“In this workshop, we will use methods from Somatic Expression for effectively transforming the anxiety, fear and depression that accompany chronic health conditions.”

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May 4 - 6, 2007: Boswil, Switzerland (in German/English)
Sponsored by the Swiss AIDS Federation

Contact: susanne.bruggisser@aids.ch

Movement is the language of our physiology, from the pulsing of the fluid systems to the flow of our breathing. The ecosystem of the body depends upon a coherent pattern of interrelated rhythms to maintain health and well-being. Fear, anxiety, and depression, as well as the disease itself and the medication used to address it, disrupt the harmony of these natural rhythms.

Somatic Expression is a combination of physical education, sustainable bodywork and the therapeutic/ expressive arts. The work is experientially-based, exploring the inner landscape of the body with the pre-verbal elements of breath, sound, touch, stillness, and movement.

In this workshop, we will use methods from Somatic Expression for effectively transforming the anxiety, fear and depression that accompany chronic health conditions. The five elements of somatic movement experience are self-generated antidotes to inner incoherence, creating more harmony, ease and balance in our organism. These elements are both contemplative and expressive. They create new possibilities for a "balanced movement diet", nourishing our bodies as well as our souls.

Somatic expression workshop.