Embracing Gentle: Somatic Exercise for Pain, Peace, and Comfort Through the Holiday Season

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Embracing Gentle: Somatic Exercise for Pain, Peace, and Comfort Through the Holiday Season🌟

We have all heard of self-care through the holidays, but what can that look like? 🎄✨

Here is one option!

Embrace a journey of self-discovery and practice one of the key principles in Somatic Exercise  of staying in comfort this holiday season. This 6 Week Series is an intro to Somatic Exercise and Healing practices, designed to help you listen to your soma/body, release tension, and navigate the complexities of the season with comfort and care. 💖

This series acknowledges the unique challenges the holidays can bring. It promises to guide you through whole-body Somatic practices and self-care rituals with the goal of learning to listen to and respond to yourself with gentleness and understanding ; While fostering a deeper connection and understanding of the wisdom your body holds. 🌱

Somatic Exercise is a gentle, brain-based practice that involves mindfulness, slow adaptable movement, and muscle contraction followed by a controlled release. This approach to tight muscles centres around  going towards muscle resistance instead of the usual approach of stretching, where you would pull away from the resistance. This practice involves listening to and connecting to each part of your body while discovering where you may be holding tension that is often tied to life experiences. This helps us to understand that we are a interconnected being and not just a sum of our parts. Through this exploration and reconnection of the mind, body, and spirit, it is then that we realize we hold the key to healing; as knowledge is power. 🔑💫

This series is inclusive and mostly adaptable for all humans; however, it is recommended that you be able to get up and down from the floor.

Some benefits of Somatic Exercise Include:

1. Pain Relief 🌈

2. Increased Body Awareness and learning to respond to discomfort in a nurturing way 🤗

3. Increased Mobility and Flexibility 🤸‍♀️

4. Enhanced Muscle Function 💪

5. Enhanced Emotional Well-being and Stress Reduction 🌼

6. Improved Posture 🧘‍♂️

7. Improved Sleep 😴

8. Accessing Body Wisdom 🌌

9. Support for Rehabilitation after injuries or surgery 🏥

10. Enhanced Breathing Patterns 🌬️

11. Nervous System Regulation which can Support anxiety 💆‍♀️

These benefits emphasize the holistic impact of somatic exercise and healing practices on physical, emotional, and cognitive health, making it a valuable practice for overall well-being. 🌟

Kate Lomnes is a Trauma-Informed Somatic Exercise Teacher, Certified Somatic Healing Mind-Body Practitioner, Registered Massage Therapist, and Reiki Master. It is her passion and mission to embolden her clients and students and inspire them to realize their power and appreciate their uniqueness while on their wellness journeys. Kate is  honoured to be facilitating your journey of self-discovery and emboldening you to stay in comfort for this 6 week series. Kate recognizes that the holidays can bring about challenges and discomfort for some of us. It is with this in mind that this series was created to support your well-being by sharing the concept of learning to stay in comfort and lovingly respond to yourself by practicing Somatic Exercise and healing.

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Join Kate for this 6 week series, where she acknowledges that the holidays can be challenging. Together, we will take what Somatics reminds us of and translate that into a self-care practice, as we learn to embrace gentle. 🌟✨

Dates include:

Wednesday nights @ 7:30-8:45

November 13, 20, 27, December 11, December 18, January 8.

Each student must bring:

•Water bottle

•Yoga mat

•2-3 bedroom pillows

•Throw blanket 

Date & Time

Nov. 13, 2024 7:30 p.m. - Jan. 8, 2025 7:30 p.m.

Venue Details

Hazeldean Community League

9630 66 Avenue
Edmonton, 0 T6E4W9

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