Body and Breath by Ash Blasbery & Natalie Shilton

WHAT: A 3 hour embodiment journey exploring the themes of expansion // contraction. The event will include a somatic dance to a carefully curated playlist, inviting in healthy activation and aliveness (ALL parts of you are welcome) by Nat Shilton @natalieshilton, followed by a sensual down-regulating breath journey spiral slowly inward & unveil your parasympathetic power by Ash Blasbery @sensecirlceandbreath

There will also be education shared about nervous system regulation, journal prompts to tap into your body's wisdom and space for sharing and expressing in community with nourishing Nakery Treats.

WHEN: Saturday 18th January // 11-2pm.

WHERE: The Inner Guru CIC // 3 Efik House, 81 Walton Rd, Liverpool L4 4AF.

WHY: To receive guidance, support and holding in order to explore your own relationship towards the theme of expansion // contraction, within your life, how you relate, and how your body moves between these two states (both are needed and necessary), to dance with all parts of you and call in more aliveness, to spend time in community, connection and co-regulation and discover the power of your very own breath.

HOW: Dance and free movement in anyway that feels accessible to you (imagination channels are very potent ways to access movement if mobility is limited) that promotes up-regulation and healthy activation, a conscious connected breath journey that promotes down-regulation, writing prompts to reveal your body's wisdom and any messages it may have for you, and a sharing space to voice and express.

WHO: This is suitable for you if: 

• You feel ready to say YES to more aliveness, to remembering and coming home to your bodily wisdom (remembering that sometimes your most powerful YES is sometimes saying yes to your NO), this is a space where you get to reclaim your agency, your choice and show up in whatever way you need.
• You are curious, and want to learn more about nervous system regulation in a compassionate way.
• You want to explore dance freely & playfully and release expectations on what dance should be or what it should look like, to experience what it feels like to let go and follow the bodies impulse.
• You feel called towards somatic work and want to understand your body's language.
• You want to journey with the breath and get to know your own nervous system more, learning tools for both up-regulation/healthy mobilisation and down-regulation/relaxation.
• You want to connect with community and lean into co-regulation in a supportive space.

It is not suitable for you if:

• Conscious Connected Breathing (CCB) is not suitable for everybody. Although this particular session will be a downregulating, parasympathetic version of CCB, please do get in touch if you are associated with any of the following: Schizophrenia, unmedicated bipolar or psychosis, unmanaged PTSD, epilepsy or seizures, heart conditions or arrhythmia, COPD or pre-existing lung conditions, delicate and/or first trimester pregnancy, high blood pressure, very low blood pressure with fainting history, severe asthma, glaucoma and or/ detached retina, severe osteoporosis, recent major surgery.

All participants will be required to sign a waiver at the event.

We also advise that people experiencing panic attacks and high level anxiety use a modified practice.

Please let us know if you have recently been using micro-dosing protocols.