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“When you pay attention to your internal feedback, you not only enhance your emotional intelligence but can learn to carry this wisdom into the world in a manner that enhances your health and relationships". - Dr. Arielle Schwartz.
This immersive workshop explores the profound connection between somatic awareness and the natural environment, emphasizing the therapeutic potential of mindful movement and sensory awareness techniques. Participants will engage in activities that foster a deeper connection to both their inner selves and nature, enhancing their sense of presence,?awe and wonder, highlighting nature's healing potential through connectedness to our bodies.
Highlights:
- Guided Mindful Movement: Engagement in practices that encourage conscious movement, deepening the connection between body and environment; outside space as an extension of internal.
- Sensory Awareness Activities: Practice of interoception and exteroception to strengthen deeper sense of presence and attunement with nature.
- Experiential Learning: Participation in activities designed to enhance somatic awareness, grounded vitality, resilience and awe.
- Reflective Discussions: Sharing experiences and insights with fellow participants to expand the personal experience nature's embodiment into the collective experience.
- Nature's Healing Potential: Discover how natural spaces can influence our nervous system, promoting well-being and inner balance
- During the workshop, some food and refreshments will be shared.
Who are the facilitators?
This workshop will be facilitated by ?ivil? Virkutyte and Gabriel? Sabunaite, who have extensive and interdisciplinary experience and expertise in trauma-informed somatic therapies.
Zivile Virkutyte is a trauma-informed Somatic Therapist with certifications in IBMT, BMC, DAM, with a focus on therapeutic aspects of nature,?and the biology of complex trauma. She?is also a qualified Yoga teacher?and practitioner (RYT 300) specialising in Ashtanga yoga and therapeutic yoga. ?ivil? facilitates various somatic, yoga, dance workshops and retreats across UK, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden and France. As a co-founder of LESS STRESS, she is dedicated to providing a safe and supportive space for healing. Her life-long expertise in psychology, mysticism, personal trauma healing guides individuals towards interdisciplinary well-being and more integral life.
With a master’s degree in Leadership for Sustainable Development and a Bachelors in Business Management and Administration, Gabriel? Sabunaite has spent over 12 years working on international projects at organizations such as Amnesty International, OXFAM, The ASHA Foundation, and the NIS Foundation, where she has served as a project manager, consultant, and? advisor, applying her skills to important issues such as mental health, peace building, design thinking and sustainability. To further her expertise, Gabriel? has certified as coach and been studying under world-renowned trauma and socio-psychological experts such as Thomas Hubl, Gabor Mate, Rupert Spira, Sarah Pyethon, and B?rbel Rott since 2016.
Additional information
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