The brain walks us around!
Walking involves some of our most potent neurological patterns and can be one of life’s most rewarding pleasures. It also increases our flexibility, strength, circulation and stamina, and can help us to live a long and vibrant life.
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Just changed face book page title
Sharing the techniques and integration of methods that have been a focus of study together with the areas of life that have been a passionate focus, while learning business sensibility, has been an ongoing exploration and practice since 2004. Combing this with this facebook page that has evolved since 2010 when it began as a passionate cry for personal and environmental change during the impact of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Rig Fire and ongoing Spill.
It still holds this seed and now has evolved into an agent for a larger and subtle form of change that can only come from a personal shift of conscious behavior. To mirror the Oil Spill and how the world responded, when we seek change something meaningful has to happen to motivate us to focus our attention and make the change.
This face book page, Waking 2 Heart with Renee Lindstrom, will support planting seeds for change where it really does shift the world consciousness – inside! A page for sharing news, ideas, videos, workshops, retreats, etc., focused upon integrating change by developing our somatic skills for learning and experiencing our body’s, relationships and our environment. A primary principle for these learning techniques is on how we focus of attention! Like this facebook page to follow @ https://www.facebook.com/wakingtoheart
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Tagged Attention, Behaviour, Focus, Health, Relationships, Somatic Body Learning, somatic education, Somatic Learning, Wellness
Mindfulness in Movement
Mindfulness in Movement follows a principle of the Feldenkrais® Method. (Somatic Movement Education Method) This is learning to focus on slowing down, pausing and beginning to recognize something different within yourself and your movement patterns. If we compared it to a practice like yoga it could be described as becoming aware of the movements leading up to the pose, not the finally pose itself. The difference is the inclusion of the senses; how you hear, sense and translate information to learn your own patterns of movement versus being shown or holding the final pose. In a guided meditation walk or labyrinth walk you are given the posture and path way to focus your journey in. Mindfulness in Movement focus’ your attention and gives you options which gently guides you to becoming conscious of your unconscious habits. It is a waking up of body parts and functions based upon the unique design of our body, mind and sensing functions.
Upcoming Workshops
TUESDay,
- TUES, JAN 7 – FEB 25 6:45 PM – 7:45PM
LOCATION: Victoria West Community Centre
- 521 Craigflower Road
Increase vitality, well-being and sensual perception using mindful meditative qualities and body movement awareness. Benefits include: increased organic breathing patterns , flexibility, quieter nervous system and groundedness. Renee Lindstrom 8/$60
REGISTRATION @ 250-590-8922
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Other Somatic Movement Workshops for the fall:
Balancing Parenting & Your Relationship
Planning your home culture to ensure more needs are met in your relationship with your partner, while still meeting the needs of the children, is something that is not a focus in our learning and growth. There is an expectation that we know this based upon your own earlier family experiences. Yet, finding your self with babies in your relationship while trying to keep up your life before babies might just find you unprepared! You may have strong ideas for how you want to raise your children that then may becomes a burden to your relationship with each other if planning for balance is not met. Yes planning for balance!
If you find yourself in this position or you are about to introduce babies into your growing family, take time to plan, have goals and set intentions or become conscious of area that you take for granted now that become obstacles later on.
Upcoming workshop:
October Workshop:
Wednesday, OCTober 2 – OCTober 16, 6:00-8:00PM
James Bay Community School Centre
- 140 Oswego Street
Create a home with parents who have a focus on relationship self-care. Discover how you can set up a structure to keep your love alive based upon equal giving and receiving, respect, understanding, consideration, intimacy empathy and compassion. Spend time now to save time later. Learn to create value based agreements and a structure to stayed connected during the most emotional, busiest and sometimes most confusing times of your relationships. Learn how to ask for what you need without creating guilt and resentment.
3/$35 – REGISTRATION: 250-389-1470
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Articles:
Putting the “I” back into parenting:
- Part 1 – Value Based Self Care as Parents
- Part 2 – Self-Care in Parenting – Relationship Centers
- Part 3 – Self Care in Parenting – Defining Parts of Parenting
- Part 4 – Self Care in Parenting – Importance of Self-Care
- Part 5 – Self Care in Parenting – How does the flow of dialogue resemble a labyrinth?
Other parenting Workshops:
- Power of Movement for Expecting & New Parents
- Parenting with Compassion & Empathy
- Teaching Children Empathy – Parents Story-Time!
- Teaching Compassion to Children
Picture Gallery ~ Victoria Labyrinth Events supporting 15th Annual Labyrinth Society Vcr Island Gathering
September, 2013 – 15th Annual Gathering of the Labyrinth Society on Vancouver Island
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Supported and sponsored by Renee Lindstrom of Inside Awareness
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Supported by James Bay New Horizons, Christ Church Cathedral, Public Library – Central Branch, Cadboro Bay United Church, Henri Lock and Interfaith Chapel at the University of Victoria, Robert Ferre one of the original founders of the Labyrinth Society and his wife Linda Rickett
Inside Awareness Center for Integrative Somatic Learning 