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A Workshop at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California
with Patrick Douce
Healing with Humor: An Introduction to Spinal
Awareness.
June 20 - 22, 2008
 August 22-24, 2008
October 3-5, 2008
December 19-21, 2008
In Spinal Awareness we use movement, touch, and
group interaction. This work is based on the
work of Moshe Feldenkrais, Chinese-Indonesian
Martial Art, the Esalen Experience, and
continues to evolve.
These movements are quite
different than normal exercises. They emphasize
learning how to move in ways that stimulate your
awareness of your own body. They involve
learning to use the floor to organize and
integrate your own spinal column. Standing
lessons lead to a new awareness of ways to move
with better balance and fluidity.
This method involves body
awareness, flexibility, posture and most chronic
and acute conditions of the body. Special
emphasis will be placed on any difficulties in
the participants such as lower back pain,
trouble in the hip, tension in the neck and
shoulders, and knee injuries.
Lessons inspired by Indonesian
Silat will be used to stimulate the energy body,
effecting internal health and increasing energy.
These movements, originating from the
monasteries of China and Tibet, further increase
our healing possibilities.
Hands-on lessons will be given
that greatly speed up the improvements. These
touch sessions are safe and noninvasive.
This workshop will evolve with
humor and playfulness. Fun partner lessons will
help bring about not only freedom in the body
but the return to the childlike energy so
essential to us all.
This is a program designed both
for the beginner and professional.
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