Many of us move through life as if it happens only from the neck up — thinking, planning, willing our bodies to obey. For dancer-philosopher Kimerer LaMothe, this disconnection is at the root of our modern crisis. A Harvard-trained scholar turned farmer, mother, and performer, Kimerer discovered that the body itself thinks — that movement is how we come to know and love life.

At her upstate New York farm, she explores philosophy through milking cows, planting trees, and dancing with cornfields, revealing what she calls our “kinetic creativity” — the body’s innate capacity to sense and move toward well-being. Her work, from Why We Dance to Nietzsche: The Musical, invites us to listen through the body and move with what moves us.

At the heart of her work lies a living question: Does it dance? Does it catalyze a joyful affirmation of life? Are we awake to how our movements are making us, making the world, making what comes next?

Note: This Awakin Call blends conversation and light movement practice, inviting us to explore these possibilities together in motion.