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

Movement as Medicine Retreats for People with Life-Threatening Illnesses

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Movement is the language of your physiology, from the pulsing of the fluid systems to the flow of your 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.

In this retreat, you will learn methods from Somatic Expression for effectively transforming the anxiety, fear and depression that naturally accompany chronic health conditions. The five elements of somatic experience are self-generated antidotes to inner incoherence, creating more harmony, ease and balance in your body/mind. These five elements create new options for collaborating with your body to maximize your quality of life.

I have been offering this approach as retreats annually since 1998 through the Swiss AIDS Federation for HIV+ people, and as classes for people with cancer since 1991.

Somatic expression workshop.