
Patience – Value Reflection
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Tagged Culture of Values, getting InTouch, Inside Awareness, Patience, Renee Lindstrom, Values
FAQ – Who would come to Inside Awareness?
This is a great question:
- The focus of Inside Awareness is on learning to increase the quality of life experiences beginning inside and expanding out. Much like a drop water expands equally out on all sides. The learning practice is based upon the four aspects of self; physical, emotional, mental and beliefs which are easily translated into focused areas of personal and relationship development.
- Inside Awareness programs have been designed for early childhood to end of life, (and all stages in between!) Patterns of movement, habitual behavior and language, and lifestyles are a thread through life and are unconscious actions and reactions until a focus of attention is placed on them specifically. Learning with Inside is designed for developing this skill so something new can happen! This is to learn moving beyond conflict, pain and struggle with more awareness and ease into a space of deeper connection inside and outside.
Therefore adults, parents, children, educators, employees and employers would benefit with these learning and coaching programs.
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©by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP, May, 2014
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
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Frequently asked Question’s:
1. How often should I (we) book appointments?
Movement Behavior
Critical Learning – When asked this question by someone that has obvious shifts with these methods and who has a constraint that limits their quality of life from their movement patterns :
- The suggestion would be for sessions to be closer together to not lose the experience between them. The goal is to change habits through specialized learning. This may result in having a reduced length of time in the long run. It could be once a week, twice a week or even three times a week depending upon critical learning, resistance to learning and acceptance to changes.
REMEMBER THAT MORE CONNECTION INCREASES THE EXPANDED AWARENESS OF LIFESTYLE & RELATIONSHIP CONTRIBUTORS TO YOUR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT PATTERNS. YES YOUR RELATIONSHIPS AND OUTSIDE STIMULUS CONTRIBUTES TO HOW YOUR MOVE!
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Awareness Learning – When asked this question by someone who would like to improve the quality of their life experiences:
- The suggestion is to come for personal sessions at a constant pace to lose the learning in between lessons and to enhance learning by adding movement workshops. This increases one’s sensation awareness in their movements.
Relationship Behavior
Critical Learning – When asked this by couples, parents or educators and employees who are in the middle of crisis management:
- The answer is to book sessions close together to support the process and to increase clarity and understanding. In this way issues become manageable. If left the result is increased pain and struggle. This may be coming once, twice or even three times a week! It is easier to process and move forward in the aliveness than to stretch it out and continue distancing or solidifying the behaviors responsible for creating the issues in the first place.
REMEMBER WITHDRAWAL AND RESISTANCE DOES NOT MEAN THE ISSUES WILL GO AWAY. YOU MAY BE FOOLING YOURSELF AS IT MAY ACTUALLY MEAN THE BEGINNING OF THE END. IF ONE SIDE IS PROCESSING AND ONE SIDE IS PROTECTING THEMSELVES IN RIGHT AND WRONG THINKING, THE SIDE PROCESSING WILL BECOME BORED AND NOT BE CONTENT TO CONTINUE WITH IT!
Awareness Learning – When asked about personal coaching:
- The suggestion would be to receive personal coaching at a regular pace so as not to lose the momentum and to develop inner accountability with outside support would enhance skill development. Adding workshops would enhance the experiential part of oneself.
REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NO END POINT, THERE IS ONLY EVOLUTION AND INCREASED AWARENESS & QUALITIES OF EXPERIENCING YOUR LIFE!
2. Are youR suggested booking time-lines mandatory?
No these are not booking requirements that are mandatory to book and receive enhanced life learning skills and change with Inside Awareness. These are suggested guidelines to support your continued success in learning how to improve your personal experiences and living experiences.
How often you book is the value you place on yourself and what you can afford to spend upon your personal development.
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©by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP, May, 2014
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
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Exploring without rules is learning!
A few hardcore Feldenkrais® students came to join in one evening of Conscious Movement through Dance. As the circle began sharing it was explained that the evening wasn’t a Feldenkrais® focused event for their benefit. They chose to stay and take part in a movement with the intention to connect conscious awareness and action in a dance pattern. This concept had been explored with the other participants for a several nights before. This evenings focus was putting patterns of isolated movements into a bigger flow of patterns to experience.
As the larger focused movement pattern was taken up off the floor into big movements a smile crossed their faces. They mentioned that they had never taken their Feldenkrais® lessons off the floor, therefore never experienced them in an upright action! Beautiful moment that encouraged the remaining group members to smile.
Exploring without rules is learning!
Many thanks to the Church of Truth in James Bay for their support in hosting this wonderful series and letting us play with Conscious Movement in Dance!
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©by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP, May, 2014
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
How can one balance aspects of self?
Recently I enjoyed viewing a “Coles Notes” explanation of the a Medicine Wheel from a fellow Canadian in Alberta. This Elder was connecting with a troubled youth through the act of walking. There was not a direct focus on any issues. I observed through their discussion that the Elder was very aware of this youth and their needs through their behavior and unspoken expression. Rather than being direct and telling the youth anything, it was through guidance and modelling. The Elder began sharing the concept of the Medicine Wheel and encouraged the youth to walk, enter and stop in the center. The explanation of the Medicine Wheel was subtle and included the four directions, north, south, east and west. There was also mention of the balance of the four aspects of self for connecting to ones center.
Viewing this was a revelation and it was exciting to recognize the similarities to the core principles in the integrative centering and wellness tools offered in the getting InTouch programs at Inside. These include levels of experiencing integration from the outside in. These include
- guidance versus telling,
- mentoring versus teaching,
- modeling versus telling and not walking it oneself in reality,
- experiencing patterns versus fixing it.
The wellness tools are for creating an open learning mindfulness versus a closed mind that knows everything. The difference:
Becoming comfortable within oneself leads to acceptance and expansion beyond experiences into deeper relationships.
Staying in the discomfort of always knowing the answer, in fear of feeling, leads to a *struggle. Being right creates disconnection from all things.
*The struggle is keeping the walls of power up that come from being right.
One way to experience balancing aspects of self with Inside is through sharing a Labyrinth Walk. If you compare the following labyrinth design with the Medicine Wheel above you will see the similarities. Listening to the Elder share his Medicine Wheel with the youth I was able to hear very similar guidance of sharing a labyrinth walk with others. I was thrilled to experience the connectedness between these ancient patterns!

Chartres 11 Circuit Labyrinth
Other ways to experience balancing aspects of self with Inside tools and techniques:
Subtle Inner Connecting
- Awareness through Movement©
- Conscious Movement
- Sharing the Labyrinth (similarities to a Medicine Wheel)
- Nature Walking
- Meditation/Contemplation
Deepening Inner Connections
- Guidance with the Spoken Word
- Functional Integration©
Read more on Balance:
- Individual Steps
- Integrating these individual areas into one experience
- Your Center Experience – Unbalanced
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©by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP, May, 2014
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
Your Center Experience – Unbalanced
Infinity Flower ~ Personal Balance, Moment by Moment

Aspects of self out of balance creates Half Sided View
- Have you ever heard belief statements from others only to witness that they are not practicing what they teach?
- Have you noticed yourself making a statement based upon your viewpoint only to experience doing exactly the opposite?
If your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual experiences are out of balance you may not be able to live them. You may at those times then experience yourself as being dishonest or out of integrity. It certainly will be others experience when with you.
In balance or our of balance, you can learn the tools to be aware of it and to move yourself towards balance!
Curious, find out more!
- Inquire about Language Enrichment Programs – Think, Speak, Act
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Read more on Balance:
- Individual Steps
- Integrating these individual areas into one experience
- How can one balance aspects of self?
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©by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP, May, 2014
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
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Tagged Balance, Behavior, Emotional, Health and Wellbeing, Mental, Personal Development, Phsyical, Relationships, Renee Lindstrom, Spirtual, View Point
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