- Yesterday, (06/23) and receiving an invitation to place a colorful heart shaped labyrinth on the lawn of our B.C. Legislature in support of Peace, followed by an offer to film it to show on local T.V. Station’s regular programming
- Last Saturday (06/21) supporting World Refugee Day with a heart shaped labyrinth at celebrations held at Main Branch of Victoria’s Regional Library
- Beginning of June hosting a Labyrinth Workshop and hearing how a participant will use if for resolving differences in long-standing conflict.
- Creating heart shaped labyrinth at Creative United Festival
- Introducing Inside love techniques at a #yyj International Woman’s Day Event
- Creating first heart-shaped wedding labyrinth for couple’s ceremony.
- Sharing heart-shaped labyrinth at James Bay Community School Event.
- Creating a new template for a heart-shaped ceremonial labyrinth with designer and placing it for the first time on #yyj’s Willows Beach.
- Creating a new series of workshops and classes with a specific focus on love: finding love, speaking love and creating love ceremonies!
Last years intention has become this years reality. Focus has naturally shifted deeper into inner love and beauty, loving kindness, loving relationships and heart connected communities and heart focused ecology!
Stay tuned for more on love offerings from Inside!
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Bringing ‘Love’ Back Campaign
Bringing Love Back!
What is your definition of love?
Googling it, here at Inside we find the following:
or:
- Love is an incredibly powerful word. When you’re in love, you always want to be together, and when you’re not, you’re thinking about being together because……..
- ……a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. 2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend
- ……..a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person. : attraction that includes sexual desire : the strong affection felt by people who have a romantic relationship.
At Inside we have come to describe love as respect, acknowledgment, consideration, affection, trust, safety support, kindness, being seen and heard, to matter, equality and mutuality, faith, believing, empathy, understanding, autonomy, independence, power in one’s world! To value and to be valued!
- Bringing ‘Love’ back with Self-Love
Here at Inside the premise is that love’s quality comes from inside and is supported by outside influences. The love one feels for oneself is a personal achievement that begins with self-value first and then with skill development to support an environment that then supports self-love. You too can learn the skills to create an environment that loves and supports you. Even in conflict! Yes you have read this right!
- Bringing ‘Love’ Back – Influences
When one meet their own needs for the above values it creates an organic compassion and willingness to have empathy for others. Rumi’s quote,
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field, I will meet you there!”
- Bringing ‘Love’ Back – Self Expression
Love can be shown for oneself and others and is not dependent only upon intimate relationships. Love is not simply between two lovers. It is a natural skill of humankind shared with one another used with the skill of discernment. Vulnerability mixed with passion that you extend to your lover is different than the love you show your children. The loving kindness you extend to yourself and others outside of your immediate family can vary and is again different!
At Inside the main principle is that peace, harmony, joy and success begins within one’s balance of mind, body and faith. These qualities are only available when conscious awareness is focused upon one’s automatic behaviors joined with an attitude of commitment for making change. Our programs are designed for learning beyond habitual understanding and automatic behavior. It is designed for waking up your desire and passion. Techniques are to integrate learning, thinking, communication and body movements. These are skills for life and allow for a self-image of being who you want to be in the world, not who you don’t want to be!
BODY, MIND AND CONNECTION PROGRAMS FOR
INTEGRATION, LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- personal development,
- relationship building
- marriage and partnership
- separation support
- parenting,
- schools,
- teens,
- kids
- office
How to experience Inside’s personal programs:
- You can book a private appointment in person, online or by phone.
- Book workshops for your school, office or center.
- Take a group class locally or on-line.
- Come to a focused empathy & integration circle
- Plan a retreat
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Bringing Love Back
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Value of the week:
Take a moment to reflect upon walking up to your front door. In your imagination notice the environment on the walk up to your front door. As you turn the key and begin to enter notice any shifts inside. What feelings arise? Do you go from a sense of being rushed into a quieting state of peace, relaxation and groundedness? If not, why not? What is happening in your home that is not supporting you in this way?
Now imagine not having a home. What feelings come up? Do you take your home for granted? Do you have a love/hate relationships with your home?
Consider all the above and the consequences of how this may affect your health and well-being.
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by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP,
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
This weeks consideration is a value for basic survival:
What is your relationship with food? Reflect on how you personally feel about your diet. Consider if you find the textures, colors and tastes pleasurable to your senses. If not, what might the cause be? Reflect upon whether you may be taking food for granted or if you have a deep appreciation for food.
It is only when we have an inner appreciation for our food that we will connect to giving from the heart to others with less than ourselves without guilt, shame or resentment. Renee, June ’14
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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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Patience – Value Reflection
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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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“The spoken word”
Recently when describing how contemplation can be an outcome when using a precise formula of spoken words, a colleague mentioned a verse in the bible as follows:
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- King James Bible “Authorized Version”, Cambridge Edition
What a wonderful insight and comparison!
The quote I have connected to in the past as describing this experience comes from Rumi:
“Out beyond right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I will meet you there.”
Here are a few more lines in this chapter that continue to describe an experience of connection that may happen between two people speaking with honesty and listening with empathy.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
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©by Renee Lindstrom, GCFP, May, 2014
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
This weeks Personal Value Consideration
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Renee Lindstrom, GCFP
Feldenkrais® Practitioner since 2007, Communication & Empathy Coach since 2004, Art of Placement since 2000
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Tagged Healing, Personal Development, Renee Lindstrom, Values
Inside Awareness Center for Integrative Somatic Learning 