Surrendering workshops at Salisbury Centre Edinburgh somatics & embodiment

2024 Surrender Workshops 6:30 - 8 pm at the Salisbury Centre

I am bringing together my experience and knowledge of somatics, embodiment, yoga, mindfulness and compassion to offer 4 workshops linked to surrender. Surrender to me is about acceptance, awareness and empowerment.

Price: £25 per workshop, £20 KOA regulars, £80 all 4, 2 community spaces per workshop/pay what you can (contact me for block of 4 or KOA regular booking)

Each workshop will have the same format:

Introduction to the theme

Coming together and connection circle

Somatic, embodiment and mindfulness practices linked to the theme

Closing circle

February: 22nd surrendering to compassion

We will look at Paul Gilbert’s emotional regulation systems and the different parts to our self. How can we relate to them, embrace them, surrender to and accept them. How can we actively practice compassion practices. We will practice a combination of compassion focussed and somatic/embodiment practices. The aim will be to find a connection with our bodies and manage any triggers to guilt, shame, the self critic in a healthier way.

May: 14th surrendering to change

I will offer a brief introduction to the nervous system and how it reacts to changes, feel activated and how this impacts us. We will use various mindfulness, embodiment and somatic practices to explore how the body embodies change. The aim will be to explore how we can surrender to and accept change as well as find ways to regulate when we are struggling with how change presents in our bodies.

September: 10th surrendering to acceptance

I will offer an introduction to the nervous system and we will explore how we often struggle with acceptance which can result in emotions getting stuck in our bodies. Through various practices including mindfulness and somatic/embodiment we will explore how we can embody acceptance and perhaps even encourage shifts of emotion in our bodies.

December: 12th surrendering to rest

I will offer an introduction to the power of rest and why we need to make time to rest in order to allow our bodies to restore. We will explore rest through various embodiment, somatic and mindfulness practices. This session will include a nidra practice.

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