Selfunwinding: An Experiential Workshop with Dr. Bob Kohl

THE PRACTICE OF SELFUNWINDING

Selfunwinding is a simple yet profound experiential process that invites the body’s innate intelligence to re-organize itself through spontaneous, integrative movement.

In this one-day workshop, Dr. Bob Kohl (Dae Do Soen-sa)—osteopathic physician, multi-modal bodyworker, yoga teacher, and Zen teacher in the Furnace Mountain Sangha—will guide participants through the Selfunwinding process as it has evolved through decades of clinical practice, personal inquiry, and contemplative study.

Rather than imposing techniques, corrections, or prescribed movements, Selfunwinding creates the conditions for something more fundamental and immediate: the body remembering how to move, sense, and organize itself as a living whole.

Participants are invited to slow down, turn attention inward, and allow movement to emerge organically—connecting sensation, emotion, memory, and awareness in real time.

This is not a performance practice, exercise class, or therapy session. It is an exploration of how healing happens when the body is allowed to lead.

WHAT WE WILL EXPLORE

Throughout the day, we will:

• Experience guided Selfunwinding sessions in a safe, supportive group setting
• Explore spontaneous movement arising from sensation, curiosity, and awareness
• Learn how habitual tension patterns can soften when the nervous system feels supported
• Discover how movement, feeling, and perception naturally integrate when effort is reduced
• Develop greater trust in the body’s inherent capacity for self-organization and healing

Previous participants have reported increased ease, clarity, emotional release, and a renewed sense of embodiment. Others simply experience a deepening relationship with their own bodily intelligence. Each person’s experience is unique, and nothing is forced.

WHO THIS IS FOR

This workshop is well-suited for:

• People living with chronic tension, discomfort, or unresolved physical patterns
• Bodyworkers, somatic educators, and healing professionals
• Meditation practitioners interested in embodied inquiry
• Anyone curious about the intersection of movement, awareness, and healing

No prior experience with Selfunwinding is required. All bodies, ages, and movement capacities are welcome.

DETAILS

• Please wear comfortable clothing suitable for gentle movement and floor work
• The day will include periods of movement, rest, reflection, writing, and group discussion
• A vegetarian lunch is included
• Space is limited to support depth of experience
• Suggested Donation: $90

If you are drawn to approaches that honor the body’s wisdom rather than overriding it, this workshop offers a rare opportunity to experience healing as an emergent, lived process that unfolds and unwinds from within.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

Get App

Host or Publisher Cincinnati Zen Center