HARNESS YOUR BODY: Series

Harness your Body is a space for radical self-care & expression.  Through breath, grounding, presence & free movement we reconnect with our bodies & express! Embodiment is the goal, no more avoidance! It's time to move our emotions through our bodies! Shake, jump, lay, flop, wiggle & throw tantrums in a contained space. Then, take your body back into the world. Our bodies hold our emotions, our creativity & our desire. Our bodies hold POWER & it’s time to HARNESS it!

Who is Harness Your Body for?

• Folks feeling dissociated, overwhelmed or lethargic

• Those feeling out of there body and wanting to re-connect

• Folks feeling lost in their thoughts who what to get back into body

• Folks feeling full to the brim with tension & emotion(s) - eg. Anxiety, depression, grief or anger - that need to be shifted, released or moved through body

• Folks needing to shake it out and express themselves in good company

• Folks who are ready to try & expand for their sensations & their emotions so they can fully experience themselves in their body

Harness your Body was created with reference to 2 of the 6 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles "contact with the present moment" and "defusion". ACT tells us to Drop Anchor - connect with body and present in order to expand for sensation & emotion, defuse from thoughts so we can be with ourselves even when in pain.

Harness Your Body also incorporates principles and strategies from Somatic based therapies learnt through "Importance of Body Connection" (taught by Jean Gamble)  and "Methods of Body Based Emotional Processing" (taught by Cathy Williams). 

With guidance from Dr Jennifer Mullan the pioneer of de-colonising therapy, I am unpicking, and unravelling what it means  and what it looks like to practice de-colonised therapy. A goal that can never be fully realised but one that I will continue to strive for. Harness your body was written through a de-colonising lens. This space calls you to bring your body as it is in all its power, to let yourself feel your feelings without shame, to let your self embody your body and experience all its sensations and RESPOND with radical care!

Skills you will leave with

• Techniques to ground yourself into present

• Techniques to expand for emotions

• Techniques to defuse from your thoughts

• A felt sense of embodiment (hopefully)

Harness Your Body is a MONTHLY opportunity to nourish, connect & embody your body! The more often you attend the more often you will experience the benefits!

Each month there will be a theme,  announced the week before! What kind of themes will there be? Think, "inner child expression", "finding your rhythm", "releasing your anger" & "melting into your grief" just to name a few!

To stay up to date with the sessions & themes follow @powerfullyhumanpsychotherapy on Instagram & TikTok and/ or subscribe to Powerfully Human via the website www.powerfully-human.com

Upcoming dates

• TUES 8TH JULY

• TUES 5TH AUGUST

• TUES 9TH SEPTEMBER

• THUR 9TH OCTOBER

Must book tickets for each workshop separately

Payment: Tickets $45 

Sliding scale available;

• Free for Mob (limited number of tickets available)

• $25 for those unwaged or experiencing financial strain (limited number of tickets available)

• $65 for those who feel financially comfortable enough to give a little extra subsiding the supported tickets and ensuring the workshops are supported enough to continue running.

Note: If you want to come but feel unable to pay please contact the organiser. Lets make it work!

Location: Join the Dots, Marrickville (Gallery Space)

Accessibility: Entrance through the front door of the gallery space. Unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. 

Public transport & parking: 

Buses

430, 426, 423 city bound buses stop just across the road from the warehouse at intervals of around 15 minutes

430, 426, 423 west bound buses stop up the road in front of Enmore Park, about a 4 minute walk from the warehouse.

The walk is on a slight decline from bus stop to warehouse.

Nearest train stations :

Sydenham - 18 min walk OR 430 west bound to train station from warehouse

Marrickville - 23 min walk OR 423 west bound to train station from warehouse

Parking: There is no parking available at the venue. The closest free parking is on Smith Street or Cook Road.

What to bring: Yourself, a water bottle & wear comfy clothes that you can move in!

Disclaimers;

• This is not group therapy. If you are interested in therapeutic support Powerfully Human offers one on one therapy services you can access via our website.

• Must be over 18 to engage in the group.

• Confidentiality is key to creating a safe space so do not share details or experiences of others outside of the space.

• There will be movement and possible noise making

We acknowledge the workshop will be run on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, lands that were stolen and never ceded. We acknowledge the sacred connection indigenous peoples have with the land we are exploring, feeling and creating upon.