Crazy Monkey Movement Amsterdam

Crazy Monkey Movement Amsterdam

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Movement Culture in Amsterdam The Movement practice is based largely around your body; not a lot of extraneous equipment is necessary. Interested?

But... really interested? Check our website! www.crazymonkey.nl

There are no one time Movement lessons. There is only curiosity, discovery and commitment. See you at Crazy Monkey!

Photos from Crazy Monkey Movement Amsterdam's post 06/06/2026

Soft floorwork is an excellent way to develop embodiment.

You use the ground to feel pressure, weight shift, breath, tension, and support in real time.

Not as stretching.
Not as choreography.
Not to make movement look pretty.

Soft floorwork helps you notice where you force, grip, collapse, or rush.

And once you can feel that, you can organize your body with more control, coordination, and adaptability.

A few minutes on the floor each day can improve how you sense, regulate, and relate to your body.

Less forcing.
More sensing.
More embodiment.

Join Crazy Monkey today.

Link in bio.

Photos from Crazy Monkey Movement Amsterdam's post 03/06/2026

Most people perceive their spine as a solid, rigid column rather than a fluid chain of individual segments.

Because the brain’s internal “map” of the back is often vague and blurry, the ability to consciously move and articulate it is lost.

Your spine is the center of how your body organizes itself. If it doesn’t move well, it becomes a huge bottleneck that limits how well you can coordinate and control everything else.

We focus heavily on sharpening that internal map, building the precision to feel, control, and segment the spine piece by piece.

Try the Crazy Monkey Practice.
Intro pack link in bio.

02/06/2026

In the Crazy Monkey Practice, synergy is the capacity to coordinate with, respond to, and co-create with the world outside ourselves.

Whether it is an object, the environment, or a partner on the floor, the principle remains the same: you stay entirely connected to your own body while tuning in and actively connecting with another.

It doesn’t matter if you are working together cooperatively or testing boundaries in a game; this capacity asks you to tune in, be available and ready, and adapt the difficulty level on the fly based on what your partner needs.

But staying connected for the other person can be challenging.

Often, people get so caught up in their own movement that they lose track of the connection. They might move too wildly or offer too little action or engagement, unintentionally leaving their partner behind or making the challenge too easy or impossible for them.

Join Crazy Monkey today.
Explore the introduction pass.
Link in bio.

01/06/2026

Your nervous system doesn’t care about repetition if your attention isn’t there.

Most people treat a handstand as a blind battle against gravity.

Kick up, fight for the position, and chase higher numbers on the clock. But mindless repetition leaves no changes in the brain and nervous system. You are just surviving the movement, not refining it.

In the Crazy Monkey Practice, we shift from performance to perception.

The nervous system changes through deliberate focus. Attention is the gatekeeper of neuroplasticity. When you direct your awareness on purpose, you rewrite the exact way your brain perceives your body.

Instead of fighting the posture with brute strength, you begin to listen to the body. You track the pressure shifts traveling through your fingers, wrists, shoulders, spine, and pelvis.

By deepening this process, your sensory resolution sharpens.

The blind spots on your internal map fill back in, allowing you to experience your body in high definition. You don’t just stay upside down longer; you actually learn to embody the position.

Stop going through the motions. Refine the awareness.

Sensation first, movement second.

Connect with us and claim your introduction pass. A good first step is the introduction pass. You can find it through the link in bio.

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