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Contacting the Space Between: Gestalt, Feldenkrais, and the Subtle Body
With Kate Flore and Dwight Pargee
“A brain without a body couldn’t think.” — Moshe Feldenkrais “To feel is to heal. To contact is to awaken.” — Dick Price Human beings are relational by nature. We are an intricate web of anatomy, energy, space, and time that takes shape through our life experiences. Our physical structure, function, and sense of self […]
Grof® Breathwork: Homecoming
With Marianne Murray
Grof® Breathwork, developed as “holotropic breathwork,” was born at Esalen in the 1980s by Stanislav and Christina Grof. This powerful practice offers participants the opportunity to enter expanded states of consciousness through accelerated breathing, evocative music, and supported somatic release. Through this practice, we “journey” using our breath, opening to the psyche’s intrinsic intelligence for […]
Encounter: Meeting the Moment
With Andrea Juhan
To encounter someone, something, or someplace implies that it’s unexpected or a surprise. Encountering the moment means coming face-to-face with the unknown. In movement practice, we train ourselves to stay open, curious, centered, and responsive at the front edge of any encounter — counterbalancing those innate primal reactions to fight, flee, freeze, or please. Rather […]
Make Peace with your Judging Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Help Free You from the Inner Critic
With Mark Coleman
Have you noticed the painful effects of self-judgment? Do you feel tormented by negative critical self-talk and the harsh words of the inner critic? Are you prone to judging everything you do as not good enough, not quite right, or not up to some impossibly high standard? Do you find yourself harshly judging your meditation, […]