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Life is Movement
From before birth, until our last breath, we are moving. Movement might look like our heart beating, walking, or the choices we make. We are constantly moving towards or away, with or against, and in so many other ways. Our bodies and movement are one of our greatest resources as human beings. There is a reason that throughout history and across cultures people move, people dance. It is how we live. It is how we communicate. It is how we meet needs. Emotions are energy moving in our bodies. Movement is one of our birth rights. We get to grow and change. Why not practice movement with “intention and purpose?”
Boost Your Mental Health with Experiential Diversity!
Feeling stuck? Bored? Lonely? Like you’re the star in the movie Groundhog Day? A simple way to boost your mental mood is to try something new!
Hope Can Change the World: Here’s How!
At times, the state of our world can feel hopeless: war, natural disasters, and pandemics. We as people can feel hopeless. Hope is not an emotion, but a cognitive process.
“The power to access the belief that things can get better, no matter the challenges, can quite literally change the world.” HERE ARE 7 WAYS TO PRACTICE HOPE.
Why “Let’s Begin to Heal” in Relation to the Pandemic Won’t Work and 9 Practices That Will Help!
I keep hearing in relation to the pandemic, and especially in educational settings, let’s begin to heal, or let’s start the healing process. It strikes me as odd given that in the therapy world, it’s known that we are not able to heal trauma if we are still in it. And unfortunately, for us and our children, we are still in the pandemic. The uncertainty and loss of control continue as we do not know what is ahead?
Times have been tough. We all need each other more than ever. Our children are counting on us, watching us, learning how to navigate hard times. Here are 9 things to practice during this extended stressful time.
“Resource the Self/Revive the World”
Moving Meditation + Beer Flight Tasting @ Swinging Bridge! Saturday, February 26th, 2022 from 6-8pm
We’ll be practicing an Open Floor variation of Osho’s Kundalini Mediation. We will cycle through sitting, traveling, dancing, and resting meditations supported by a soundscape. Come connect with your body, spirit, and others. It’s what our brokenhearted world needs.
OUR LIFESTYLES ARE KILLING US + CREATING UNWELL CHILDREN
How come we continue to do so many things that are not good for us and our children? Our lifestyles are killing us and making our children unwell.
For some of us, that’s a literal statement. Mental and physical illnesses are on the rise in this country. High levels of stress, busyness, materialist and autonomous values, a lack of interpersonal connection, climate change, a toxic food system, high electronics use, and disconnection from nature. We are amid a spiritual and cultural crisis.
Coriander Living Collective encourages life satisfaction through connection to self, others, and the world by embracing one’s humanity and lifestyle with insight, intention, and action through psychotherapy & counseling, workshops & retreats, and collective growth practices. Join us!
Winter Warmer Ecstatic Dance!
Feeling stagnate, isolated, depressed, anxious, disconnected, or stressed? Come move your body! Meditation, music, movement, and community are all medicine for what ails our winter bones and cold spirits.
WINTER WARMER ECSTATIC DANCE is happening Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 at Inspiring Actions!
Open Floor Teacher Training = ACCEPTED!
I am honored to announce that I have been accepted from a pool of applicants for the next Open Floor Teacher Training to begin in March of 2022! I will be joining people from around the world to study embodiment, conscious dance, and Open Floor Movement practices from some of the masters in this field.
Happy New Year + FREE Annual Review Packet for You!
What the world needs is more people who are intentional about how they engage with living, we need creative solutions to overcome our problems. As the sun sets on 2021, be mindful about how you step into 2022. Download a free Annual Review packet here!
Come Retreat, Recharge, and Welcome in 2022 with Intention! Ditch the Resolutions! HELLO ANNUAL REVIEW AND MINI RETREAT!
As 2021 comes to an end, be intentional about how you move into 2022. This is your life! Does it not deserve a little space and time set aside for you to evaluate the past year and plan for the coming one?
Come join us on Sunday, December 26th, 2021 from 11:30-3pm at Inspiring Actions Yoga Studio in River Falls for the RELEASE 2021, HELLO 2022 MINI RETREAT! Registration is open and ends Monday, 12/20/21. Claim your spot today. You deserve it!
From the “Ground Floor Lab” Onwards!
In November, I spent six days learning the core principles of Open Floor International at a Ground Floor Lab accessing movement resources and moving my body with other bodies from all around the globe! Attend a future workshop offering so I can share some of what I learned!
Back to the Basics for Mental Health! Spotlight on NUTRITION!
If you are serious about feeling better. Get serious about caring for your basic needs and providing your body the nutrition it needs! Need support? Coriander Living is here for you.
From Grief to Gratitude
Greenspan says, “The gift that grief offers us is the capacity to see deeply into the way things are. Life is limited. We are here for a short time. Grief asks us to know this, not only in a disembodied, cerebral way, but in the marrow of our bones.” She believes that looking into the face of death offers us the gift of gratitude.
Stressed? Overwhelmed? Need a Break? MINI RETREAT!
Life can be relentless and heavy, and sometimes we just need a BREAK! The answer, retreat, RETREAT, retreat!
Come join us on Sunday, December 26th, 2021 from 11:30-3pm at Inspiring Actions Yoga Studio in River Falls for the RELEASE 2021, HELLO 2022 MINI RETREAT! Registration is open and ends Monday, 12/20/21. Claim your spot today. You deserve it!
Can You Name Our 3 Universal Human Needs?
From our first cry after birth until our last breath before death, everything we do is based on getting our needs met. ALL our behavior is purpose driven including our symptoms! Beyond our basic needs to survive of food, water, sleep, shelter, and air, we all want our best lives, and we are motivated by seeking….?
When Is the Last Time You REALLY Felt Alive? Satisfied? Joy-Filled?
As human beings, we are hardwired to experience seeking. Seeking leads to learning, entertainment, and stimulation.
If you are dissatisfied with any or all aspects of your life, my advice to you, start seeking a better life. Try something different, new, weird, scary! Just do something different. We all deserve a life well lived.
2-for-1 Mental Well-Being!
It’s common that I have clients show up for therapy with stress related concerns. Often these folks feel overwhelmed with all their daily responsibilities, and they come to therapy for “tools, coping skills, or strategies” so that they can manage the same number of things, but better!
One strategy that I have found myself speaking on lately is how can we meet multiple needs with one activity?
The Gift of Anger + Ways to Tame It!
ANGER [annoyance, irritation, frustration, resentment, mad, hatred, rage] Protects us from being harmed or hurt. Motivates action. Gives us the energy needed to fight or flee.
It is normal to feel angry at times. It is not okay to cause others, ourselves, or property harm because we are angry. Here are several safe ways to deal with anger.
Ecstatic Dance to Engage Your Rhythm of Regulation!
MOVEMENT, NATURE, MEDITATION, and MUSIC are all tools that can increase regulation and balance our ANS. ECSTATIC DANCE is a wonderful practice because it integrates all these + it is a practice done in community!
OUTSIDE ECSTATIC DANCE is happening, Saturday, 8/14/21 at Glen Park in River Falls, register through Inspiring Actions! Those who practice ecstatic dance share about the release of emotions and stress, the sense of feeling alive, of dropping into a meditative, expansive, free space in the here-and-now. Come join us!
Cori Talking About Moving Meditation & Ecstatic Dance on Season 2, Episode 7 of the Get Out and Try Podcast!
Somehow, I missed when Katie Axel put out a “January Highlights” episode for her Get Out and Try Podcast this Spring, but my clip is as relevant now as it was then because I’m offering multiple chances for you to “get out and try” Moving Meditation and Ecstatic Dance this summer!
Take a listen here, my part starts at 02:55 and runs until 07:08: https://anchor.fm/getoutandtry/episodes/January-Spotlight---Highlight-Clips-eqhmlc