Practicing Presence:
Somatic Movement and the Mind/Body Connection
Each month I invite you to come as you are. To show up as your authentic self; excited, angry, numb, anxious, proud, strong, curious, energized. Each week I will invite you to listen, feel and notice the spoken and unspoken, the internal and external and to make visible the invisible.
Through improvisational movement, journal writings, drawings/paintings, sharing and witnessing, we will practice presence with ourselves and each other.
“Showing up is our power. Story is our way home. Truth is our song. We are the brave and brokenhearted. We are rising strong.”
— Brene Brown
The Benefits of Practicing Presence:
Improves physical, mental and emotional states of mind
Helps relieve anxiety and depression
Increases serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin
“Just twenty minutes of doodling or humming can provide immediate support for your physical and mental state.”
Susan Magsamen, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us