Unhelpful behavioural and thinking patterns are held deeply within the tissues of the body and not only do these patterns become ingrained and stuck but our posture, breath and movement become inhibited often leading to pain and ill health.
Habitual patterns held within the body can compromise our relationship with self, others and the word; it can keep us feeling like a victim, less than, defense and closed off to certain areas of life. The good news is, there is hope! Because these patterns are patterns are perpetuated through the body we can target certain parts of the body (which commonly hold trauma & stress) to:
- release energy
- increase vitality
- promote a softening
- enhance intuition and wisdom
- engage the bodies healing energy
The key structures we’ll be exploring are:
- the fascia – the network of connective tissue surrounding ALL muscles, bones, organs, etc where tension patterns are held and trauma is often stored
- the diaphragm – the main breathing muscle where tension can gather perpetuating breathing dysfunction
- the psoas – the muscle involved in flight & fight and which can keep us always on the run from reaching our hearts desires.
This class includes theory and a lot of movement type exercises which you’ll learn how to incorporate into your client work.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- You’ll learn how the fascia, psoas and diaphragm lead to chronic holding patterns within the body
- You’ll learn how to work with these parts of the body to free tension and release energy
- You’ll learn how to strengthen weak holding patterns to support a firming up of boundaries and ability to say ‘No’
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Everyone interested in freeing up their vital life force energy for good health! Particularly useful for therapists of all modalities.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Provide an added dimension to your practice and practical tools to introduce to clients
Course Content
Presenter
Kate Williams has been in therapeutic practice since 2009 with a background in counselling in further education. She currently runs a busy private practice, works with NHS clients and enjoys running workshops for onlinevents and staff wellbeing workshops for NHS Hull & Humberside.
Kate is centre manager for the Bedfordshire Centre for Therapeutic Studies where she teaches on the CPCAB L5 in Somatic Trauma Therapy course & L2 Award in Breathwork Coaching as well as the Level 4 in Therapeutic Counselling.
Kate has a passion for bringing the body into her practice supporting clients to release the trauma that is held within their bodies. Kate is know for her relaxed teaching style, experiential somatic practices and skill of bringing theory to life and making it applicable.
