Cultivate your ability to be more fully present under the pressures of life
Practice a guided sequence of embodied meditations to feel the process of becoming more present
Proactive mindfulness involves engaging with your body in a way that helps you be more present and effective in what you do.
This fresh perspective on mindfulness is informed by our practice of somatic psychotherapy. It is down-to-earth and oriented toward making changes in everyday life.
Why do this?
– A practical approach that you can feel at the gut level
– Translates “Be Here Now” into down-to-earth embodied process that you can use under pressure
How this works:
Practicing proactive mindfulness involves engaging with our bodies and noticing how doing so transforms our ability to be more present and effective in what we do. You could think of it as rehearsal for the moment of change. But it’s not just a rehearsal. It is also a way to awaken embodied resources that were dormant until you engage with them.
Describing the practices can make them seem more difficult than they are, very much the way that describing how you ride a bicycle or how you swim can make it seem daunting. As you engage with the embodied practices, they naturally fit into your life.
We call them Embodied Meditations to emphasize paying attention rather than forcing things through. But it’s not the kind of meditations where you sit still doing nothing. And you don’t need to be a meditator to enjoy them.
We’ll simply ask you to spend some time in a receptive mode as we guide you to pay more attention to parts of your body and noticing what happens as you do it. You engage with the process so you can let the process work for you organically.
About us
This course was developed by Merete Holm Brantbjerg and Serge Prengel. Our work with somatic, trauma-informed therapies has enriched our understanding of mindfulness beyond what we had gotten from meditation and mindfulness traditions. We have come to see mindfulness as an action-oriented healing process that can be integrated into everyday life and help all of us engage more fully in our lives.
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