The Samurai Game® - 17th March 2012 - East Sussex
We have yet to confirm the venue for this workshop but it will be either Lewes or Brighton. It will be a long day, probably 10.30am - 8.30pm.
Step across a psychological line and enter into The Samurai Game®…. At the heart of the Game we enter 15th century Japan and take on the social code of the Samurai. Through completely changing our mindset there is an opportunity to become hyper-aware of our behaviour and choices moment-to-moment.
Challenge yourself to manifest bold, dignified and decisive action in the face of uncertainty. How do you maintain inner peace in the face of outer conflict?
Click here to read more about the Game.
Cost will be £75 for the long day.
More specifics on this workshop to follow shortly, or drop us a line and we can send you a flyer as soon as it is all confirmed. - Save the date!
The next public Samurai Game workshop will be on 6th October
Fudoshin at The Wild Heart Gathering – 4th – 7th May - East Sussex
We will be running a couple of sessions at The Wild Heart gathering, one of our favourite festivals - it features all kinds of earth-based, wild/bush-craft and heart opening workshops, music and food. We've yet to decide what we'll run so if you have any requests then give us a shout!
Hope to see you there!
Somatic Presence Foundation Training - Begins 19th & 20th May 2012 - East Sussex
Somatic Presence has numerous potential health benefits such as:
- reducing stress
- releasing trauma held in the musculature
- opening the breath (allowing full diaphragmatic breathing)
- improving digestion
- removing toxins from the body
- improving brain function
However, the primary focus of this work is to give you a concrete, body based method for moving more fully into the ephemeral present moment – here and now.
Somatic Presence is an approach to embodied learning, coaching, and health which has been developed over the last 12 years by Francis Briers and synthesizes key experience drawn from a range of physical disciplines including: martial arts and Chi Gung, the Alexander Technique, Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massage, dance, physical theatre, and an understanding of how stress and trauma affects the body. By working with simple exercises, learning the rules of optimal functional alignment, and having subtle postural adjustment, you can learn to be more present, powerful, and aware in your body.
These are stand-alone workshops so you can attend just one if the theme is particularly relevant to you, however for the Somatic Presence Foundation Training certificate you need to attend all four.
Part 1 - 19th & 20th May 2012 - This workshop will focus on the breath. The breath is about how we receive the world into our body and lives. You will learn 4 distinct breathing techniques for different purposes and we will also work with moving exercises, postural adjustment, standing meditation and partner work.
Part 2 - 30th June & 1st July 2012 - This workshop will focus on correct standing posture. The stand you make in the world is about how and what you trust – your values. You will learn both ‘ordinary’ posture for everyday use, and 4 forms of standing meditation for different purposes. We will also work with moving exercises, postural adjustment, breathing techniques and partner work.
Part 3 - 15th & 16th September 2012 - This workshop will focus on walking posture. This about how you bring full attention to who you are in every moment. You will learn both ‘ordinary’ posture for everyday use, and 4 forms of walking meditation for different purposes. We will also work with moving exercises, postural adjustment, standing meditation, breathing exercises and partner work.
Part 4 - 8th & 9th December 2012 - This workshop will focus on the body expressive – how you ‘talk’ through your body. We will look at reading body patterns and the ‘theatre’ of physical interaction. This will not just be at a ‘doing’ body language level, but at a ‘being’ somatic level – looking at the deeper patterns. We will look at how these deep somatic patterns – including trauma and stress – affect how you turn up moment-to-moment and how to shift this through exercises, posture, standing meditation, breathing and partner exercises.
We have yet to confirm the venue for these workshops but it will be either Lewes or Brighton in East Sussex. Each will be a 2 day workshop, each day running 10am-5pm
Cost will be £175 per weekend, or if you sign up to do all 4 workshops to complete the Certified Somatic Presence Foundation Training then the total cost is £650 for all 4 workshops (£50 saving).
Follow these links to read more about Somatic Presence and the Somatic Presence Professional Training.
If you’d like to know more about this training feel free to drop us a line with any questions you have.
Somatic Presence Foundation Training Part 2 - Standing - 30th June & 1st July 2012 - East Sussex
This workshop will focus on correct standing posture. The stand you make in the world is about how and what you trust – your values. You will learn both ‘ordinary’ posture for everyday use, and 4 forms of standing meditation for different purposes. We will also work with moving exercises, postural adjustment, breathing techniques and partner work.
We have yet to confirm the venue for this workshop but it will be either Lewes or Brighton. It will be a 2 day workshop each day running 10am-5pm
Cost will be £175 for the weekend, or if you sign up to do all 4 workshops to complete the Certified Somatic Presence Foundation Training then the total cost is £650 for all 4 workshops (£50 saving).
Follow these links to read more about Somatic Presence and the Somatic Presence Professional Training.
If you’d like to know more about this training feel free to drop us a line with any questions you have.
Somatic Presence Foundation Training Part 3 - Walking - 15th & 16th September 2012 - East Sussex
This workshop will focus on walking posture. This about how you bring full attention to who you are in every moment. You will learn both ‘ordinary’ posture for everyday use, and 4 forms of walking meditation for different purposes. We will also work with moving exercises, postural adjustment, standing meditation, breathing exercises and partner work.
We have yet to confirm the venue for this workshop but it will be either Lewes or Brighton. It will be a 2 day workshop each day running 10am-5pm
Cost will be £175 for the weekend, or if you sign up to do all 4 workshops to complete the Certified Somatic Presence Foundation Training then the total cost is £650 for all 4 workshops (£50 saving).
Follow these links to read more about Somatic Presence and the Somatic Presence Professional Training.
If you’d like to know more about this training feel free to drop us a line with any questions you have.
The Samurai Game® - 6th October 2012 - East Sussex
We have yet to confirm the venue for this workshop but it will be either Lewes or Brighton. It will be a long day, probably 10.30am - 8.30pm.
Step across a psychological line and enter into The Samurai Game®…. At the heart of the Game we enter 15th century Japan and take on the social code of the Samurai. Through completely changing our mindset there is an opportunity to become hyper-aware of our behaviour and choices moment-to-moment.
Challenge yourself to manifest bold, dignified and decisive action in the face of uncertainty. How do you maintain inner peace in the face of outer conflict?
Click here to read more about the Game.
Cost will be £75 for the long day.
More specifics on this workshop to follow shortly, or drop us a line and we can send you a flyer as soon as it is all confirmed. - Save the date!
12 Archetypes for Personal Growth: A Pathway to Greater Meaning - Professional Training - 20th & 21st October 2012 - Brighton
This is a training in how to use Carol Pearson's archetype profiling tool which draws on Jung's work on Archetypes and Campbell's 'Hero's Journey' to give you a unique way of understanding the phases, strengths and challenges of personal growth. You may want to attend purely for your own development, but you will leave the workshop equipped to work with individual clients to profile them using this tool and then to help them unpack what that means for their personal and professional journey.
Would it be useful to:
- Gain clarity about where you are on your personal/life/career journey?
- Identify ways to bring balance into your life?
- Identify your authentic self?
We go through our lives often oblivious as to why we do some of the things we do, and often get irritated, frustrated or both when we keep doing the same thing over and over again. This workshop will help you get ‘under your own skin’ and begin to understand just why that is and, more importantly, identify how you can begin to take charge and bring about change and a different story. You can then build your life around a purpose that’s true to who you are and draw others to you to help fulfil this.
Using the tools and system developed by Carol Pearson over 30 years - a system that builds on the work of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell - This workshop will allow you to:
- Understand and explain the archetypes that drive your everyday life.
- Walk away with your own personal profile and where you are in your own journey.
- Discover your ‘brand’ so you develop a reputation for what you want to be known for.
- Develop your own personal mission statement.
- Recognise archetypal patterns in others
This training will be given by Dawn Bentley who has been working with the archetypes for many years with both coaching clients and organisational leadership teams. To see more about Dawn and her work click here. It is very rare that Dawn trains others in this work so this is a great opportunity to learn this work both for yourself and for use with your clients.
The investment for this professional training is £375 which includes all tuition and your own Archetype profile.
If you'd like to know more about this workshop or book a place then please get in touch.
Somatic Presence Foundation Training Part 4 - Talking - 8th & 9th December 2012 - East Sussex
This workshop will focus on the body expressive – how you ‘talk’ through your body. We will look at reading body patterns and the ‘theatre’ of physical interaction. This will not just be at a ‘doing’ body language level, but at a ‘being’ somatic level – looking at the deeper patterns. We will look at how these deep somatic patterns – including trauma and stress – affect how you turn up moment-to-moment and how to shift this through exercises, posture, standing meditation, breathing and partner exercises.
We have yet to confirm the venue for this workshop but it will be either Lewes or Brighton. It will be a 2 day workshop each day running 10am-5pm
Cost will be £175 for the weekend, or if you sign up to do all 4 workshops to complete the Certified Somatic Presence Foundation Training then the total cost is £650 for all 4 workshops (£50 saving).
Follow these links to read more about Somatic Presence and the Somatic Presence Professional Training.
If you’d like to know more about this training feel free to drop us a line with any questions you have.