Having lived through 2020, we all know much more than we would like about the disruption of connection. Exploring Connection is a series of 3 x 3.5 online sessions, which will take us through an enquiry into both disconnection and connection in a variety of realms, using movement, writing and sharing with each other.

Through exploring how connection and disconnection works in your own experience, as well as benefitting from the wisdom of your peers, you will come out of this work feeling better resourced to hold space for others who are struggling with disconnection, as well as learning some simple, but effective embodiment tools for quick re-connection to resourcing and ways to clear distress and disconnection from the nervous system.

So that 2021 can offer us a renewed opportunity to look at how we can support CONNECTION, INTERCONNECTION and RE-CONNECTION with what benefits us, even in the most challenging of circumstances Come to all three or each session as a stand alone.Even before Coronavirus many of us found ourselves working ever-increasing hours, feeling greater pressures to be and do more, unable to switch off from technology, social media and the daily diet of bad news. In a rapidly changing cultural environment it becomes easy to feel like it’s all “out of control”.

Objectives:

In session 2 we will explore some of the underlying inheritance and long term patterns of unkindness and compulsion that lead us into overextension. We will be discussing ways to embed self-care as a new way of life, before exploring our relationship with being-ness, self acceptance and nurturing embrace, in music and movement.

"Even before Coronavirus many of us found ourselves working ever-increasing hours, feeling greater pressures to be and do more, unable to switch off from technology, social media and the daily diet of bad news. In a rapidly changing cultural environment it becomes easy to feel like it’s all “out of control”.

And then we found ourselves utterly beyond the known in the midst of a global pandemic. This has escalated and amplified all our social and personal “fault lines”.

This time I will be asking you to commit to two weeks of self-care dates in the time after we meet. Whatever goes on there is between the two of you!

About the Tutor:

Dr Ali Young began her professional life as a performer before training as a social worker and then systemic (family) psychotherapist and has worked with conscious dance practices for nearly 30 years. Ali, a qualified Movement Medicine teacher and mentor, who ran a range of online offerings for us throughout successive lockdowns last year, has recently been interviewed for a newly published book on The Feminine Face of Embodied Leadership by Marion Gibbon

Target Audience:

Ali's workshops are open to anyone with an interest in the subject matter, wants to develop their skills and expand their knowledge.

Technical Support:

All of our online 'live-classroom' events are delivered via Zoom. You will be provided with further details after registration and you will be fully supported by a member of the Iron Mill Online Team, if you need any 'tech assistance' during the session. We're always on hand to offer any help you may need!

Zoom Meeting Registration Process:

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2 - From this Online Event Page, simply click on the event's image link as directed.

3 - This will take you to the Zoom Meeting Registration page where you will be able to complete your webinar registration.

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