Integrative Bodywork

"Take Care" WORKSHOP LOCATION

While you've been caring for everybody else --- whether it's your parents or your kids, your students/ patients /clients,  at some point it begins to seem like nearly they all --- even the animals in your home --- rate higher on your list than you do.  So we've dreamed up an afternoon workshop just for you: 

"Take care, y'all!"    Caring for ourselves can be enjoyable!

Saturday, 22nd June, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

This is your opportunity to taste-test gleanings from both of our practices:  I'm presenting together with Wendy Waggener, violinist and Alexander instructor.  We'll introduce:

Kinder, gentler ways to prioritize taking care of yourself and finding the support you need.
Access to handy tools for setting limits and allowing yourself some breathing room.

And the location is.....  my home!! (you'll get a map when you sign up...)

How to sign up?  Just  email, or phone 909.239.8313.  When you reserve your spot before the 20th, your fee is $35.  ($45 for walk-ins.)  Pay at the door.

If you haven't attended one of our workshops before, relax!  Experiential learning is nearly effortless and --- we promise --- FUN!   No need to take notes; your body takes in what it needs, and it's available to take home and apply right away.  

I'm so excited to be collaborating with Wendy for the first time!  Come join us!

Suzanne

 

Download Flyer take care

My New Workshop with Wendy Waggener

Or, for short, just MNWwWW.  Lots of zigs and zags of the pen.  Kind of like that diagram of our human nervous system when stress response isn't smooth.  Up, down, up, up, down, rather abruptly. 

Wendy's a local instructor in Alexander technique,  "a method... that focuses on improving your awareness of how you move (in order) to increase your ease of movement."  Sounds pretty similar to my work, right?  "Helping clients find ease in moving and connecting."   It is, and yet it's got its own flavor.

Definitely.

Because we're both enthusiastic about ease  (ease-thusiastic?), both love learning new stuff in small bites (ie, workshops!), and are both here in Claremont this summer --- well, we thought, Wendy and I,

"Let's make our own workshop."  And we did.  Just for you. 

So now, how about it: 

Can you possibly scoot aside everything on your calendar SATURDAY afternoon, the 22nd of JUNE?   Not the whole day, just from 1:00 pm till 4:00 pm.

It's just that so many of us DO put everybody else first, and when it comes around to our TURN, then suddenly time's run out, or there's no more chocolate in the jar, or we say, shucks I didn't really DESERVE a ride on the swingy chair anyway.  Or whatever we missed out on.

Taking care of ourselves, so often, comes last.  We're inviting you to experiment with self-care tools, together with us, for one Saturday afternoon.   Tools for setting limits, and allowing yourself some breathing room.  Ways you can find the support you need.  All experiential, body-based learning.

Sound good?  Here's the info:

 

Oh.  We haven't finalized our location yet.  It's in Claremont, right around the corner, and the date is confirmed, just not the place. 

More, soon! 

Here, Now

Playing piano since age five gave me a great head start in bodywork.  Listening with hands and ears, moving to match dynamics and tempo with the big picture, are skills developed in my musician's toolkit. 

Grounded in nature and spirit ---  we canoed every summer in the Boundary Waters --- I was inspired by my chemist father to study sciences.  A biology degree, and a dozen unrelated jobs later, led to "why not try something for fun?" A massage course.  Yes, this was it. Working manually with the human body ignited joy in me, especially when emphasizing structural problem-solving.  Analyzing biomechanical patterns was a head game I could master.

But there is so much more!  After eight years of working mechanically, I gave up trying to absorb more analytic protocols.  While I value the foundation in structural work, it's through Somatic Experiencing(R) , that I finally grew to embrace the freedom of “not knowing.”   

Playing only what's written?  Not anymore.  My current practice is full of improvisation, rewarding me with daily discovery, inspiration and challenge --- and yes, benefiting my clients!  My steps from keyboard, to science and nature, to integrative bodywork, connect me in a theme of moving notes.  Now, sitting with a client, I continue to listen for the notes between:  the ones that, in relationship with the others, create harmony or dissonance, and can lead on to the next notes."

 

feeling like Eeyore no more

I started seeing Suzanne for fibromyalgia relief.  Her experience and techniques have been very helpful in reducing the muscle aches.  I was surprised at one session where something in my hip released.  From that time several months ago, to the present, my low level depression, what I called my “Eeyore -ness,” has vanished.   --  Kathryn BR

See You, In Person!

Yes, it's First Friday again, April 5th ----- time to celebrate art and local artists with Claremont's monthly Artwalk evening.   I'll be co-hosting at our studio reception with artist Gina Nelson, and we'll be serving wine and goodies while you browse. Be sure to ask Gina about her new painting classes, and check out her portfolio of murals and other work!

With studio fun, a kicked-back evening in the Claremont Village -- and of course, refreshments! --   First Fridays are a great chance to get together in person, share stories and ask questions.   

Let's talk, in Real Life.

See you soon!

Suzanne

Better In Person

Why face to face contact makes a difference:  we interact not just with words but with our  physiology.  New York Times article outlines it here.