career as a bodyworker, therapist and rehabilitationpractitioner; and extensive practice and research into Buddhist, Yogic and Daoist meditation.

Ancestral Movement is the synthesis of this experience, an ongoing exploration of human embodimentwithin the context of biological evolution, ecology, and the shared ancestry of all living beings throughdeep time.