Try it!

- Check out the muscles in your face as you smile and as you frown.
- Notice the different experience of the two. Ā One is uplifting and one is draining.
- Which posture is familiar to you?
- Look in a mirror Ā to see if you are smiling because if your little self only frowned growing up, you will think you are smiling but others will see a frown!
Now from a somatic perspective smile and frown again, however, notice your inner sensations.
- Which one creates and expands breathe and which one makes it difficult to breathe?
- Which one lifts your spirits up and brings you into a more upright posture and which one drops your spirit with your body sinking or collapsing?
- Now imagine facing this smile and this frown in conversation and Ā how you would interpret it and react to it.
Now practice smiling and frowning at others and notice their reactions.
Emotions in self:
Exercise and develop face muscles and behavior!
Emotions in communication:
Develop connection or disconnection!
Emotions inĀ environment:
Create a cultural experience!
At InsideĀ our focus is on self-awareness and empowerment through somatic learning to nurture deeper intelligence of Ā when one is in a state of Ā connected (being presence) or disconnected (fight, flight or fight) by understanding cause of ones own reactions. Ā Pivotal point of re-balancing. Ā This includes perception, movement posture, Ā sensations (sometimes called emotions) and environmental causes.
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Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
FeldenkraisĀ® Practitioner since 2007, Value-Based Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement Ā since 2000, Founder of Greater Victoria Peace & Intercultural Celebrations since 2010 & Greater Victoria Labyrinths since 2012, #yyj Peace Week Calendar Founder ā 2014 & 2015