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R E L E A S E + R E S T is a seven-week group class that provides an opportunity for embodiment and release through Holosomatic Body Therapy and deep rest and relaxation through the ancient tantric meditation practice of Yoga Nidra.
Holosomatic Body Therapy combines conscious connected breathwork, movement therapy, body mapping, bodywork, and energy healing. These powerful healing modalities will take you on your own personal healing journey. You will learn how to truly embody your body, reveal and release stuck energy and blockages.
Yoga Nidra is a full-body guided meditation practice that provides an opportunity for your mind and body to deeply rest and rejuvenate. Yoga nidra can help reduce burnout, alleviate depression, help process difficult emotions and accelerate healing of mind and body, deepen your connection to your intuition, creative power and psychic abilities.
The first week is focused primarily on embodiment through deep meditation practices, gentle breathwork and journalling. We lay the foundations for our holosomatic body therapy practice - becoming really aware of how our bodies feel in this deeply relaxed state (when our parasympathetic nervous system is switched on). In week 2, we begin some gentle activations of the sympathetic nervous system, and in weeks 3 - 7, we move into deeper somatic activations. We will finish each session with a yoga nidra meditation.
Participants will also have access to recordings of our meditations and yoga nidra practices.
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We land into our bodies without expectation or judgement
Just being present with how you are in this moment
Energy recall visualisation
Vagus nerve reset
Deep relaxation through breath and metta (loving-kindness) meditation
Yoga nidra meditation
Journalling practice & sharing circle
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We witness how our bodies are showing up in the here and now
How are you?
What is asking for your attention?
Deep relaxation through breath and meditation
Where do emotions arise in your body?
Yoga nidra meditation
Journalling practice & sharing circle
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What is running your day to day life?
What do you wish was different?
How can you bring that energy into your body in the here and now?
Connecting with the energy and wisdom of your future self through meditation / visualisation
Sympathetic nervous system activation
Yoga nidra meditation
Journalling practice & sharing circle
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How can you ground yourself in an even deeper way?
We will focus on our roots - strengthening the roots already there, growing new roots for the parts of ourselves we want to nourish
Deep relaxation through breath and meditation
Activation through breath and movement
Yoga nidra meditation
Journalling practice & sharing circle
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How do you want to expand / grow?
Exploring your limits / boundaries - can you stretch these in a safe yet expansive way?
Deep relaxation through breath and meditation
Activation through breath and movement
Yoga nidra meditation
Journalling practice & sharing circle
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Body as water
Being with your body - listening to the full experience of being present with yourself
Releasing all that has held you back from showing up as the fullest expression of yourself
Deep relaxation through breath and meditation
Activation through breath and fluid movement
Yoga nidra meditation
Journalling practice & sharing circle
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Witnessing this spacious awareness that you have cultivated in your body
Being with your body - listening to the full experience of being present with yourself
Releasing all that has held you back from showing up as the fullest expression of yourself
Deep relaxation through breath and meditation
Activation through breath and movement
Yoga nidra meditation
Journalling practice & sharing circle
“As someone who has spent much of life feeling somewhat disembodied, Lorna’s approach has been profoundly grounding. She holds an incredibly safe and supportive space, allowing me to tune in, listen, and reconnect with myself in a way that feels both gentle and transformative.”
—Erin, previous participant
“Each session takes you on a journey of self-discovery, while being guided without pressure, it was the ideal start to my first holosomatic experience. I’ve learnt about the possibilities of breathwork through the course and can feel a difference in how I connect to my body. Lorna’s softness brings comfort and safety to the sessions, where the vulnerability of personal work relies on this powerful trust. I would recommend this course to anyone who’s curious about improving their self knowledge, it’s really been worth the commitment.”
—Zoe, previous participant
Contraindications of Holosomatic Body Therapy
The techniques used in Holosomatic Body Therapy can result in intense physical and emotional release. Therefore, it is not advised for persons with epilepsy, detached retina, glaucoma, uncontrolled high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases (including prior heart attack), mental disorders (manic disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), paranoia, psychotic episodes, depersonalisation), strokes, TIA´s, seizures or other brain/neurological conditions, a history of aneurysms in the immediate family, use of prescription blood thinners, hospitalised for any psychiatric condition or emotional crisis within the past 10 years, osteoporosis or physical injuries that are not fully healed, acute somatic and viral diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD-II and COPD-III), chronic diseases with symptoms of decompensation or terminal illness, individual intolerance of oxygen insufficiency, cancer, low impulse control, unless approved by their primary care physician.
Pregnant women must get approval from their primary care physician.
Persons with asthma should bring their inhaler and consult with their primary care physician and the facilitator.
Please do not attend any Holosomatic Body Therapy session under the influence of alcohol or drugs - any substances which alter your mood or mind should be avoided for at least 24 hours before any session.
