Helping humans solve complex problems through play

Curious to Explore, Courage to Try, Creative in Change.

Do you want to improve mental & physical wellbeing through movement?

I will help you explore movement-based mindfulness tools that support your wellbeing. We practice joints ART, coordination, improvisation, partner games, object interaction and FlowWeaves (Parkour).

Mindful Movement for wellbeing via Inspire By FM.

Playful Athleticism via Parkour.

Fabian and Nadia exploring joint articulation, coordination, and improvisation using a martial art belt weighted with a sandbag. They are passing it to each other in Emu Park in Bowden, Adelaide.

Are you looking for team-building games that build trust & engagement?

I will help you develop communication, trust and relationships. We practice playfulness, cooperation, role-based situations, competition, shared attention and communication.

Flexible Team Dynamics via Inspire By FM

Creative team communication via Lego Serious Play

Have you ever wished for a more effective way to solve complex problems?

This offering will help you evolve your own tools for probing and solving complex problems. We will practice collective presencing, creative evolution, game-based learning and serious play.

Strategy and Planning via Lego Serious Play

Creativity and Evolution via Inspire By FM

Three students participating in a Lego Serious Play workshop. They are standing around a table with a large collection of lego. They are each starting to put together a visual scenario using Lego. They are probing and solving complex problems using the practice of divergent thinking.

We often separate our bodies and minds. Workplace for our minds, exercise for our bodies. Alternatively, an ecological view is that both worlds are one integrated system. But, integrating MindBody practice into life is not yet a common skill.

Moving Puzzles is an ecology of MindBody practices:

  • Mindfulness [Move] → moving with intent, attention and awareness
  • Obstacle games [Connect] → playing games that reveal new connections
  • Serious play [Puzzle] → objects for storytelling and complex problem solving
  • Teamwork [Team]→ integrating mindfulness, obstacle games and serious play.

Like all ecologies, the boundaries between these practices are blurred and changing. They change as we do.

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Ways to work together

Personalised one-on-one coaching designed to help you develop physical awareness, adaptability, and problem-solving skills through movement. Tailored to your goals, whether you’re looking to improve mobility, build resilience, or deepen your creative practice. Find out more here.
A dynamic, community-driven environment where participants explore movement, coordination, and playful problem-solving. Designed for all levels, these classes foster collaboration, creativity, and a deeper connection between mind and body. Find out more here.
Immersive learning experiences that dive deeper into movement philosophy, team dynamics, and creative exploration. Each workshop is structured to provide hands-on, interactive learning that challenges participants to think and move in new ways. Find out more here.
Engaging, high-energy events that bring people together to explore movement, puzzles, and creativity in a fun and social setting. Whether it’s a themed challenge, a collaboration with other disciplines, or a large-scale gathering, our events are designed to inspire and connect. Find out more here.
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Cameron and Nadia participating in a group class based around the idea of tangling. They are joined together with a large rubber band. Cameron is leading Nadia around in a circle.
"Working with Dean is so much fun - I leave every session absolutely buzzing! It's challenging, unique, and varied - that's what I love about it. No puzzle is the same - just like my everyday life. Having the freedom to create, explore and change is so powerful!"

Cameron

Moving Puzzler since 2022

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Inspire by FM Retreat
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RYLA First Impressions and Leadership
How do we infinitely make first impressions and lead with creativity?
Chartered Accountants ANZ
How do we increase trust, accountability and resilience in our team?
UoA shapes of creativity and innovation
How do the physical interactions of problem solving shape our creativity?
UniSA Strengths and Storytelling
How do we move through our experiences?
UniSA Relationships in motion
How do you playfully reveal hidden qualities in yourself, objects, relationships and environment?
Body Surfaces
What surfaces of your body are invisible to you?
Old School Meets New School
What are the fundamentals of coordination and strength?
Learning Fast and Slow
How can we learn slow in order to be able to learn faster?
Low, Small and Flying Under the Radar
What can we learn from practicing in low positions and small, subtle situations?
Sharp Minds Post-Retirement
How can we grow young in our minds through our bodies?
Creativity in Leadership and Teamwork
How can we creatively reveal hidden value in our leadership and teamwork?
Models of Playful Connection
How do facilitators, teachers or leaders inspire connection between those they serve?
Strictness becomes Playfulness
How do we bridge the worlds of individual strictness and playful partnering?
Restorative Movement: Walking with Ease
Restorative workshop that looks at rhythm, coordination, controlled joint articulation and ground work
Parkour Puzzles
What are the fundamental principles of interacting with our environment?
Tension and Expansion
We are often so tense, what happens if we expand?
Precision and Behind Space
How can we bring what is behind us into perception? What if precision bodies craft precision minds?
Catching
What if we consider catching of objects, attention, concepts as all the same thing!?!
Tangling
Tangled and chaotic situations lie within... how will you respond?
The Zone
What if flow states and portions of space are both zones?
Work, Fun and Learning
Training can be hard work, fun and laughter, learning and confusion... what is you bias?
Planning for Scientific Teams
What if planning is an ecological landscape of physical conditions that we tackle together, one small step at a time?
Creativity for Leadership
What if small moments of creativity grow into big moments of group interactions?
Creativity with 7 Moving Blocks
With few materials, endless opportunities for physical problem solving await?
Creativity and Evolution
How do our different types of interactions with the world shape our creative mind?
Moving Mindfulness and Self Awareness
What if mindfulness of our interactions, in motion, could build our self awareness?
Communication for Software Engineering Students
How can our software engineering teams build trust and mutual awareness?
Communication for Scientific Teams
How can we improve performance of multi-discipline teams through embodied shared understanding of concepts?
Exploration of concept of Pendulum
An investigation of swinging pendulums in our bodies and interactions
Exploration of concept of Infinity
Infinity is a shape and concept that goes deeper than mathematics?
Embodiment of Ripples
Ripples of waves, bodies and relations are ripe for physical exploration?
Exploration of Playful Touch
Touch is the ultimate human communication, how can have more fun playing in a safe way?
Moving beyond Gymnastics
How can physical gymnastics extend into interactions, objects and our environment?

Contact us

Are you feeling curious?

dean@movingpuzzles.com.au
0403 831 019
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