Animate arts is an initiative of Sophia van Ruth, a freelance practitioner based in the Australia. The main intention of animate arts is to bring people into embodied relationship with their world and to provide tools and support to live and work with ease in a complex world. Do you have a complex problem you would like fresh insights into? Then join a training or ask about a bespoke workshop or small group focus session. Animate arts offers: *workshops and trainings in embodied practices *think tanks with a difference, engaging your felt sense alongside your rational sense *focus sessions for working on complex problems Why hire animate arts? Sophia has varied professional skills to offer, she is: *an accredited InterPlay facilitator (a creative practice for tapping into your 'body wisdom') *a qualified shiatsu therapist (where she first learned about embodied sensing and how to work with complex pattern) *a professionally trained designer (bachelor of arts in interior design) *an experienced facilitator and trainer *trained in complex systems science (in her Masters in Holistic Science, where her thesis focussed on the value of improvisational practices as learning tools) *experienced in community engagement and collective decision making processes (10 years experience working in this field in Sydney, Australia)