Motional Literacy
Motional Literacy group session at ARD’s 2025 Gala.
about ARD’s Motional Literacy Workshop
Enjoy and discover the unexpected benefits of movement! Motional Literacy is ARD's unique movement and wellness workshop that supports personal and professional development. Learn new tools to access vulnerability and implement empowerment techniques, whether at work or in your daily routine. Our proprietary approach allows people of all ages and experiences to express themselves through movement.
Workshops take participants through an active movement-based meditation offering movement exercises to support Motional Literacy program tenets. By engaging in a series of creative movement exercises individually and in groups, this workshop offers techniques to help work through stressors, physical pain, and emotional dysregulation. Participants will walk away from this workshop with tools to help them embody vulnerability in a way that works for them and their personal and professional environment.
Motional Literacy has built a new community of movers who aren't necessarily in search of a path towards professional dancing, but one that offers a safe space to express themselves through movement, organize the body and mind, and discover the emotional benefits of dance.
Workshop goals
Open: Practice how to fully “show up,” embrace an open mindset, and achieve a posture of inclusion and understanding.
Lengthen: Use simple alignment techniques and movement efficiency to activate an individual’s internal resources and innate strengths.
Make Space: Tools and exercises to help find space for mental and creative growth.
Yield: Use physicality and awareness to better navigate our community or work environment.
Reset: Tools for regrounding and tips to turn attention back to the self.
Curated workshops can focus on any subset of Motional Literacy elements based in classical, educational, medical, and therapeutic techniques.
This workshop series has been presented virtually and at Google global workshops, World Dance Alliance, Hydro Health and Wellness workshops, many schools, and 28Muses.
For inquiries, please reach info@arielrivkadance.com
testimonials
“So rad. Thank you so much. Really cool to interact with other Googlers/strangers as well. We in tech, especially in NYC need more of that, we’re so stuck to our devices and forget to trust in other literal humans.”
““This workshop was excellent. It went beyond just getting people to move around – it included lessons on working together and building trust with your teammates. I would give this 6 stars out of 5.””
“I really loved this —it was something very different than anything else I’ve done at Google. It was really effective at getting me out of my head, no easy feat. I loved being physical in ways I hadn’t tried before. It also brought out my inner curious and playful childlike side, which I know is a huge way for me to combat stress and anxiety.”
“It was a good way to get some exercise during the day and have some fun!”