Nervous System Coherence Workshop

With Clara Cunningham

When:
April 19th, 9am-10:30am
April 26th, 9am-10:30am

Where:
Online via Zoom livestream. Details to come.

Our brain and nervous systems are continuously regenerating and growing and it is re-creating itself through the daily experiences of our life and how we are living. Growing a coherent nervous system and living with resilience takes practice, perseverance, and consistency while orienting to present moment awareness.

In this workshop series, you will get a variety of body-centered and emotionally supportive tools for increasing the biological capacity for a more interconnected, soulful life. When the body can be integrated and feel safe we can directly perceive how our body is at home inside of the soul, and there is a deep peace in this. As we gain more access to the present moment, we are free and have a life of choice.

This workshop is a great complement to anyone who has an existing meditation practice or people new to meditation.

In this class you will be invited through a series of physical rhythmic movements, body positions (asanas), attuned self touch and emotional tending, breathing, nerve stretches and gentle toning practices to balance and awaken your inherent health, reclaim yourself, and gently enhance resiliency of body, mind, heart and soul. Anatomy education and home practice guidelines also provided.

This class is for you if are seeking a pathway to a balanced and more resilient nervous system:

• You want to experience deep relaxation and better digestion

• You want more inner peace and confidence

• Improved stress resilience and decreased depression anxiety

• Build capacity for joy and gratitude

• Improving our relationships
  

Topics and focus points of this workshop include:

• Unwinding eyes and optic patterns to gently release trauma and past experiences that are taking up space in the internal processing of the brain and body

• Gentle ways of managing and releasing memories and images that arise during somatic movement

• Guidance around mindful breathing and release techniques for soothing and settling the mind and body with breath

• Exploration and resetting of the social engagement system through the neuropsychological convergence of the ears, eyes, jaw, cranial base, thoracic, inlet, and throat

• Experience the internal sensory systems of interception and neuroception through the touch points of the heart, lungs, enteric nervous system, throat, and the thoracic inlet that are their bodily base

• Attuned soft touch and emotional attending as tools for self regulation and self discovery

• Building relationship with your cranial, vez, brain, stem and spine for self-regulation

• The importance and necessity of coregulation

• Exploration of feelings and emotions in the body, and how they relate to posture

• Improve function of the autonomic nervous system—nervous system regulation means better digestion, improved sense of well-being, and more balanced and integrated emotions

• Rhythmic movements are for building nervous system and brain infrastructure. These primitive movements help to reset and balance, as well as enhance optimal function of the flow of sensory motor information to and from the central nervous system.

• Learn to hone your skills of directly communicating with, and listening to your body systems, organs, and cells for better immunity and optimal health

• Increase internal resources and nervous system capacity, infrastructure for regulation, this is how we open our capacity for living life more fully and holy

• All of these practices help to increase the nervous system’s capacity to accurately perceive present moment awareness

• These practices clear habituated emotional patterns such as rage, depression, and anxiety
  

What you will need:

• Comfortable clothing suitable for movement (if you are coming in person please wear layers and have some warm clothes)

• A towel or a mat for the floor

• Two blankets

• Bigger yoga bolster OR two yoga blocks and an assortment of pillows

• Sitting cushion (optional)

Cost:

$30-$40 sliding scale per class.
No one turned away for lack of funds, simply request scholarship.

How to register:
Please respond to the following questions to Grace Flint at nurturehumannature@gmail.com.
If you prefer to send your answers directly to Clara, you can send them to claracunningham1008@gmail.com.

1. Do you have any special considerations in regards to your needs in participating in a class like this? Are there any physical vulnerabilities the facilitator should know about?
2. Are you currently recovering from a recent traumatic experience? If so, would you be open to some dialogue with the facilitator prior to the start date of class so that we can better attune to your needs? If you feel comfortable stating details here, please do.
3. Anything else you would like the facilitator to know?

As part of your registration, please also send a non-refundable registration fee of $25 through AppleCash or PayPal or physical check to the Human Development Center.

AppleCash: 360-483-6192
PayPal: @claracunningham
Check: Send check to:
The Human Development Center
1101 N. State Street, Suite 300
Bellingham, WA 98225

Recordings of the live class are also available, please email Grace to register to receive the recording.
No one turned away for lack of funds, simply request scholarship.