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Course Descriptions
for Embodiment
Integrated
Pulling the pieces together to create the whole is what integration is all about. That can mean integrating the mind-body and also the various parts of the brain.
Embodied
Embodied is referring to the ability to have a nuanced and ongoing dialogue with your body, with the ability to notice and engage in ideal anatomical function.
Expressive
Who we are is revealed all the time by our use of weight, space, time and flow. Expanding your range allows you to fully inhabit all aspects of you.
The Embodied State
What would happen if your learning in the body could be on a really deep level? That is possible IF you take the time to become embodied before diving into specifics.
The courses that address a specific area of the body, such as feet, knees, spine and shoulders are all fantastic course chock full of experiential learning opportunities. By taking the steps to deepen embodiment first, you can heighten and quicken the learning, with less need to keep repeating the material and transferring the knowledge from your mind to your body.
The best learning for the body, is when the body learns, not the mind. The only way to do that is to be IN the body, with all the sensing and feeling ready to soak up the experiences.
This short workshop is designed to give you the tools to do just that and can be applied in a multitude of situations beyond the attendance of a subsequent course. Ideally, more and more time each day has you in an embodied state, with an ever deepening respectful conversation between you and your body!
Learning Outcomes
- Easy to do experiences that will heighten your sensing and bodily awareness.
- Tools that can be done solo or in partners.
- Insight into how the sensing in the body is best accessed.
Get Happy Feet
What you don’t know about your Feet IS hurting you…and limiting all areas of potential.
Almost everyone will have some foot pain in their life at some point, and for many it will be very bad and chronically downgrading the vitally of your life.
Why is this? What are you missing?
This workshop is an introduction to your feet and what you need to know to get and keep happy feet.
There is a mix of embodied anatomy, imagery and mobilization techniques all designed to return the full function to your feet, which in turn will revitalize healthy in your whole system.
Learn this for yourself AND to help your clients.
A new inroad into full body health awaits, simply by going through your feet.
Learning Outcomes
- Understanding of the Foot Anatomy and methods for mobilization
- Effective Imagery for both mobility and stability
- Self touch strategies for activating and enlivening the arches of the feet giving you both stability and balance and powerful propulsion for walking
- Strategies for daily life to keep the feet dynamic and healthy
Release, Relax and Reset your Neck and Shoulders
The neck and shoulders are such a common area of chronic tension and dysfunction that it appears almost inevitable that you and your clients will have this challenge. But that does not need to be the case! Tension, pain and stiffness in this area is not just a sign a stress, but it can cause stress so the link needs to be broken, and this course will give you the tools to do just that.
By releasing the shoulder and neck tension there is a positive cascade through the whole body.
This course will support you to do hands on work for yourself as well as strategies that your clients can learn from you and continue to use at home to support themselves.
Learning Outcomes
- Hands on self touch to release tension in the neck and shoulders muscles
- Imagery to stimulate positive change
- Understanding of embodied anatomy
- Easy and effective exercises to create balance and alignment of the spine and shoulder girdle
Love your Knees
Your knees help you to sit and rise, and are part of every step you take. When the knees hurt you can feel quite debilitated.
While it may seem that the knees are vulnerable to over use and injury, the real cause of discomfort is simply not understanding how they function. Your knees are not a simply hinge joint. There are rotations and counter-rotations happening through the whole leg with the knee playing the intermediary. That means that often the cuing we give ourselves is the problem. We are often inadvertently blocking the proper function.
This workshop will introduce the brilliance that are your knees to you so that you can work with them instead of against them.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand your Habits that can be contributing to knee pain
- Gain clarity of the complex function and allow it to express itself naturally
- Love your Knees again!
Restore Spinal Function and Posture
A flexible spine is not just a happy spine, but it gives us the skill of adaptability in all areas of our lives. There is a lot of confusion about the function and design of the spine based on cues to “stand up straight” and yet we have 4 curves to the spine which need to be fully expressed for you to have a healthy spine.
Ideally posture is dynamic which means that “holding” our posture is going to counter that directive. Discover the brilliant design of your spine and how it’s function was created to allow you to have upright posture in gravity.
Learning Outcomes
- Discover and Honour the Curves of the Spine
- Have a plan for ensuring full spinal movement in all 3 directions
- Know the appropriate self cuing that will allow for dynamic posture.
