Body as Earth

(she/her/they)

Chloe Calderon Chotrani

is a queer Filipina-Sindhi-Singaporean therapist, facilitator, educator, dancer, and lover of the earth.

She created Body as Earth, a space for connecting to belonging through the wisdom of the body. Belonging by relating to the self, others, and earth as interconnected.

She works with people who experience the wound of separation between the mind-body-soul, which may come in the forms of chronic stress, anxiety, disease, pain, inflammation, and burn out. Drawing upon mature experience in world movement arts, complementary medical health, trauma sensitive facilitation, bodywork modalities, and earth-based wisdom. 

Having come into therapy as a dancer with former selective mutism, Chloe has a strong kinaesthetic sensibility, allowing her to naturally attune to the unspoken story of the body. Cultured by personal experiences with severe anxiety, neurodivergence, and volatile environments; Chloe positions herself in service amid collective trauma, working towards liberation for all.

She responds to the meta-crisis of the current climate catastrophe by advocating for ancestral animistic practices through her labor of bridging embodied wisdom to communities. Her diverse heritage reflects a cross-cultural sensitivity and a care-based approach. 

She believes that the deeper we can connect to our bodies, the more we can connect to belonging, peace, and internal harmony to be expressed in the way we live and relate.

Chloe is formally trained and certified as a Therapist by Body Intelligence, The Embody Lab, Trauma Center, Soma Clinic and Illuma Health.

 

(she/her/they)

Chloe Calderon Chotrani

is a queer Filipina-Sindhi Singaporean therapist, facilitator, artist, and lover of the earth.

Born in Manila, Philippines (b. 1992), Chloe’s diverse heritage reflects a cross-cultural experience, with paternal Sindhi roots (present-day Pakistan) and maternal roots in the Philippine archipelago.

She responds to the meta-crisis by advocating for ancestral ancient animistic practices through her labor of bridging embodied wisdom to communities.

Her work is rooted in de-conditioning colonialist-capitalist destructive ways of living, by prioritising a politics of care, community creation, and working with and within the Global South.

She works with people who experience the wound of separation between the mind-body-soul, which may come in the forms of chronic stress, anxiety, disease, pain, inflammation, and burn out.

Drawing upon mature experience in world movement arts, complementary medical health, trauma sensitive facilitation, bodywork modalities, and earth-based wisdom.

Having come into therapy as a dancer with former selective mutism, Chloe has a strong kinaesthetic sensibility, allowing her to naturally attune to the unspoken story of the body.

Cultured by personal experiences with severe anxiety, neurodivergence, and volatile environments; Chloe positions herself in service amid collective trauma, working towards liberation for all.

She holds a BA in Arts Management with a Full Dance Scholarship from De La Salle in Manila and a Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art from School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Chloe is formally trained as a Somatic Therapist by Body Intelligence, The Embody Lab, Trauma Center, Soma Clinic and Illuma Health. As an indigenous ally, she has worked extensively with the intelligence of plants, and sat in multiple ceremonies with indigenous elders.

She believes that the deeper we can connect to our bodies, the more we can connect to the earth.

Collaborations/Clients

corporates, hospitality & collectives

  • Artists of Colour Council, New York
  • Altered States, Singapore
  • AlUla Banyan Tree, Abu Dhabi
  • Arts Equator, Singapore
  • Banyan Tree, Singapore
  • Banyan Tree, AlUla, Saudi Arabia
  • B Supreme, London
  • Channel News Asia, Singapore
  • Chowk, Singapore
  • Evidence Dance Community, New York
  • Gati Dance Forum, New Delhi
  • Movement Research, New York
  • P7:1SMA, Singapore
  • Post-Museum, Singapore
  • Romançon Dance Company, Manila
  • Soma Clinic, Singapore
  • Terra Luna Yoga, Singapore
  • TOPAZ Arts, New York

residencies & festivals

  • Climate Leaders Retreat, Plum Village, Indonesia
  • Da:ns Lab, Singapore
  • Dance Nucleus, Singapore
  • Ecole Des Sables, Senegal
  • Garden Gathering: Women & Children, Hong Kong
  • IdeasCity, New Museum and NTU-CCA, Singapore/New York
  • Mental Health Film Festival, Singapore
  • New Curriculum for Old Questions, NUS Museum, Singapore
  • Objectifs, Singapore
  • Ubah Rumah, Indonesia
  • Festival, Koh Pangan, Thailand
  • OMI International Collective, Hudson, New York
  • Singapore International Festival of the Arts, Singapore
  • Wonderfruit Festival, Thailand
  • Zürich Theatre Spektakle, Zürich

Cultural, Arts Institutions and Foundations

  • Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore
  • De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, Manila
  • Objectifs, Singapore
  • Esplanade – Theatres by the Bay, Singapore
  • Ground-Up Initiative, Singapore
  • National Arts Council, Singapore
  • National Gallery Singapore
  • NTU – Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore
  • School of Oriental and African Studies, London
  • IdeasCity Fest (Guest curated by IdeasCity, New Museum), NTU-Center for Contemporary Art, Singapore
  • INDENT: The Body & The Performative, Delhi
  • INSIGHT: Science and Psychedelics, Berlin

Accreditations & Certifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, School of Oriental and African Studies
    University Of London, UK 
  • Contemporary Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art
    University College London
    , UK 
  • Bachelors of Arts (BA) in Arts Management, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde
    Manila, Philippines
  • Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Certification, Body Intelligence
  • Reworlding Fellowship, Brave Earth: Centre for Applied Cultural Transition
    Costa Rica
  • Solidarity in Nature Fellowship, NTU-Centre for Contemporary Art,
    Singapore  
  • Trauma Informed Relational Somatics, Soma Clinic
    Singapore
  • Trauma Sensitive Facilitation, Trauma Centre
    Australia
  • Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy, The Embody Lab
  • Yoga Teacher Certification YTT200, Yoga Alliance
  • Black Dance Forms: Resistance and Engagement, Ecole Des Sables
    Senegal, West Africa

Fields of Study

Study as a way of nourishing the vivid life force that learning offers. A continuum of knowledge teaches how much we don’t know in this life. Current fields of interest – 

  • Embodiment
  • localising somatics
  • Trauma informed facilitation
  • collaborations for community
  • native rituals for healing
  • Cross cultural communication
  • Consent and boundaries
  • Anti-imperialism
  • unlearning capitalism
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • education on Narcissism
  • inclusive Programme curation
  • Production management
  • Choreography
  • Decolonization
  • Indigenous knowledge
  • Traditional ecological knowledge
  • Regenerative farming
  • applied mysticism 
  • craniosacral therapy
  • economic justice
  • tropical and island wisdom
  • joyful marketing

Embodiment & Somatics in Singapore

May 19 - June 2, 2024

Explore Embodiment and Somatics with Body as Earth in Singapore 

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy for those seeking 1:1 support, Embodied Landscapes for movement workshops, Primordial Waters for ancestral stories and altars, and Art of Holding Space for trauma sensitive education for facilitators. 

We welcome you to connect, receive support, and be within community in Singapore.