A three day workshop of Somatic Exploration and Movement Shiatsu
With Bill Palmer & Teresa Hadland
April 10-12 in Frome, Somerset
This workshop will show methods of contacting and communicating with the intelligences of the body.
When something goes wrong in the body, we often go to a physical therapist to try to ‘fix’ it. But the idea of fixing the body comes from the mind having an ideal idea of how we should be. The body is seen as a biological machine, controlled by the mind.
The idea of the Inner Community sees every part of the body as being a ‘person’, with feelings and intelligence. Instead of trying to fix a part that is ‘not working’, it is often more effective to ask that part what support it needs from the rest of the organism. Then the rest of the inner community can adjust to take care of that part and fully include it.
But these body-people don’t speak in words. Their language is movement , sensation and sound.
The workshop will demonstrate how to communicate with these body-people at several levels. You can talk to individual muscles and organs. You can explore the character of different systems and you will learn to contact particular members of the community that are ‘group facilitators’. We will show how these inner facilitators are preceisely the forms of Qi described by East Asian medicine. So the Qi-functions are the conductors of our inner orchestras.
This transforms Qi-therapies. Instead of trying to fix a person, therapy becomes a process of opening a conversation with the Qi. Helping a person to listen to their inner intelligences and to let go of the mind’s tendency to judge and control the body.
This workshop is very practical and focused on experience rather than theory. You don’t need to be a therapist. You can use it as a framework for profound self-exploration. If you are a body-based therapist, we will demonstrate techniques for helping clients to contact their body. If you are a Shiatsu practitioner, we will show how to use movement and imagination to guide a client to converse with their own Qi-functions.
During the workshop we will explore:
- Voicework and breathwork to soften habitual patterns and support authentic expression
- Different qualities of touch and how they bring specific tissues and systems into awareness
- Archetypal movement patterns and their relationship to meridian energy
- Drama-based processes that allow body parts and inner aspects to “speak” in the first person
The course will be held in Frome, where we live, and we have eight places in our house for people to stay and make meals in a dedicated kitchen (usually the group staying in the house arrange to share cooking of the evening meals). We have a selection of B&B places nearby or suggestions for camping.
The cost of the course will be £295 and we are happy to arrange for this to be paid in instalments. To book on the course, fill out the application form and if we can give you a place, we will tell you how to pay the deposit and the timetable for completing payment. These Frome courses book up really fast because there are limited number of places, so we suggest booking early.
NEW REDUCTIONS
Extension of Early Bird to January 31st £250
Extra £20 reduction for regular subscribers to our Inner Qigong classes.
People who have already registered will receive these reductions too!
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