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The Therapeutic Power of Music
Most of us have been there, either at a concert, or listening to the radio in the car, and a song comes on that, WOW, feels like it was written for you, cuts to the core, moves you in some remarkable way. Music is powerful. Around the globe and for ions music has been part of human culture. We use music to celebrate, regulate, express, dance, and to be moved.
Research supports that music has many benefits. At Coriander Living Collective, we use biolateral and bilateral music while doing BRAINSPOTTING and EMDR. These special types of music enhance right-left brain communication, and activate the parasympathetic nervous system. It’s a great tool, I often teach clients about to regulate and calm their nervous systems outside of sessions as well.
The Neuroscience of Being Human and How Open Floor Practice Can Help!
Open Floor International practice allows us to learn how to be in our bodies and in relationships well. Open Floor International teaches principles that are core to being human. Open Floor International practice increases attunement with self and others, awareness, neural pathways, thought/emotion circuits, mindfulness, and empathy. It provides a safe container to work with our nervous systems and those of others. It encourages shifting out of our stress response system and into our social engagement system. It creates opportunity for challenge and comfort, both of which are needed for human growth.
Intrigued? Ready to give Open Floor a try? Come join Open Floor International Teacher-in-Training, Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN for a 3-Part Open Floor Series starting October 8th, 2023. Come join us and workout your system from the top of your brain to the bottoms of your feet!
Do You Know When to Reach Out? And When to Pull Back?
Think about little babies, how they cuddle and contract into tight snuggly balls, and how they cry out and expand their bodies when they need something. Or as they learn to venture out and reach for objects and people around them. How a dysregulated child might hide or lash out with hitting. Or how an adult in conflict might avoid or be aggressive. These are all examples of the Open Floor International Core Movement Resource of EXPAND AND CONTRACT. We are constantly opening and closing and extending and pulling back to center.
Do You Live Your Life with Potency and Direction?
In life, we must be able to move, think, and feel with focus and direction. Turn right, not left. Come here, not there. Run, don’t crawl. Being able to move with intention and energy serves us well in life. This is the Open Floor International Core Movement Resource of VECTOR. Come hone your sense of VECTOR:
• Open Floor Conscious Dance 101 3-Part Series starting Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at 8:30-9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!
Are You Able to RELEASE Tension, Emotions, and Thoughts with Ease?
RELEASE is one of Open Floor’s Core Movement Resources. Release is about being able to release “tension, emotion, thought and the entire body to the will of life force…”
Come practice your ability to RELEASE through meditation and conscious movement with Open Floor! What you practice on the dance floor builds awareness and skills for navigating life off the dance floor.
• Moving Meditation & You-Pick Blooms! Saturday, August 12th, 2023 from 10am-12n at Two Bees & A Bud Flower Farm in New Richmond, WI!
• Open Floor Conscious Dance 101 3-Part Series starting Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at 8:30-9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!