Mina Estrada & CoCo Loupe

Benevolent Instruction

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Choreographers and movement educators Mina Estrada and CoCo Loupe create and curate weekly audio scripts of curious and kind movement instructions that allow the listener to move, imagine, play, meditate, dance, create and discover the joys and mysteries of inhabiting benevolent worlds that you build right there in the moment. Call it guided meditation or facilitated improvisation or structured playtime… it is all of this. Created by dancing humans (us!) but made for everyone, Benevolent Instruction is meant to create space and opportunity for all of us to be active.

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Mina Estrada & CoCo Loupe

Episodes

Ep. 5: aBeginning 24.12.2020 7:54

The holiday season is often filled with joy and goodness, but can also evoke the opposite. So, whether it’s revel or wretch for you during this time of year, this lovely Benevolent Instruction, written and read by Nicole Garlando, will bring you to your body in a way that feels full and real and gentle and wild. Our last Community Zoom experience is Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. To join, find us on In...

Ep. 4: 4 Beats (real or imagined) in the Key of F 18.12.2020 24:57

Hello, friends! We had a really lovely time last night at our community event that we facilitate via Zoom. This episode includes a few of the audio scripts from last night. 1:35 - 4 Beats (CoCo Loupe) 9:40 - Real or Imagined (Mina Estrada) 15:55 - Key of F (CoCo Loupe) Key of F was inspired by two of the lovely humans who have been joining us for our community events, Megan Overholt and Counterfei...

Ep. 3: Being Something 11.12.2020 9:30

This episode is a single Benevolent Instruction, written and read by CoCo Loupe. Being Something includes a prelude that provides information about the pathways in which you can engage with these gentle suggestions.  

Ep. 2: A Quartet of Experiences 03.12.2020 30:56

This episode includes four Benevolent Instruction audio scripts. Here are the titles, authors, and time markers for the start of each one: 1:35 - Warm Up (CoCo Loupe) 13:50 - Today is Not Today (Mina Estrada) 20:00 - Expanse (Nicole Garlando) 23:20 - Suggestions (CoCo Loupe)

Bonus: Post-Feasting Sloshing Prayer 27.11.2020 1:00

This is a short Benevolent Instruction, written and read by Noelle Chun. It's perfect for this time of gratitude, and it's only one minute long. 

Ep. 1: Double Feature 26.11.2020 14:52

Our first episode includes two Benevolent Instructions. The first one is almost 10 minutes - written by Mina Estrada and read by Noelle Chun. The second one is 4.5 minutes - written by CoCo Loupe and read by Nicole Garlando. 

Introduction to Benevolent Instruction 25.11.2020 4:49

Meet Mina Estrada and CoCo Loupe, the creators of Benevolent Instruction, to learn about what it is, how to engage with it, and why you might want to try it out. 