An (incomplete) manifesto for gardening as an EcoSomatic practice

In this primarily visual and poetic contribution- part manifesto, part rally call for environmental action, part memoir- I share some of the work that I have been investigating in the garden in embodiment and in permaculture. It is part of ongoing work as a gardener and dancer, a long-term research endeavour on an inner city urban allotment, entitled And So We Sow, developing since 2017.
Offering a series of images as a backdrop, created on site in collaboration with the photographer Ming De Nasty, the work draws on principles from Releasing dance practices, particularly Skinner Releasing Technique, from organic gardening techniques, and from wider embodied engagement.