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The Vision

Intention

Our proposed theme and vision was for the creation of a home studio. A creative living and working environment for the development of the arts, complemenary health and movement that would serve our needs as artists to continue to create but also be of service to others in both the community and professional fields.

Origins

I originally trained as a dancer in the 1970’s and since then have continued with extensive study and teaching in the combined fields of movement, health and the arts. My studies have taken me to the Far East, Europe and the US.

Rediscovery

Finding Ormiston Church Hall in early 2005 re-ignited a creative vision, that of creating a dedicated space for the practice, research and development of the arts.

A place for the learning and sharing of ideas, of bringing together artists and the community in an aesthetically orientated environment to share and be mutually inspired.

It was immediately apparent that the building could very well house this vision with its large open plan structure.

It is also easily accessable from Edinburgh, being serviced by public transport with a bus stop directly outside and access to more extensive bus and rail services from nearby Tranent and Wallyford.

Health of the building

To enhance the principles of health we worked closely with an architect and advisor who between them have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of old buildings and the principles of the health of a building in terms of its breathability and energetics (Feng Shui).

Along with an ecological awareness we hoped to renovate the building sensitively, imaginatively and aesthetically in order to create an inspired place to live, work and open to the public.

Previous projects

State Theta, Collaborative Arts Performance Company was formed in 1990 by Derek Houghton and myself. The premise for the company was:

  1. To work in collaboration with artists from various disciplines
  2. To explore themes relevant to the geographical area they would be performed in.
  3. To take performance art to the outlying areas of Scotland.
  4. To work closely with the local community, schools and youth projects, creating and encouraging participation in performance events.

We ran the company from a small village in the west of Scotland and made use of the village hall for production design.
In 1998 we moved away from performance and began developing other areas of interest.

The Shiatsu School, Edinburgh was co-founded in 2000 by myself and two colleagues. After five years of dedicated work the school is now running as a full time training programme based in Edinburgh training adults to practitioner standards in Shiatsu (Japanese Acupressure Massage)

SEED. The School for Experiential Education was originally set up in Devon by Bill Palmer in the 1990’s. I have studied with and taught for Bill for many years. In 2000 I established the Scottish branch of SEED and since then have developed various courses and workshops that explore health management, creativity, knowledge of the body and movement.

In addition to this I have established my own private practice in bodywork and was based at The Wholeworks complementary medicine centre for over 12 years prior to relocating to Ormiston and setting up Delicate Zen.

 

Audicia Lynne Morley