DANCING WITH OUR PARTS

Join us to experience the transformative power of Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed embodiment, authentic movement, and dance practices to cultivate deeper connection with mind, body, heart, and your highest Self.

We all have parts of ourselves that we sometimes feel frustrated with, or feel we have outgrown (Looking at you: inner critic, people pleaser, procrastinator…etc). Many of us try to release, cut ties with, or muzzle these parts. And yet, often, what we resist persists. IFS teaches us to build a new relationship with these parts based in compassion and collaboration. It turns out, when we compassionately witness these parts, they tend to chill out. We are excited to pair IFS with the potency of group experience, embodiment, and dance practices.

In this workshop, we will learn what parts are and how to identify them, learn about and connect with our "Self energy" (compassionate witness, higher self, etc.) and slowly begin to communicate with a chosen protective part through meditation and movement. As we learn about parts’ fears and protective intentions for us, they come to soften and allow Self to lead more often in our lives. We will be held in the compassionate witness/Self energy of a partner, and consolidate the experience through journaling and verbal reflection in pairs and in the larger group.

***Though this workshop may have healing impacts and draws on IFS, this is not therapy or a substitute for therapy. This is a gentle and consent-based practice; “Slow is fast” – we move at the speed of trust and our nervous systems.

***Curious about IFS? Here’s a brief introduction:

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