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Next session: Sat, 12 Oct 2024, 10:30
Price:50.00 €
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."
Maya Angelou
Shame is a deep experience, a phenomenon, or what is also known as an emotion, that stems from the idea that we are fundamentally unworthy of being loved, unworthy of belonging, unworthy of experiencing a connection, because something is wrong with us.
Shame is a phenomenon that manifests itself in our interactions with other people and has a profound effect on our self-perception. When we feel shame, we see ourselves through other people's eyes. It protects us because we are very afraid of losing touch with other people, of being rejected, of being thrown out of the community. From an evolutionary and psychological point of view, shame has a social function. It acts as a mechanism for regulating social behaviour, helping to maintain group cohesion and norms. However, when shame becomes very strong and internalised, it loses its adaptive function and becomes a source of suffering. Toxic, chronic shame is rooted in past traumatic events, when we have been rejected by people who are important to our survival, and thus lost our sense of security.
Toxic shame leads us to disconnection - from ourselves, from each other, and from our innately fulfilling place in the world. It is a shame that whispers that there is something wrong with you - hide! It feeds on secrecy, silence and inner criticism. It is the birthplace of perfectionism. Shame wants to feel lonely, so the biggest enemy of this emotion is connection and empathy.
This shame is formed in a relationship, so only in a relationship can it heal.
Shame is a bodily experience. Unspoken shame hides in the body and causes physical tension, tightness and a sense of disconnection from self and others. In the body, shame can manifest itself in a need to hide or disappear, a hunched posture, tightness in the chest, stiffness, restricted movements, avoidance of eye contact, and a general feeling of physical heaviness and enclosure or dissociation. Shame is like a full-body stagnation, a paralysis that blocks the flow of vital energy in the body and the full range of feelings and emotions (joy, love, contentment, anger, curiosity, compassion).
The aim of this workshop is to explore in a safe space our relationship with shame and its manifestations in the body, to become aware of the physical sensations and bodily impulses associated with this emotion, to help our body feel more secure, to relax and thereby release and express the pent-up energy, and to give space for expansion. By consciously dancing and moving in this theme, we can give our nervous system a new experience, restore a sense of security in the body, so that we can enjoy life without the burden of shame, and rediscover our intrinsic value.
This is an experiential workshop where we will explore ways to tune our nervous system, rediscover a sense of security in the body, and touch and move imprints of old experiences and connections. We will use mindful dance and movement, somatic experiencing and Gestalt therapy techniques.
SEMINAR LEADERSHIP:
AGNĖ DIČIŪTĖ (The Living Body) is a conscious dance and movement facilitator, Gestalt psychotherapist, supervisor and practitioner of Somatic Experiencing™ (Somatic Experiencing, trauma work through the body). Agnė lives in Tuscany and Berlin, works with people individually and leads groups in different countries around the world.
LOW AIR Dance School, Gedimino pr. 2A (3rd floor), Vilnius
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On receipt of your payment, we will send you a follow-up email one week before the event with information about the seminar.
On cancellation of registration, the advance fee will only be refunded in cases of force majeure (state-approved emergency), disaster or loss of loved ones.
CARBON BOX
Give one person in financial difficulty the opportunity to attend this workshop. Everything you pay on top will go towards the cost of his or her ticket.
Our philosophy is that money should not be an obstacle to human growth. There is always a list of such people and we are always looking for ways to accommodate all those who want to come. If you feel that you want to do something meaningful and beautiful, this is your chance!
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"The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely."
C. G. Jung