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You’re Invited: Weekend Workshop on Cultivating a Yin Body State: June 6 - June 8

Explore the relationship between proprioception and interoception.

Join us for a transformative weekend workshop where you will learn to cultivate a "Yin body state" and explore the profound connection between breath, proprioception, and interoception. Through a carefully curated blend of practices, this workshop will empower you to harmonize your body and mind for long-term physical and mental well-being.

SLOW MINDFUL MOVEMENT CULTIVATES A YIN BODY STATE

Slowness of movement is the key to awareness; breath catalyses the positive effect of slow movement.

At the heart of this experience, you’ll discover the fundamental concepts of activating and organizing the foot-to-core, hand-to-core, and whole-body biotensegric model linked to the breath to catalyse the positive effect of slow movement. This approach integrates the entire kinetic chain into a relaxed, dynamic state of balance and stability. Through a carefully curated blend of practices, this workshop will empower you to harmonize your body and mind for long-term physical and mental well-being.

Join Bevie Barker and Chris Newell and practice a movement template based on organizing and activating the fascial trains of the body. The effect is profound and you will feel the strength and ease.

What You’ll Experience:

• Ground and Center Yourself: Discover how to use your breath to regulate your nervous system, fostering calmness and clarity.
• Holistic Movement Practices: Engage in Feldenkrais, Slow Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Qi Gong to nurture your body and mind.
• Empowerment Through Awareness: Dive into the first principles of somatic practice, focusing on integrating your fascial system into a unified structure and understanding how tension is distributed throughout your body.
• Relaxed Dynamic Stability: Learn to activate and organize your connective tissues to cultivate stability, flexibility, and resilience.

Why Attend?

This weekend is a journey of self-discovery and healing. The body is designed to adapt and thrive, and through mindful movement and holistic philosophy, you’ll:

• Build a foundation of stability and balance to prevent falls.
• Enhance your vitality and maintain an active, fulfilling life.
• Develop a deep awareness of how your body moves and responds, unlocking its natural capacity for healing and adaptability.

The Beneficial Role of Slow Movement in a Balanced Practice and a Biotensegric Framework includes

• Deepening proprioception & movement precision and control – Allows the nervous system to refine movement control and balance, this in turn deepens interoception, our innate sense of self.
• Deepening interoception, calming the nervous system & reducing stress – Slow movement engages the parasympathetic nervous system, supporting recovery and resilience generating a default yin body state.
• Enhancing fascial hydration & and priming elasticity – Slow movement encourages better fluid exchange in connective tissues, preventing stiffness.
• Trains load distribution efficiency and a whole body biotensegrity feeling – Teaches muscles and fascia to work together, reducing strain on isolated joints cultivating a sense of whole body integration.
• Developing stability and strength in all ranges – Holding and moving slowly through full joint articulation builds deep, functional strength. Organise and active the anatomy trains of the body.
• Workshop Highlights:
• Practical movement sessions integrated with holistic concepts.
• Tools to harmonize your body and mind, nurturing a state of relaxation and dynamic stability.
• Insights into the interplay between mindful attention and the body's connective tissues.

This is more than just a workshop; it’s an opportunity to reset, recharge, and reconnect with your innate capacity for vitality and health.

Details:

• When: Friday June 6 to Sunday June 8. We will have a group attainment Friday night and finish around lunchtime on Sunday.
• Where: Origins Centre, Jayes Rd, Balingup
• Cost: recommended $40-$60 per night (Fri and Sat)

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Embrace this weekend of holistic movement empowerment and step into a renewed sense of balance, harmony, and vitality. We can’t wait to see you there!

This weekend retreat is held at Origins Retreat Centre in Balingup, a hidden gem in the South West, surrounded by natural forest, streams, gardens and starlit nights. You can arrive at Origins between 3pm and 6.30pm on Friday night to settle in.

Origins has a fully equipped kitchen for you to use, but you’re encouraged to bring pre prepared meals so you have more time to enjoy the space. Balingup is only a few minutes’ drive away, if you want to get lunch at a local cafe.

 Accommodation is limited and a non-refundable deposit of $40-60 per night for Friday and Saturday payable to Origins Centre is required payable to Commonwealth Bank BSB: 06 6504 ACC: 1001 7993. Please include in the bank transfer details: “OC_JUNE_your name”. This deposit is required to confirm your place at the time of booking, this dana goes toward your dana (fair, considered exchange) for the accommodation. You will need to bring your own bedding. Please email a confirmation to Chris Newell chris@circlework.training  when this is done.