“Walking for a Prouder Canada”

World Refugee Day – Victoria

Celebrations held at the Victoria Regional Public Library Main Branch

1 – 4 p.m.

The theme of World Refugee Day 2014 is “Walking for a Prouder Canada”. Please join us for this family-friendly event in the courtyard for an afternoon of live music, food, button making, interactive activities, storytelling, walking a labyrinth and more. Presented in partnership with WUSC, VCST, VIRCS and ICA. No registration required.

*A walking labyrinth display will be available during these celebrations!  Come enjoy a new or old walking experience and find out more about Labyrinths!

Main Branch, 735 Broughton Street, Victoria, BC V8W 3H2 – www.gvpl.ca

an amazing, spontaneous, kinesthetic moment of connection – being together with the divine in each of us

A powerful facet of listening/speaking is to develop
the skill of going into resonance with someone else’s feelings,
in an empathic manner. Meaning, ‘staying with’ the other person to be able to reflect back what they are saying, even if it is their own words repeated. The goal is to experience the feeling that rises between you when they truly feel heard. That is an amazing, spontaneous, kinesthetic moment of connection – being together with the divine in each of us.  read more

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Personal Mentor/Coach, Educational Programs:  Business, School,  Organization
by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
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“No matter how …

“No matter how closely we look, it is difficult to find a mental act that can take place without the support of some physical function.”
-Moshe Feldenkrais

A pattern of movement for conflict resolution process?

A conflict resolution Labyrinth walk? Yes of course! Shared a creative afternoon yesterday exploring why early communities (pre-religion) would have walked a labyrinth. A hot question on the minds of the participants as the day started and answered only after a guided and experiential journey of labyrinth patterns. An answer was not given in the traditional teaching way, but integrated through a personal exploration, in the safety of a group. An experience that started with strangers (disconnected from each other) and ended in a calm, centered, meaningful and grounded group connection. As the underlying intention was to answer this community question they had a growing realization of the power of walking this pattern before meetings. The purpose: to have the participants walk it together prior to the business meeting to reintegrate community and expand acceptance of each others differences through the pattern of movement. This is what I describe as Green Behavior and love the implications. Can you imagine different outcomes with exploring labyrinth walks for conflict resolution?

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by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
 15th Annual TSL Labyrinth Gathering Vcr Island – Victoria Event Organizer
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A shift happens through listening and being heard

The outcome of really listening and likewise being heard, is a shift. People appear to become grounded, more calm and able to express possibly for the first time with a sense of inner strength and autonomy.

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Personal Mentor/Coach, Educational Programs:  Business, School,  Organization
by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
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Steps to truly hear someone for the purpose of deepening a connection

  1. Listen with an intention to connect deeper to another – a heart connection
  2. Regardless of the topic, observe what inner responses come up for you. Recognize these as though in a Buddhist meditation-begin to notice your responses as personal responses without judgement and go back to what words you are hearing.
  3. Notice if you want to share your story or if you want to give advice and STOP.  Simply let it go by without acting upon these urges.
  4. If there are a lot of words coming at you, ask for a pause to try to tell back what you heard. Explain you want to hear what they are saying.
  5. Reflecting back what you have heard, may create a response that takes them to another topic. This is an opportunity to track. Developing tracking skills will allow you to come back to the main trigger point in the future with more ease and not being taken down the garden path to some other situation.

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Personal Mentor/Coach, Educational Programs:  Business, School,  Organization
by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
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Clear communication seems as elusive as the pot of gold

Speaking/listening, or a lack of it, has caused many of us a considerable amount of trouble. Clear communication seems as elusive as the pot of gold, perhaps because we were not educated in the topic as a child. As the new ‘children of light’, begin to find themselves in positions of power, it could actually be put on the top of the school curriculum, but for now…we’re on our own ……………read more 

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Personal Mentor/Coach, Educational Programs:  Business, School,  Organization
by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
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