Somatic Meditative Inquiry: An Introduction
“The things that bind us can actually be the source of liberation when we have the necessary skills.” Hevajra Tantra
Sponsored by the Tree of Life Center. 14 CE’s available for LMBT’s.
Somatic Meditative Inquiry is an exploration of a basic reality that we all encounter. It addresses how we can creatively work with difficult emotions, aversion and pain.
Though we all encounter troubling emotions and physical discomfort, we don’t always work with them. More often, we work on or against them.
When we can explore our discomfort with openness, we often find that it is an expression of an inherent health and a doorway to real transformation.
In Somatic Meditative Inquiry we learn skills that allow us to move closer to our discomfort.
Whether we begin with our emotions, with troubling questions, or physical pain, we learn to dip beneath the level of story and interpretation to our direct, immediate experience in the body. When we do this in a soft, gentle, non-coercive and respectful way, we often find that even areas of chronic discomfort and suffering begin to loosen and open onto something unexpected, expansive and liberating.
This work is done in individual sessions or small groups. It is quiet, deep work in which one is guided into direct relationship with the sensory intelligence of the body.
In this workshop we will:
Learn the basic skills of meditative inquiry
Practice applying these skills
Move deeply into the body and the mysteries that await us there
Discover new ways of working with both emotional and physical discomfort and pain
This workshop will be mostly experiential and is limited to four participants so that everyone can receive personal attention, get some real work done, and leave with basic skills for continued practice.
When: 9-5, Sat. & Sun., May 22nd & 23rd, 2010.
Where: 55 Viacom Drive, Boyd Hall, Suite 110, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Cost: $200.00.
To register or for more information, call: 919 933-2545.
Presenters: Cynthia Flowers, LMBT 2509 and Mike Flowers.
Cynthia is an integrative mind-body therapist, combining counseling, craniosacral therapy and energetic healing.
Mike is a teacher, with degrees in philosophy and clinical psychology.
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