About Samuel Ben-Or Avital

Through a deep involvement with Kabbalah, Avital's vision of the world is guided by sacred texts and a lifelong personal practice. And while kabbalistic principals are only mentioned in passing on occasion, it is clear, for those interested, that his exercises are in fact revealing a deeper wisdom, an ancient science based on the cosmic laws of creation. Learning how to proceed from thought or conception, to action, is the process in fact unveiled internally through the BodySpeak™ exercises Mr. Avital developed.

Qualities like emotional flexibility, "conscious innocence," focus, certainty, and being centered and balanced are reflected in the BodySpeak™ explorations, such as learning how to trust another as one falls backward or forward in life; or knowing how to take small steps in life and in space; or how to hold an image of what one wants to create in a relationship or in work of any sort. Universal truths are revealed moment by moment in a playful yet introspective, practical yet dramatic way.

"I grew up in a religious family, not fanatic, but religious in the best sense," Mr. Avital explains. "We practiced Kabbalah. I learned French and Hebrew. It was a tolerant religious community that had the true value of community with everyone helping each other." Mr. Avital traces his Sephardic Kabbalah in a direct lineage to the15th Century.

Over the years, Avital has also taught classes in Kabbalah and Hebrew and led "ecstatic" Simhat Torah celebrations.

Combining an ancestral lineage and upbringing in applied Kabbalah, Avital awakens, through BodySpeak™, body intelligence.

Samuel Avital is known and highly respected as an artist, performer, teacher, mentor, creative consultant, coach, and author. His peers and students praise him for his innovative approach to personal and professional creativity. He studied mime, dance and theatre in Paris, France with Etienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau. He toured solo in Scandinavia, Europe, North and South America, before settling in Boulder, Colorado in 1971. He continues to perform and teach extensively.

In 1971, Mr. Avital founded Le Centre du Silence Mime School (See, "History of Le Centre du Silence Mime School") in Boulder, Colorado to provide an atmosphere free of dogma, judgment, and negative competition. One of the purposes of LCDS is to "surpass the normal means of communication offered by the entertainment industry and society's abuse of the spoken word."

He also founded and directed the Boulder Mime Theatre (BMT), 1971-1982, which toured locally and nationally with an unusual repertoire depicting the genius and stupidity of human nature.

He developed his unique method of teaching, and created BodySpeak™- The Avital Method. This approach is based on a philosophy of total honesty, integrity and creativity of the individual, and is based on the knowledge that artistic perfection is possible.

Avital has established a remarkable reputation for the BodySpeak™- The Avital Method of training through The International Summer Mime Workshop which has been held every year in the summer since 1975. This yearly event attracts people from all over the world.

More about Samuel Avital, Le Centre Du Silence and BodySpeak
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Le Centre du Silence
P.O. Box 1015
Boulder, CO 80306-1015
U.S.A.
(303) 661-9271