July 12, 2012

Somatic Explorations:

Moving into Deep Connection

with Selene Vega, Ph.D.

The process of healing and transformation begins with centering in the body, dropping down beneath our conditioned ways of being, and paying attention to what we find there. Developing a deeper awareness of the body is a foundation for our connection with others and with the world around us. Through our exploration of the somatic realm, we can open to new ways of moving in our relationships and in the world.

In this one-day workshop, we will create a safe space for connecting with ourselves and for moving bodies and souls from that deep connection. We will move back and forth from words and images to somatic expression and movement, opening up a more conscious and intuitive presence in our lives and in our work with others.

Through inner work and interactive experience you will:

• Journey into inner terrain, bringing compassion and warmth to parts of yourself that have been pushed aside, hidden, or neglected and provide a safe place for those presences through movement and somatic expression;
  
  
• Explore the balance of self-connection and connection with other, finding your center within dyad and group experience;


• Develop and deepen your individual practice for self-connection and preparation for connection with others.
  
  

Selene Kumin Vega, Ph.D., is a licensed psychotherapist (California MFC #32604), workshop leader, and dancer. Since 1972 she has led individuals and groups into the realms of psyche and spirit, combining her extensive background in dance, yoga and other movement forms with her work in hypnotherapy and other techniques for centering and transformation. Selene's writings include The Sevenfold Journey: Reclaiming Mind, Body, and Spirit through the Chakras (co-authored with Anodea Judith), chapters in Walking in Two Worlds: The Relational Self in Theory, Practice, and Community (Ed. by S. Gilligan & D. Simon), and The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook (Ed. by G. S. Khalsa & S. Mijares). She is adjunct faculty at Saybrook University's College of Mind-Body Medicine and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, and has a private practice in Santa Cruz, CA. Her website is http://www.spiritmoving.com.