26 June 2023

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Embodied Wisdom

From Fight & Flight to Rest & Repair and Beyond

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Experience a creative body-mind psychotherapy approach

Pretoria-based Eleen Polson, counselling psychologist since 1995, has developed a unique integrative psychotherapeutic approach based on her training in Expressive Arts Therapy, TRE (trauma release exercises) and her extensive personal experience of bodywork. In this one-day hands-on workshop, Eleen facilitates a personal process and shares her insight and practical tools to access the wisdom of the body. The small-group process (limited to 10 people) will ensure quality time for maximum personal and professional development.

This programme aims to facilitate an experiential therapeutic process and includes the following exercises:

  • Neigong (mindfulness movement)
  • Biodanza vivencias (movement on music)
  • Trauma release exercises (TRE)
  • Expressive Arts Therapy process (using clay)
  • Voice & breath work
  • Personal reflection
  • Sharing in small groups (guided by non-violent communication principles and person-centred listening skills)
  • Reflection on collective healing
  • Reference to supporting theoretical documentation, practical application and a reading list.

Based on the work of:

Bessel van der Kolk

Damo Mitchell

David Berceli

Marshall Rosenberg

Natalie Rogers

Peter Levine

Stephen Porges

Thomas Hubl

What you, the participant, will experience:

  • Tap into body wisdom through different mindfulness, movement & reflective practices.

  • Gain theoretical and practical insight into trauma and stress release.

  • Experience different guided creative activities to uncover pre- and unconscious material.

  • Explore non-verbal exercises for therapeutic outcomes and increase personal body awareness.

  • Time to journal, write and reflect on your experience.

  • Understand and participate in collective healing.

  • Understand and co-create a safe, non-judgmental & embodied environment where growth and healing are organic byproducts.

Detail Programme:

Friday

Introduction to

Embodied Wisdom

Time

Cumulative time

10:00

Arrival & creative writing exercise

00:30:00

00:30:00

10:30

Theoretical introduction to body wisdom (understanding the polyvagal theory and trauma release from the body), the basic guidelines of expressive arts therapy (making creative connections) and non-violent communication.

01:00:00

01:30:00

11:30

Neigong mindfulness warm-up movements

00:30:00

02:00:00

12:00

Trauma release exercises

00:45:00

02:45:00

12:45

Creative Connection with Clay

00:45:00

03:30:00

13:30

Lunch – break

00:30:00

04:00:00

14:00

Group and voice work

01:30:00

05:30:00

15:30

Integration of theory with practice

01:00:00

06:30:00

16:30

Closure and feedback questionnaire

00:30:00

07:00:00

17:00

      • When & Where:  

Pretoria:  25 August 2023, Ca Ira Guesthouse, Government Avenue, Arcadia.

Cape Town: 8 Sept 2023, The centre, Noordhoek.  

KZN:  28 Oct, Eagles View yoga studio, Hillcrest.    

Pretoria:  11 Nov, Ca Ira Guesthouse, Government Avenue, Arcadia.

Booking link Here

      • Contact: Eleen Polson . 0722121719 .  eleen@polsons.info

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