Benevolent Instruction

Benevolent Instruction

By Mina Estrada & CoCo LoupeArtsPerforming Arts
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Benevolent Instruction episodes

  • Ep. 16: Sensorial

    This selection of Benevolent Instructions is from the lovely Community Zoom event we had last night.

    1:30 – Fireflies and Fingertips (CoCo Loupe)

    8:20 – Risk (Mina Estrada)

    14:30 – If Then (CoCo Loupe)

    Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates on community events and other news. March 25 is our next Community Zoom.

    23 min
  • Ep. 15: Go To Your Knees

    This Benevolent Instruction was written and read by Nicole Garlando, who has been an incredibly generous contributor and collaborator in this process and we are honored to have her with us. Nicole is a maker and a doer and we highly recommend you check her out at nicolegarlando.com or on Instagram @nico.garlo. 

    Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates on community events and other news.

    13 min
  • Ep. 14: Some Little Dances

    This episode is the complete playlist from our last Community Zoom event, which includes a slightly altered version of last week’s Benevolent Instructions episode.

    1:25 – Prepare Yourself For Something (Mina Estrada)

    7:00 – Murmuring (CoCo Loupe)

    15:55 – A Little Dance (Mina Estrada)

    21:40 - What’s Going On (CoCo Loupe)

    Murmuring was inspired by Sarah Lehman, who is a regular participant in our community zoom events. Thank you, Sarah!

    Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates on community events and other news.

    31 min
  • Ep. 13: What's Going On

    This Benevolent Instruction, written and read by CoCo Loupe, is a lovely meditation on being present paired with some light composition and a delicate question or two. Trust us... you should do this. 

    Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction. 

    10 min
  • Ep. 12: Corporeality

    This selection of Benevolent Instructions is from the lovely Community Zoom event we had last night.

    1:15 - Whole Corporeality (CoCo Loupe)

    11:00 - Lead the Way (Mina Estrada)

    16:30 - Dimensional Imagination (Nicole Garlando)

    Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates on community events and other news.

    27 min
  • Ep. 11: arclight

    This Benevolent Instruction, written and read by Nicole Garlando, was inspired by words shared by Megan Overholt, a lovely human being and regular participant of our Community Zoom events.

    Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates on community events and other news. 

    5 min
  • Ep. 10: Wolf Moon

    This selection of Benevolent Instructions is from the lovely Community Zoom event we had last night.

    1:45 – Mountain w/ Craniosacral Fluid (Nicole Garlando)

    6:35 – No Need to be Something Else (Mina Estrada)

    10:20 – Haiku Cat  (CoCo Loupe)

    Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates on community events and other news. Feb 11 is our next Comm Zoom

    We hope that you enjoy the experience, and we’re so grateful that you’re here.

    19 min
  • Ep. 9: Let's Get in Your Head

    This episode is a single Benevolent Instruction, written and read by Mina Estrada. It's a small journey in and around your head... it is the leader and your body simply goes along for the ride. 

    Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates on community events and other news. Our next community event is Thursday, Jan. 28.

    We hope that you enjoy the experience, and we’re so grateful that you’re here.


    7 min
  • Ep. 8: Be The Easy You

    This selection of Benevolent Instructions is from the lovely Community Zoom we had last night.

    1:50 - Silly (CoCo Loupe)

    12:20 - flowerstem, bendystraw (written and read by Nicole Garlando)

    18:15 - Voice Recognition (written by Mina Estrada and CoCo Loupe; read by Coco Loupe)

    Follow us on Instagram @benevolent_instruction for updates on community events and other news.

    We hope that you enjoy the experience, and we’re so grateful that you’re here.

    29 min
  • Ep. 7: Key of E

    Key of E is written and read by Mina Estrada. 

    This episode is inspired by Counterfeit Madison (counterfeitmadison.com), a participant and friend of Benevolent Instruction. She is an incredible composer and vocalist, among many other things, and has graciously shared some details of her experience with synesthesia that connects color, shape, emotion, and taste to specific sounds. The elements of this complex sensory intelligence are wildly inspiring and have served as the muse for this piece, and also for Key of F from Ep. 4, which was written and read by Coco Loupe.

    If this is your first time experiencing Benevolent instruction and you’re not quite sure what you’re getting yourself into, may I recommend listening to our intro episode where coco and I do our best to describe the what, how, and why of this process. We hope that you enjoy the experience, and we’re so grateful that you’re here.

    6 min

About 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.