The body holds the mind, just as the mind contains the body.
In a deep quietude, the mind can free the body of its holding,
just as deep grounding and surrender the body
can unlock the deepest secrets of the mind
Stephe Levine
Without granting ourselves time, we narrow life to the next thing to do or say, act on or react.
We contract our lives to a series of actions, the moment to a mere point in time, we reduce being to doing. In that, the gentle invitation to slow down, to retreat into quiet space, to soften and release the attention down into the body becomes a potent medicine. The unwinding and unravelling begin, followed by levels, layers and ways of letting go…of letting be. When we allow the body and mind to come to rest in the moment, no matter what is "on" our mind or how our body feels, we can tune in to the basic experience of living and simply allow ourselves to be in the moment with things exactly as they are, without trying to change anything...and then everything changes...
Unwinging and resting is an art and practice of taking time to linger, dwell and abide within the moment, exploring all there is to be aware of within it. It can be evoked, deepened, cultivated and explored. This workshop is here to assist that with suggestions and sequences weaved from various yoga and somatic practices like:
Micro-movements - to ease the body into stillness & increase body awareness
Massage (self-massage/trigger point work/Thai Yoga Massage)
Restorative Yoga - to expand the sense of ease
Breath work - to fine-tune our participation
Sound Massage - to deepen relaxation
Where:
Loudwater Farm, Loudwater Lane, Rickmansworth WD3 4HG (Chess Hall).
Parking right next the the venue
When:
Friday (monthly) 7:15pm - 9:30pm
Friday 11th Apr, 30th May, 27th June 2025
(please arrive 5 -10 minues before the session begins)
The workshop is preceded by complementary Neurogenic Yoga - Tension Release Exercise class (6pm - 7pm) which you might want to combine with the Restorative workshop and gift yourself a longer and deeper practice that evening.
Cost:
£32 per workshop (or £90 for 3)
One of the meanings of ‘meditation’
is giving ourselves time to be aware,
which means also giving ourselves ‘space’.
Giving ourselves this ‘time’ and ‘space’
means inwardly expanding the time-space
within the moment.
This is a time-space that is infinitely expandable
- but only inwardly, from within.
We cannot meditatively expand our awareness
if we do not first of all take time
to linger, dwell and abide within the moment,
exploring all there is to be aware of within it -
Peter Wilberg
