Sensory Awareness, Tai Chi Chuan, Pre- & Perinatal Somatic Process, and Body/Mind/Spirit Workshops
This workshop setting offers the opportunity to, with understanding and compassion, uncover, explore and support healing of our own prenatal, birth and other early imprinting. By connecting to these layers of physical and emotional experience within a safe and sustaining environment, there is the potential to repattern our bonding and attachment and clarify, ease, and transform early trauma and current unsupportive reactions. Read More
The field of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Therapy has grown from research showing that babies within the womb, during birth, and post natally feel, have consciousness and memories, and react specifically to their experiences. Read More
In this workshop, participants will explore their sensations and responses internally and externally, in relationship with others, with nature and with our human nature. These explorations can bring a trust and security that may assist us in finding the ability and pleasure of responding more sensitively and authentically in our lives. As we find our natural vitality we can relate more fully with others, find peace and satisfaction in our selves, and the ability to extend it further into the world. Read More
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T’ai Chi Ch’uan has been known for generations as an exercise for longevity and relaxation and is now amazing contemporary researchers with results of enhanced immune systems, better balance, more flexibility and strength. Read More
This workshop reviews the first section and teaches the complete short Yang form of T’ai Chi Ch’uan as taught by Grandmaster Cheng Man-Ch’ing. Read More
A number of classes for sword form will be held for those students who are interested. Read More
Sensory Awareness is the practice of becoming more conscious of what we do and how we do it. Knowing and following our instincts can give us a great deal of understanding and peace. This workshop is experiential. Read More
How do we live? Are we awake and do we respond fully and appropriately or is our response to life … to anything … mechanical and perhaps not really our own? Are we creative and spontaneous or are we following perhaps some old rules we have been given? Can we be resilient and appropriate to what is asked of us? Sensory Awareness gives us chances to look at, feel and respond to our inner needs. Read More
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Judyth O. Weaver is a multifaceted teacher and counselor, incorporating extensive training in diverse areas. She holds a Ph.D. in Reichian Psychology and is the creator and founding chair of the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute Ph.D. Program in Somatic Psychology. She taught at the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco, CA) for 25 years and at other graduate schools in the S.F. Bay area as well as being founding faculty at Naropa Institute in the 1970's.
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