Embodied Stress Relief for the Female Body
Schedule
Wed Jul 03 2024 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1053 N US-31, Petoskey, MI 49770-9303, United States | Petoskey, MI
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Do you find yourself highly stressed or anxious often?Do you long to have more ease in your daily life and feel like you’re almost always working hard?
Do you yearn to have more support to live in alignment with your body and embodied joy more of the time?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are certainly not alone and this class and the series that is to follow this summer may support you to cultivate relief and renewal amidst a busy season for many of us.
In this introductory class and series you’ll learn how to move with more resilience through times of change and how you can respond to stress with greater choice amidst whatever you are experiencing. During this five week series, you’ll learn about Polyvagal Theory that works with the natural cycle of your nervous system and the natural resources you have in your body to better understand and regulate your nervous system. This is an understanding that has been well studied, researched as well as practiced by many somatic practitioners and is a simple model for how our bodies respond to stress. You will also come to understand how certain mindfulness, meditation and therapeutic models may not be helpful or the right modality for everyone. You’ll receive guidance and perspective to discern what is best for your unique experience and tools that you can practice right away in the moment.
You’ll also learn about how we as females are cyclical beings and how our infradian cycle (cycle of menstruation) can be a guide to our personal wellness. While this has often been and may even still be a taboo topic for some, it’s essential for us to understand our unique bodies, their wisdom and how we can continue to grow, heal and learn from our bodies as women throughout our lives. You don’t need to have a uterus or still be menstruating to take the class since we all have our individual relationship to our cycles whether they are monthly or not and we therefore all have experience and wisdom to draw upon and journey with.
Put together, this is a trauma informed and restorative model for embodied stress relief for the female body. It is put into practice through simple awareness, breathwork and gentle movement practices that you can do at any time. You will learn tools that you can use in your daily routine and in the midst of difficult circumstances to cultivate regulation and resilience to return to your naturally connected, resilient and creative self amidst whatever challenges you are facing.
Through this experience you will receive:
-Fun, playful and easeful ways to connect with your body, yourself and others
-Trauma informed somatic (body based) practices that you can use on your own time to practice self healing in a relaxing way
-Learn about the Polyvagal Theory Model to understand your central nervous system and how to relate to your embodied experience of stress with more resilience and choice
-Learn about the Mindy-Body Stress Reset method developed by Rebekkah LaDyne, MS, SEP
-Better understand the infradian cycle that guides our menstruation as females and how to cultivate greater ease and flow in your life through honoring the wisdom within this cycle
-Simple, connective embodiment tools you can use at any time, even when you’re busy
-Welcoming, accepting and supportive community in which to take the risk to be who you are and cultivate trust
Curriculum:
July 3rd
Session 1: Earth – Understanding Stress and Our Nervous System – Grounding in the Cycles
Grounding in our personal experience of stress and learning about Polyvagal Theory and the female infradian cycle as we root into our inner resource.
July 10th
Session 2: Water – Practicing with Our Emotions and Sensation – Cultivating Inner Trust & Safety
Honoring our feelings and emotions and practicing mindfulness, visualization, pendulation, co-regulation and compassionate communication in our own ways.
July 17th
Session 3: Fire – Choosing Movement and Change – Cultivating Our Power Together
Cultivating the choice to release accumulated trauma through the body in pleasurable and intentional ways for long term transformation for ourselves, our families, communities and the collective.
July 24th
Session 4: Air – Creation & Expression – Joyful Collaboration & Pleasure
Working with breathwork and sounding to self regulate in the moment and with others while welcoming our creativity and collaboration through our voice and vocal expression.
August 2nd (Friday)
Session 5: Ethers – Connecting it All Together – Integration and Next Steps
Integration of all practices while visioning into what’s possible in our lives with a gentle movement journey together as we set and share intentions for our personal next steps. At Inspiring Inner Growth yoga studio in Petoskey for more movement space.
Logistics:
Full Series: 4 Wednesdays starting July 3rd - July 24th 6-8pm with final class on Friday August 2nd 6-8pm
Location:
East Bayview Professional Building
1053 N. US-31, Petoskey, MI Suite #1
Last class at Inspiring Inner Growth
231 State St., Ste 5, Ground Level, Petoskey, MI located in the Petoskey Professional Arts Building
Self Investment: See website for more details and options . . .
https://hilarylake.com/event/embodied-stress-relief-series/
Facilitator Bio:
Hilary Lake (she/they) is a healing arts community minister who helps people align with their bodies and values in enlivening ways. She graduated from Harvard Divinity School with an MDiv in Buddhist Ministry and is a trauma informed somatic movement therapist and educator. She welcomes people into mindful embodiment practices that bring loving awareness, connection and aliveness into their lives. Learn more information about Hilary and her healing arts practice: www.hilarylake.com
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Where is it happening?
1053 N US-31, Petoskey, MI 49770-9303, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
