Continuum events calendar
Please browse our community calendar below. Events are added often, so check back or join our email list to stay in the know.
This 7-Week fully self-guided Online Book Study Course is an invitation to discover the inherent gift of living an embodied life by growing a personal movement practice.
COURSE FEATURES:
-Video and audio content to support you in your practice
-Specific guidelines to support you in establishing a home embodiment practice
-Facilitated movement practices with Continuum
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE EXPERIENCE:
-Enhanced commitment to participate in one's own self care
-Experience with a complementary embodiment practice that combines with all forms of movement and exercise for greater engagement and satisfaction in the felt sense of living in a body
-Establishment of a home practice and movement meditation to bring into daily life
-An approachable method to diminish the physical strain of daily life and corresponding chronic stiffness
Please click here to register.
The Soul of Continuum Apprenticeship Program is an in-depth process which supports and explores the nuances and challenges of establishing a deeper Somatic Movement practice and opens doors to sharing Continuum with others.
As a dedicated group, we will delve into the values and principles of Continuum to fold into daily life and focus on developing an intimacy with the ways Continuum approaches breath, sound and movement.
All 3 teachers have directly studied for decades with Continuum's founder, Emilie Conrad.
Please consider joining us! Please click here to register.
The Soul of Continuum Apprenticeship Program is an in-depth process which supports and explores the nuances and challenges of establishing a deeper Somatic Movement practice and opens doors to sharing Continuum with others.
As a dedicated group, we will delve into the values and principles of Continuum to fold into daily life and focus on developing an intimacy with the ways Continuum approaches breath, sound and movement.
All 3 teachers have directly studied for decades with Continuum's founder, Emilie Conrad.
Please consider joining us! Please click here to register.
This is a regular two hour session of Continuum
2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month throughout 2023
An inquiry into enhancing our experience of being in a fluid body. Deepening our somatic connection and resonance through a Continuum breath and fluid movement practice counter balances the acceleration and patterning that our everyday moving body encounters. Where stress and speed create a response in our body to brace or gel, we find ourselves losing touch with our fluid, creative capacity and rejuvenating potential.
Reconnect to the enlivening potential of fluid movement to support restoring versatility, deep resource and resiliency. Continuum brings together a range of subtle intrinsic movements, awareness, and a rich variety of breaths and sounds to re-engage our fluidity and support the experience of the unfolding beauty and mystery of the body.
These classes are open to all.
The practice will develop sequence to include exploring:
- the effects of speed and how to reverse them through deep, restful presence
- settling and toning the nervous system to support self regulation
- engaging sensation and awareness
- identifying and shifting beyond somatic habits and movement patterns
- developing creativity, resilience, and enjoyment
- accessing cellular sources of energy and rejuvenation
- supporting health, immunity and dynamic balance
To book: Use calendar below or contact Jane Okondo at jane@somaflow.co.uk
Time: 10.30am-12.30pm PT, 1.30-3.30pm ET, 6.30-8.30pm GMT, 7.30-9.30pm CET
Please click here to register.
Please visit www.somayogatraining.com for more information
This class is open to people with all levels of Continuum experience, from beginners to advanced. Each class is different, addressing what is of interest and relevance to students that day.
- 12:00 - 2:00 pm ET
- $25
To register:
- Ellen Cohen whitewinde@comcast.net
- Phone: 610-608-3364
For thousands of years we have studied the heavens, tracking the movements of stars and planets as a way to reach into the macrocosm and make meaning of our human experience. The constantly changing geometry of the night offers us a personal reflection, a way of orienting ourselves in a dynamic context of ongoing involutionary and evolutionary cycles within cycles.
Astrology is an ancient and evolving art of mapping and interpreting the relationship with and felt experience of the movements of heavenly bodies as they interact with us individually and collectively. We are a living cosmic dance, expressing in and through the many dimensions of reality - learning, growing and evolving as one universal symphony. The twelve zodiac archetypes reflect the complexity and multivalent nature of this choreography.
In this course, we will explore and discover the universe within, mapping our own cosmic body. Each class will explore the astrological themes and highlights of the current season, attuning each of us to the energies influencing our personal lives and global collective. These themes will then be woven into a Dive, a non verbal, somatic experience of these cosmological energies. Diving below cognition and critical thinking, we tap the intuitive body wisdom inherent in the language of movement and sound. Continuum is a self-directed somatic practice grounded in breath, felt sensation, attention, movement and sound/vibration. Through the wide aperture of this innovative approach to embodiment, fuller incarnation is made possible. The landscape of the body becomes the skyscape of the stars. Outer reflects inner and inner reflects outer. It is here where eternity meets time, where form meets emptiness, where earth and heaven are One.
This 4 part online class series will meet on the first Saturdays of the month from 12:30pm - 5pm EST (dates listed below). Each class will contain content, experiential practice ( a long dive, meditation ) and Q/A.
All classes offered on Zoom, recorded and downloaded to Dropbox.
Tuition for all 4 classes: $300; can be paid in full or 2 or 3 installments or can be taken individually for: $95.
~ Saturdays ~
September 2, 2023 December 2, 2023
March 2, 2024, June 1, 2024
Sabine Mead is a Master Somatic Movement Educator, Continuum Teacher and Mentor. She has studied Astrology for decades and currently mentors with Ellias Lonsdale of Star Genesis Wisdom.
To register, contact Sabine at sabine@resonantbody.com
LIQUID RESILIENCE: CONTINUUM MOVING MEDITATIONS
FRIDAY MORNINGS • SEPTEMBER 8 - DECEMBER 15, 2023* • 8:30-10:00 am ET/2:30-4:00 CET • ONLINE via Zoom • *No class Sept. 29 or Nov. 17
Continuum reminds us how to slow down, quiet our minds and open our hearts. We attune to the subtle movement responses of our body's tissues and fluid systems. As we slow down to the speed of water, our tissues hydrate themselves, becoming less dense (more spacious). This helps us relocate ourselves in our bodies, separate from the sensory overload of modern culture, and drop into our place in the interconnected web of life. This is all about restoring our relationships with all that is.
We become our own non-judgmental witness, fully present to our own process, without expectations of outcome. This enhances our ability to rest into what is, to be in the Here and Now. By reconnecting to what is alive in each of us with more empathy and compassion for ourselves, we may find it easier to perceive the same in others and offer that gift out to the other human and non-human beings around us, deepening our trust in our own inherent wisdom and the interdependence of all things.
· True Beginners welcome. In fact, a Beginner’s Mind strongly encouraged for all.
· If you bring your curiosity and an open mind, you’ll have everything you need!
· Please wear comfortable layers of clothing you feel most at ease moving in.
· Create a comfortable, quiet space to lie down in.
· Have a chair, a notebook to write in, and a full water bottle nearby every week.
These weekly offerings will be guided by Megan Bathory-Peeler, an expert somanaut – a true explorer of the body. Think of carving out this 1.5 hour block of time as a personal weekly retreat or spiritual bath. Isn't it time to give your Self the gift of bathing in a pool of rest, reflection, acceptance, compassion, discovery, and inspiration?
JOIN US!
EMAIL megan@somanautiko.com OR CALL 413.772.0078 to reserve your space in the virtual studio *AT LEAST 2 HOURS PRIOR* to start of class.
Suggested tuition: $25 per class. For each class, there is a suggested tuition. If personal circumstances might prevent you from attending, please contact Megan to arrange a rate that is affordable for you.
Payments can be made via:
CHECK – Mail to: 28 High Street Greenfield, MA 01301
ONLINE - within U.S. please use VENMO @meganbathory-peeler
ONLINE - Overseas - PayPal.me/Somanautiko
If you have any questions or need more information, please call Megan directly at: 413.772.0078
Please click here to register.
8 weeks total in two 4 week blocks. Tuesdays 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm ET
Sep 26 – Oct 17 & Nov 28 – Dec 19
The universal growth themes we share with trees – like rooting, branching, breathing and circulation – will be developed and enhanced by exploring the art of Hilma af Klint’s Tree of Knowledge paintings. The core aspects of Continuum – breathing/sounding and fluid movement practices to free restrictions, dissolve habitual responses and liberate our inherent bio intelligence – will remain foremost in our class explorations.
Please click here to register.
8 weeks total in two 4 week blocks. Tuesdays 6:15 pm - 8:30 pm ET
Sep 26 – Oct 17 & Nov 28 – Dec 19
The universal growth themes we share with trees – like rooting, branching, breathing and circulation – will be developed and enhanced by exploring the art of Hilma af Klint’s Tree of Knowledge paintings. The core aspects of Continuum – breathing/sounding and fluid movement practices to free restrictions, dissolve habitual responses and liberate our inherent bio intelligence – will remain foremost in our class explorations.
Please click here to register.
8 weeks total in two 4 week blocks. Thursdays 10 am - 12:15 pm ET
Sep 28 – Oct 19 & Nov 30 – Dec 21
The universal growth themes we share with trees – like rooting, branching, breathing and circulation – will be developed and enhanced by exploring the art of Hilma af Klint’s Tree of Knowledge paintings. The core aspects of Continuum – breathing/sounding and fluid movement practices to free restrictions, dissolve habitual responses and liberate our inherent bio intelligence – will remain foremost in our class explorations.
Please click here to register.
8 weeks total in two 4 week blocks. Thursdays 10 am - 12:15 pm ET
Sep 28 – Oct 19 & Nov 30 – Dec 21
The universal growth themes we share with trees – like rooting, branching, breathing and circulation – will be developed and enhanced by exploring the art of Hilma af Klint’s Tree of Knowledge paintings. The core aspects of Continuum – breathing/sounding and fluid movement practices to free restrictions, dissolve habitual responses and liberate our inherent bio intelligence – will remain foremost in our class explorations.
Please click here to register.
Enter the holy realm of your body.
Here is the house of spirit, the domain of your soul. In this Cathedral, resonance rings the bells of your belonging.
You are a weaving of water, of light and of song.
Re-enter the temple gates and place your hands on the drum of your heart. Rest along the river banks of your back and sink into the waters of your fluid midline. Notice how the tide of your breath unfurls, opening room upon room, chamber within chamber. Feel the waves that ripple through your inner sea and spread into the great lakes of your legs, open the tributaries of your arms. Behold the luminous light beaming from the great sun of your heart.
This is a journey through our sacred architecture. In this class we will re-imagine our preconceived notions of body and enter afresh with curiosity and awe. We will explore skeletal, membrane, tissue and gland. We will take up residence in the community of the belly, in the brilliant solar field of the heart, in the celestial vault of the cranium. We will rediscover our feet, our root, our hands. Here, every movement is prayer, every sound is blessing. Here, we surrender the incessant thoughts of mind into the song of Being.
In the Cathedral of our body, we find our axis and alignment, establishing firm footing in the truth of our authentic knowing. Continuum is our art and tool for experiential gnosis. Movement, sound/vibration, felt sensation, attention and breath are guides and teachers for our journey.
Each class will focus on a different aspect of architecture. Every class will consist of content, a laying out and teaching of an experiential Continuum dive, time to practice the dive and a check in. All classes are on Zoom, recorded and uploaded to Dropbox.
© 2023. Sabine Mead
6-classes/once a month online course
Saturdays: October 14, November 11, December 9 2023;
January 13, February 10, March 9 2024
Tuition: $275
To register, contact Sabine at sabine@resonantbody.com
To pay, Venmo: Sabine Mead@Sabine-Mead
La spirale de la course des astres trace la flèche du temps et des saisons. Toutes les forces de la nature en sont impactées. Notre être les perçoit et rêve de pouvoir s’y accorder… Nous suivrons la course du soleil, arrimerons nos racines en profondeur, ferons offrande au sol des richesses qui lui reviennent et qui nous seront ainsi de nouveau offertes.
Tous les mercredis de 18:00 à 20:00 heures CET
Pour plus d'informations: lclaudia@mageos.com
We use breath, sound, and movement as a way into the fluid world within, which is always present. When we enter this aspect of ourselves we find support, creativity, inspiration, strength, and shift in awareness allowing for deep rest and renewal.
Please click here to register.
Embracing the Dark
November 14, 21, 28, December 5 & 12 • 6:00-8:00 pm ET • @ Community Yoga & Wellness Studio • 16 Federal Street Greenfield, MA • $30 drop-ins/$125 series
The days are shortening and the nights are getting longer. We can resist the coming of darkness or we can sustain ourselves by coming together for support and inspiration. The amount of work is the same.
People in the northern hemisphere prepare to welcome winter with many kinds of seasonal celebrations. Most of these celebrations involve people gathering and lighting candles, fires, and other displays of lights to summon the life-giving power of the sun to sustain us through the coldest days and longest nights of the year.
Even with the seasonal festivities, this can be a very challenging time of year for many people physically and emotionally. It is a time that invites us to go within, to meet the shadow places between light and dark, night and day, and brightness and shadow. The practice of Continuum provides ways to explore the edges of dark and light, inner and outer, with every breath, sound and movement.
This 5-part workshop will follow one complete lunar cycle - beginning and ending on the New Moons - November 14 and December 12 - and marking every phase between.
Come light your inner fire by embracing the call to journey inward during this potent time of year. Like birth, we can use these contracting forces to move ourselves forward into the unknown with power and creativity.
Continuum is a deeply meditative practice that increases awareness by cueing the mind and body to slow down with audible breath and subtle movements. Continuum enhances our ability to rest into what is, to be in the Here and Now, and to be happier in our own skins. By reconnecting to what is alive in each of us with more empathy and compassion for ourselves, we may find it easier to perceive the same in others & offer that gift out into the world around us.
Let this 5-part workshop be a personal weekly retreat, or spiritual bath. Give yourself the gift of rest, reflection, acceptance, compassion, discovery, and inspiration at what can be a challenging time of year.
The longer format classes of Continuum are specifically designed to create a time and space for you to explore what it means to be in a human body-mind. Breath, vocalized sounds, meditative awareness, visual imagery, and simple, biological movements will help you recover and restore sensation and increase the innate fluid movement responses of your body that get lost in the speed of modern life and the cultural quicksand of fear, sorrow, and pain.
Appropriate for all ages and abilities. Bring your curiosity and an open mind, and you’ll have everything you need!
Please wear comfortable layers of clothing you feel most cozy in, have a notebook to write in, and a full water bottle on hand.
To register, email: megan@somanautiko.com
Suggested tuition: $30/class or $125/5 class series
For each class, there is a suggested tuition. If personal circumstances might prevent you from attending, please contact Megan to arrange a rate that is affordable for you.
Payments can be made via:
1) Cash or Check
2) Venmo @meganbathory-peeler
If you have any questions or need more information, please call Megan directly at: 413.772.0078
Please click here to register.
As light in diminishing in the northern hemisphere, we are invited into a time of hibernation. Simultaneously, we are in a time of such painful challenges, worldwide, we need to nourish the inner light of our hearts. This three class series will focus on this aspect of being alive at this time.
Entering the River of Wholeness
A Continuum Exploration with Sarah Grace, RCST, SEP
Join Sarah from the comfort of your home for this 4 week live tele-dive series. Within CommUNITY, Sarah will be guiding you with moments of silence, sharing Continuum and Somatic based practices and with check-ins before the group dive.
Live Tele-dive 4 Weeks Series:
Wednesdays, December 6, 13, 20, 27th
6.00pm – 8.00pm Pacific Time
New students welcomed
Drop in is available in the FIRST CLASS in the series ONLY
About:
Using breath and sound, we explore our fluid bodies through subtle movement, wave motion, and the language of sensation. Within sacred Space, together, we have the opportunity of allowing time to slow down, to shed that which needs to shed, and to come through anew, refreshed, and reborn. When we access the Innate Intelligence of the deeper Forces that sustain us, we tap into the pulsating streams of life as they ripple through our system and we enter The Mystery of what it means to embody.
Connect to the Sacred Within
Awaken Embodied Presence
Slow down and release stress
Renew into your Wholeness
Sacred Investment: includes 4 live classes & 4 recordings to keep
$133
*Early bird pricing $111 paid by November 29
Drop in $25 FIRST CLASS IN SERIES ONLY
Registration: please pre-register to receive conference call # and password.
To Register: https://somaticsanctuary.com/current-offerings/
Email: support@somaticsanctuary.com
Phone: +1 (805) 633- 9230
Preparation:
• Set up own mat, pillows, blanket
• Allow for at least 2-hours quiet time
• Create uninterrupted space where you can nourish and plug into your own essence
מאחים את שברי הלב
מגדילים את האור בנר ראשון של חנוכה
צוללים ביחד בכליל
לאסוף את החלקים שהתפזרו,
לאחות את הקרעים,
לתת אמון מחדש,
להאמין ולבנות עולם טוב וחופשי יותר.
"ואפשר לראות את התקווה כמיו עוגן, שנזרק מתוך קיום חנוק ונואש לעבר עתיד טוב וחופשי יותר. לעבר מציאות שעדיין איננה קיימת, שרובה עשויי ממשאלות לב. מדימיון.
העוגן נזרק ונאחז בקרקע העתיד, והאדם, ולפעמים חברה שלמה, מתחילים למשוך את עצמם אליו.
זה מעשה אופטימי: היכולת להשליך את העוגן הדימיוני אל מעבר לנסיבות המוחשיות והשרירותיות מעידה על כך שבנפשו של האדם שמעז לקוות יש עדיין מקום אחד שהוא חופשי. מקום שאיש לא הצליח לדכאה אותו, ולא לזהם". (דויד גרוסמן)
הצלילה תתקיים, ביום שישי, ה 8/12, נר ראשון של חנוכה.
בין השעות 10-14, בכליל.
הצלילה תהייה ב"דאנא"- כל אחד.ת לפי רצונו.ה ויכולתו.ה.
הצלילה מיועדת לבעלי.ות ניסיון ב CONTINUUM.
נדרשת הרשמה מראש.
When water is still like a mirror it can behold the Moon.
~ Rumi
This is an in-person gathering for Continuum movers in the Greater Boston Area with established practices and a desire to commit to co-creating a group container that promotes more intimate sharing and deeper explorations. Through a consistent practice of Continuum, we can retrieve a perception of wholeness and reclaim a sense of biological optimism that is our birthright.
Please contact Megan directly if you are interested in attending. Call 413-772-0078 or Email: megan@somanautiko.com
We meet 1:00-4:00 pm at The Arlington Center 369 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA.
Saturday December 16, 10am ~ 1:30pm PST
This is a “LIVE VIRTUAL” event on Zoom.
Live attendance only, the event will not be recorded.
Some Continuum experience is necessary.
Dear Friend in the Flow of Life,
It is that time of the year in the northern hemisphere where dark hours are the longest, where the encouragement to slow down and abide by the wisdom of Mother Nature is overridden by the pressure to buy, to consume, to celebrate……
Celebrate what?……The grief and despair we ALL find ourselves in?…regardless of age, gender, religion or nationality?
This excerpt from Fred LaMotte really spoke to me as I ponder on the times leading up to Winter Solstice
Darkness is not the absence of light.
Darkness is the womb of light.
Darkness is not evil,
but the deepest good.
Darkness is not despair,
but the peace where joy begins,
a hidden seed, self-unfolding.
A bud is wrapped in darkness
to protect its golden petals
from the frost,
a chrysalis cocooned in darkness
to protect its rainbow wings
from the storm,
your tears rapt in shadows
to ripen before they fall.
I wonder….what are the hidden seed I am nurturing to blossom during these dark months to benefit all beings around me?
I wonder…what tears am I holding back to irrigate the new seeds of peace, joy and compassion in the world I envision?
I wonder….can we get together as a community to allow the sun set and let go of what no longer serves us
And welcome the moon rising of the seeds we want to see expand and grow in the new year?
I invite you to join me to celebrate Winter Solstice in the Northern hemisphere.
I invite you to breathe together and allow our bodies to find nourishment as we shed our skin with the tools Continuum offers.
I invite you to join me to create a Field of resonance and harmony potent enough to illuminate and brighten the world at large.
Looking forward to being with you then!
Warmly,
Marcella
Please click here to register.
You are warmly invited to join me for this Continuum session inspired by "The Seven Homecomings" as taught by Buddhist teacher and activist Lama Rod Owens.
In an embodied practice of returning to ourselves, and reminding ourselves of all of the ways in which we are being held and supported at all times, we will play with sound, breath, and movement to explore each of the seven layers of "homecoming" in a nourishing and centering Continuum dive.
Sunday, Dec. 17th, 2023, 2:00-6:00 p.m.
@ Skinship Berlin, S/U Warschauer Straße (exact location upon registration)
Please note: Skinship is a queer-centering space. Everybody is welcome (regardless of sexual orientation or gender identification), as long as you are aware of and respectful of this fact.
Sliding scale: 22-33€ (low income), 33-44€ (standard), 44-55€ (supporter).
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Please email to register.
You are warmly invited to join me for this Continuum session inspired by "The Seven Homecomings" as taught by Buddhist teacher and activist Lama Rod Owens.
In an embodied practice of returning to ourselves, and reminding ourselves of all of the ways in which we are being held and supported at all times, we will play with sound, breath, and movement to explore each of the seven layers of "homecoming" in a nourishing and centering Continuum dive.
Wednesday, Dec. 20th, 6:00-9:00 p.m. CET
(Find out what this means for your time zone: click here)
This is a virtual class held on Zoom.
Sliding scale: 19-39€. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Please click here to register.
Join Bobbi Ellis for an annual Winter Solstice virtual gathering in ceremony and continuum practices to awaken in the dark. 6-10pm EST
Join me for a Continuum Winter Solstice Ritual to honor the promise of light, inside this long dark night. December 21st from 5:30 - 8pm (PST). Delicately and intentionally, we prepare our bodies and hearts to lean into the healing darkness of our interior to harvest the rich wisdom that emerges as awareness, insight, unspoken knowings.
To learn more and find registration information, please click here.
As we experience the impact of winter’s darkness, we also feel the promise of the new year’s emerging light. Come mark this annual period of transition. Welcome the year 2024 with five consecutive mornings of Continuum. Through our sounding and moving together, created by each presence, the “medicine” that is pertinent for each one of us is revealed. For people with Continuum experience.
Dec. 27-31, 2023
9:45am- 12:45pm
Fee: $200, or $175 if paid before Dec. 5
For more information: rabin.linda@videotron.ca
Lorsque nous vivons l’impact de la profonde noirceur de l’hiver, nous ressentons aussi la promesse de la lumière émergente du nouvel an. Venez souligner cette période de transition annuelle, recevez l’année 2024 avec cinq matins consécutifs de Continuum. Le “remède” qui nous est pertinent se révèle à travers nos vocalisations, nos mouvements, et la resonance qui se tisse par la présence de chacun.e. Pour les intitié.e.s du Continuum.
27-31 décembre, 2023
9h45-12h45
Coût: 200$ , ou 175$ si payé avant le 5 décembre
Pour plus d’information: rabin.linda@videotron.ca
RESOLUTIONS IN MOTION ~ 10th Annual New Year's Day Retreat
“We live on an earth where change is the only thing we can be sure of. And our silky bodies, webbed with wisdoms belied by the rushings of our 21st-century lives, have the pacings of plants budding and light expanding.”
Carolyn McVickar Edwards
CHOOSE: half day ~ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm or full day retreat ~ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm • PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
2023 was a continuous stream of creative and transformational opportunities, especially if we were willing to go deeper and stretch ourselves further than ever before. This certainly manifested but wasn't always comfortable. This past year allowed all of our connections – to Self, Others, and Life itself – to become more vivid, alive, and intense as we experience new levels of opening, expansion and growth in our hearts/bodies/minds.
On January 1st, 2024, the 10th annual Resolutions in Motion retreat will create space for you to dissolve any residue of 2023 and open to the vast sea of potential that is the year ahead.
The mind’s perception of our experience forms the world we live in. In this New Year's Day retreat, we will SLOW DOWN, increase our awareness, and enhance our ability to sense and more accurately perceive ourselves in the present moment. With explorations of sound & silence; stillness & movement; art, language & dance, we will practice how to surrender more gracefully, with less resistance, to change and reclaim the power of choosing how we respond to what is by entering the deep listening.
What is the deep listening?
… a greeting from the secret ones inside the heart, a letter.
The branches of your intelligence grow new leaves in the wind of this listening.
There’s a river inside every human being.
Learn to be companions with it.
Give more of your life to this listening.
~ Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273)
For comfort and spaciousness, there are limited spaces available in the beautiful 1000+sq.ft Community Yoga & Wellness studio. Commit now to reserve your space!
Read more here. To register, email: megan@somanautiko.com
Suggested tuition: $45 half day/$90 full day options
If current circumstances present any obstacles to your coming to this workshop, please call Megan to arrange a rate that is affordable for you.
Returning to the Ancient Mother of Origin
A Continuum Exploration with Sarah Grace, RCST, SEP
January 1, 2024 at 11am-1pm PST
Free Continuum Online Event with www.7days-of-rest.org
Join Sarah Grace as she guides you through a Sacred Embodiment practice exploring Continuum and how our fluid and subtle bodies connect with the Bio-Intelligent Streams of Consciousness and how we, as body, are the bridge to offering this Intelligence in and through our Earth Mother. We are not separate from our Ancient Mother, we are an embodied version of Her living, rippling streams of consciousness that move us and awaken us into what it truly means to be human at this time. This practice is a form of Somatic Prayer that allows us to open to our truest nature and deepest Self to support the embodiment of LOVE on our planet.
Join us in this Somatic Sangha of friends who co-regulate together in Sacred Communion in truth and trust, and together, remember the River of Wholeness within.
Sarah is a Registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, Authorized Continuum Teacher, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Conscious Birth Doula and Pre & Perinatal Attachment Facilitator. Sarah completed her Pre and Perinatal Attachment Training with Myrna Martin in 2009 and worked closely with the late Pre & Perinatal Somatic Pioneer Dr. Ray Castellino (1944-2020) for 15 years. Sarah is the founder of Somatic Sanctuary, a Sacred Space for Healing and Embodying Soul Essence in the heart of Ojai. She has a passion for facilitating a connection to the Inherent Health that is our birthright. https://somaticsanctuary.com/
About:
Using breath and sound, we explore our fluid bodies through subtle movement, wave motion, and the language of sensation. Within sacred Space, together, we have the opportunity of allowing time to slow down, to shed that which needs to shed, and to come through anew, refreshed, and reborn. When we access the Innate Intelligence of the deeper Forces that sustain us, we tap into the pulsating streams of life as they ripple through our system and we enter The Mystery of what it means to embody.
- Connect to the Sacred Within
- Awaken Embodied Presence
- Slow down and release stress
- Renew into your Wholeness
Please click here to register.
“In effect, amnesia sets in as Earth greets us.
Each little muscle learning to grasp makes the memory of its cosmic connection dimmer until finally, standing up and, in our case, becoming Western bipeds, we have forgotten and become deaf to the cosmic song.
Except of course, for the undulation waves taking place inside us that will sing with their ancient voicings. The spiraled cradle that we lie in becomes sealed in our cells like an umbilical memory.” - Emilie Conrad, Life on Land
As we develop as babies and throughout childhood and ongoing life, we learn to adapt to the demands of our world. In the process, we can lose touch with the fluid intelligence that remains within.
Along with our original fluid potential, the little one that we once were may remain locked inside us, longing for the love, welcome, and soothing they didn't receive back then. Acknowledging and re-connecting with our inner little one can help soothe habitual nervous system activations and reclaim our adult ability to self-regulate and remember what supports us.
The mindful, fluid movement practice of Continuum supports us in dissolving old patterning and protective tissue density that can interfere with our natural fluid movement, creativity, resilience, and health. This can be particularly helpful at times of stress, such as our world is offering these days.
This 3-hour Continuum class is designed to support us in slowing down, melting the frozen, held places, and returning to our inherent fluid bio-intelligence.
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Join Elaine Colandrea & Rori Smith of Watermark Arts, for a 90 min Continuum workshop to greet the New Year. "Intimacy with the Infinite" is offered in partnership with 7 Days of Rest and Reweaving Wholeness.
This online offering is free of charge. All are welcome. Register to receive the link to participate.
11 am EST, 8 am PST, 4 pm British Isles, 5 pm Europe (UTC 16:00)
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Winter Weekly Thursday Class 10 am - 12:15 pm EST
Vibration creates form expressed in patterns.
Breath, sound and movement are all manifestation of vibration.
Continuum explorations will take us into a lived experience of patterns of the universe.
Are you curious about unity and wholeness? Then join me.
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Join me for this delicious two day dive into the world of our fluid resonance - Jan 13-14 from 1-6pm PST in Albany, CA.
With specific attention and focus on establishing a field of resonant connection to ourselves, each other, and the environment, our Continuum explorations will be designed to expand our potentials for movement, coherence and resilience. Inspired by my recent live sound healing journeys with composer musician Steve Roach in AZ, we will move to, with, through, and inside of sound frequencies selected to enhance our journeys.
To learn more and find registration information, please click here.
6:15 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Vibration creates form expressed in patterns.
Breath, sound and movement are all manifestation of vibration.
Continuum explorations will take us into a lived experience of patterns of the universe.
Are you curious about unity and wholeness? Then join me.
Please click here to register.
Please visit www.somayogatraining.com for more information
“In developing the work of Continuum I have deliberately focused on the analogy of the cell/embryo as representing the movement of basic bio-fluid motifs, whether within the universe or what we call our ‘bodies.'
From this perspective the cell/embryo establishes the template of fluid movement and structure at its most primary level.”
- Emilie Conrad, Life on Land
The embryo is our teacher, embodying fluid dynamics and potential that we may have lost touch with but can access throughout life.
This 4-day retreat is a special offering from Continuum teachers, Jane Okondo and Cherionna Menzam-Sills, to support those experienced with Continuum to deepen their practice further. The retreat format enables us to deepen further than shorter dives. We can immerse ourselves within our fluid field, either in-person or online. Jane will be present to host you in person in London. Cherionna will be attending via Zoom, which you are also welcome to do if in-person doesn't work for you.
In this retreat series, we will review embryological development and how it can be relevant for our health and well-being now. We will focus particularly on prenatal developmental milestones from the first four weeks: conception, implantation journey, implantation, and embryo folding. As well as images of how the embryo changes form at each stage, we will consider psychological implications, and how these also might affect our bodies and our lives. These stages will inform our sequence as we prepare to dive deeply together.
Starts 1 p.m. UK time Thursday, January 25th until about 6:30 p.m. UK time.
Beginning 10:30 a.m. UK time Friday.
Entering silence Friday evening or Saturday until Sunday afternoon.
Completing by 4 p.m. UK time Sunday.
(To see in your own time, please use this service: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html)
If you feel drawn to a deeply nourishing embryo enquiry and have been practicing Continuum and have had the equivalent of at least 5 days of experience with a Continuum teacher, please feel free to contact us to enrol.
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For more information, please email Cherionna (see contact info below) or Jane: janeoko@mac.com
We can learn a lot from tapping into the embodied wisdom of other species. This weekend workshop will offer ample opportunities to connect with the ancient, raw, and tender animals within ourselves - undulating and wriggling, hissing and clawing, resting and hibernating, shapeshifting and transforming - taking inspiration from winged, tentacle-bearing or furry creatures (amongst others). Through the somatic practice of Continuum, we will play with sound, breath, movement, and embodied imagination, in ways that support us to slow down, rest in the richness of sensation, surrender to fluid movement, and access new layers of our own being and unfolding.
Inviting the qualities of some of our nonhuman siblings can help us to drop underneath our 'cultural anatomy' - going beyond the restrictions of our everyday movement spectrum that is defined by all of the ways in which we have learned to carry our human 'social bodies'. In the space that opens up, we can reconnect with our innermost organismic intelligence, and expand our possibilities for adaptation, fluidity, and creative expression. And when we tap into our shared evolutionary history that connects us with all other life on this planet, we can find a greater sense of embeddedness in the web of life.
Together, we will deepen our sense of aliveness, and enjoy a weekend of play, exploration, movement, and stillness, amid the wintery silence of Oderbruch.
WHERE:
Seminarhof „An der Mühle“, Wilhelmsaue (1,5-2h from Berlin)
http://www.muehlenhof-jochmann.de
It's a remote, quiet, simple, and charming place in Oderbruch/Brandenburg, close to the Polish border.
Accommodation is basic yet cozy, in (mostly shared) bedrooms and (heatable 😊) caravans. We have a nice movement studio - and a sauna!
WHO:
We will be a small group of max. 10 participants.
The workshop is suitable for people both with and without previous Continuum experience.
HOW MUCH:
You can choose between paying the standard price or a sliding scale price. This includes the workshop, simple accommodation (mostly shared bedrooms, some singles available), and an optional sauna evening on Saturday.
Standard price: 350€
Sliding Scale Price*: 190-290€ (low income) / 290-390€ (regular income) / 390-490€ (comfortable income/supporter)
* I offer a broad sliding scale because we all live with different financial realities and are able to contribute different amounts. I want to keep the workshop financially accessible to anyone who feels called to join, while also aiming to make it sustainable for myself, and valuing the many hours of loving prep work I pour into creating this space. I trust you to choose a contribution that feels fair and appropriate.
- One scholarship spot available for someone who would otherwise not be able to join for financial reasons (suggested sliding scale 50-150€). If you are interested, email me before Dec. 31st with a few sentences about why you would like to join.
FOOD:
We will prepare most of our meals collectively, and share the cost for groceries (probably around 30€ for the weekend) - both in order to keep costs low, and to support an atmosphere of co-creating our experience of the weekend together.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!
A Continuum Exploration with Sarah Grace, RCST, SEP
Join Sarah from the comfort of your home for this 4 week live tele-dive series. Within CommUNITY, Sarah will be guiding you with moments of silence, sharing Continuum and Somatic based practices and with check-ins before the group dive.
Live Tele-dive 4 Weeks Series:
Wednesdays, February 7,14, 21 and 28
6.00pm – 8.00pm Pacific Time
New students welcomed
Sacred Investment: includes 4 live classes & 4 recordings to keep
$133
*Early bird pricing $111 paid by January 25
Drop in $25 - FIRST CLASS IN SERIES ONLY
About:
Using breath and sound, we explore our fluid bodies through subtle movement, wave motion, and the language of sensation. Within sacred Space, together, we have the opportunity of allowing time to slow down, to shed that which needs to shed, and to come through anew, refreshed, and reborn. When we access the Innate Intelligence of the deeper Forces that sustain us, we tap into the pulsating streams of life as they ripple through our system and we enter The Mystery of what it means to embody.
- Connect to the Sacred Within
- Awaken Embodied Presence
- Slow down and release stress
- Renew into your Wholeness
Registration: please pre-register to receive conference call # and password.
Online: https://somaticsanctuary.com/current-offerings/
Email: support@somaticsanctuary.com
Phone: +1 (805) 633- 9230
Preparation:
• Set up own mat, pillows, blanket
• Allow for at least 2-hours quiet time
• Create uninterrupted space where you can nourish and plug into your own essence
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