Ground Yourself: Introduction to Body Awareness Classes

We bring our awareness to the floor or the chair below us and connect with the earth, allowing our energies to ground and center. We appreciate how the earth has abundantly supported us, how we have planted seeds and harvested during our lifetimes. We walk in the footsteps of so many who have walked the earth before us. We are Grounded and supported every step of the way. The earth knows the rhythms and cycles of change, the mountainous heights and the deep darkness of caves. Connecting again and again to the earth we develop a dependable anchor in the face of tumultuous emotional energies.

Susan McConnell Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy

Intro & Preparation Classes

• This is a prerequisite class for
• Grounded in the Body Classes
• Embodied Relationship Classes
• This class will Prepare you for body work classes.
• You will receive tools on how to regulate and find safety in your body
• You will learn about the Autonomic Nervous System
• Discover how to connect body and mind
• This is an online class – 6pm -7.30pm
• You will receive a zoom link prior to class

Polyvagal Theory is the work of Professor Stephen Porges.

“Polyvagal Theory emphasizes the role the autonomic nervous system – especially the vagus nerve plays in regulating our health and behaviour. Created and developed by Stephen Porges, PhD, the theory describes the physiological/psychological states which underlie our daily behaviour as well as challenges related to our wellness and mental health. By applying Polyvagal Theory to our personal lives as well as to disciplines such as medicine, education, and management, we can understand how safety, co-regulation, and connection are paramount to a healthy human experience.” http://www.polyvagalinstitute.org

“Attachment Theory is based on the assertion that the need to be in a close relationship is embedded in our genes. It was John Bowlby’s stroke of genius that brought him to the realisation that we’ve been programmed by evolution to single out a few specific individuals in our lives and make them precious to us. We’ve been bred to be dependent on a significant other. The need starts in the womb and ends when we die. Bowlby proposed that throughout evolution, genetic selection favoured people who became attached because it provided a survival advantage. In prehistoric times, people who relied only on themselves and had no one to protect them were more likely to end up as prey. More often than not, those who were with somebody who deeply cared about them survived to pass on to their offspring the preference to form intimate bonds. In fact, the need to be near someone special is so important that the brain has a biological mechanism specifically responsible for creating and regulating our connection with our attachment figures (parents, children, and romantic partners).” Attached by Dr. A Levine & Rachel S.F. Heller