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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: PERSONAL GROWTH & HEALING
BODYMIND & HONORING THE SELF
From a BodyMind perspective, life experiences are embodied experiences. Breathing habits, movement patterns, musculature tone, posture, body language, tone of voice and presentation of our words, physical and psychological impact of chronic pain diseases are all shaped by past and present experiences and require re-education involving somatic awareness and sensing of the whole person.
Within this participatory and experiential, self-actualizing introductory course, student's will be exploring their own attitudes, communication styles and movement patterns of their BodyMind. Student's will be introduced to Somatic BodyMind Integrative Techniques and Movement Education methods such as Trager, Feldenkrais, Yoga and Ecstatic Dance. Students will also be introduced to the world renowned Non-Violent Communication system (www.nonviolentcommunication.org) and other forms of communication tools influenced by Eugene Gendlin, founder of the focusing method. Student's will also be logging their self-care on a daily basis and any transformations that their BodyMind may be udergoing in order to understand the BodyMind connection more deeply.
This course explores in depth the body/mind/spirit connection and integrates somatic-oriented material with contemporary developmental theories and practices. Student's will learn how to work from their center through experiencing and understanding the integration of sensation, emotion, thought, and movement.
Because of the experiential aspects of this course, it is required that students be emotionally mature and grounded in order to manage the strong feelings and emotions which may arise when being worked on and while working on classmates.
SUBTLE ANATOMY & EASTERN HEALING THERAPIES
This experiential course will explore the Eastern Healing Therapies of Ayurveda, Thai-Yoga Therapy, Reiki, Shiatsu, and Meditation. Student's will explore deeply into the Subtle Anatomy of the Chakra Energy System of India and the Chinese Medicine System of Meridians and how both of these systems relate to our physical and psychological well-being. This course allows all students the opportunity to learn the basics of how to apply the Japanese system of Shiatsu.
THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF ENERGY MEDICINE
This course will be an exploration of the scientific studies that have been conducted and recent research that is validating Energy Medicine. Student's will understand the significance and impact that different therapies have on their own energy systems and their clients and the scientific basis of how we heal ourselves and one another. Learning to work with Intentional Therapeutic Touch and developing Self Awareness is the main focus of this experiential class.
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