Teaching Presence

26/05/2023

Your nervous system has a normal range but can be tuned sharp or flat… guitar image and explanation from class yesterday…. Where are you on this spectrum and what brings you to sharp/flat/back to center? :)

24/05/2023

habits of attention diagram from class today - my students are such cool, special geniuses who are already expanding so much!!! 💫💫💫

24/12/2022

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09/09/2022

Two New Classes for fall: Embodied Boundaries and Embodied Scene Partner Work! - https://teachingpresence.com/online-classes

09/09/2022

New class just launched: Embodied Boundaries!

Boundaries are a tool to keep us safe in relationships and circumstances, so that we can connect in ways that feel healthy and respectful to ourselves and others.
So what are Embodied Boundaries? Well, you might think of the term boundaries as something you would work on in a Talk-Therapy session. And yes, when it comes to relationships, boundaries are things we sometimes need to talk about and express and understand in words. But boundaries are also something that we feel in our bodies. Our bodies tell us when something feels safe and comfortable and when something feels too much, too close, unsafe or overwhelming. Sometimes, when we are trying to solve a problem by talking through it, we can go in circles, but if we can listen to our bodies and our feelings, we might already know what might help make us feel safe.

This course will guide you, individually, through a process of discovering and listening to your own embodied boundaries. Noticing preferences in various categories of boundaries. Once you have this knowledge about yourself, it is easier to navigate your workplace, your relationships, your home and your relationship with yourself and keep your nervous system feeling more safe and your integrity feeling more respected.

Learn more and sign up through the link in bio! Currently classes are 10% off so sign up soon!

07/09/2022

Just launched a new class for fall: Embodied Boundaries on Sunday evenings!

“Our bodies tell us when something feels safe and comfortable and when something feels too much, too close, unsafe or overwhelming. Sometimes, when we are trying to solve a problem by talking through it, we can go in circles, but if we can listen to our bodies and our feelings, we might already know what might help make us feel safe.

This course will guide you, individually, through a process of discovering and listening to your own embodied boundaries. Noticing preferences in various categories of boundaries. Once you have this knowledge about yourself, it is easier to navigate your workplace, your relationships, your home and your relationship with yourself and keep your nervous system feeling more safe and your integrity feeling more respected.”

Learn more and sign up:

EMBODIED BOUNDARIES Boundaries are important to maintain healthy relationships at work, with family, friends and loved ones and even with ourselves. They can feel intimidating to create, as it can feel like creating walls or being cold with people, shutting down connection. But, in reality, bounda

12/11/2021

Who feels like their glutes and hip flexors could use some gentle release? As we settle into fall and temperatures drop, our bodies are naturally moving towards stability, curling inward, energy preservation and hibernation. Rest is so important at this time of year. If you live somewhere that has changing weather, temperatures are affecting your joints, and also the terrain might be getting slippery or slushy soon.
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Yin offers a gentle release around the hips to create more flow in these joints, so we are finding balance through micro- movements and imperceptible sways and not in gripping and tightening. Keeping a little bit of warmth and movement in these joints throughout winter allows them to respond to changing terrain and conditions by finding new ways of balancing, rather than reacting and tightening.
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Yin practice is every Monday and Friday night on zoom - links in bio to join and it’s pay what you can! 💛

02/09/2021

We have currently raised $734 for Afghan girls and Haiti earthquake relief! We want to reach $1000 by midnight! Donate and share with your community now! Concert starts at 7pm tonight and we have an amazing line-up!!!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rhythm-to-the-rescue-a-musical-fundraiser-for-haiti-and-afghanistan-tickets-168645028821

An Online Concert fundraising for the Zohra Women's Orchestra in Afghanistan and Earthquake Relief on-the-ground in Haiti

21/06/2021

21/03/2021

Tomorrow (Sunday): Self-Care for Your Eyes Pop-Up Class!! - https://mailchi.mp/453f4c31bbf1/navigatingtheholidays-5160534

12/03/2021

For me, Movement is not about fitness or perfection or changing what my body looks like on the outside. Movement is about changing how it feels on the inside. Movement is about discovering my patterns of thinking and feeling and exploring what’s outside of those patterns… Discovering what else is possible for me to feel and perceive on a daily basis. Movement is about finding freedom and pleasure in the sensation of just being alive.
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In my Movement classes, we turn our cameras off and we have full permission to go away from our computers. My students don’t imitate my movement or try to replicate what I’m doing. Most of the class you can’t even see me. Instead, I guide you through your own practice following my cues that encourage you to explore and discover what your body seeks right now: what feels good, what wants to open and free, what wants to close or squeeze, what objects and surfaces in your surroundings give you support and inspire your movement... movement is an exploration. It’s about returning to the child in us all who doesn’t define the world around them but experiences it as if it’s brand new. 💡
I’m offering two movement classes every Sunday. One from 11:30 to 12:30 Eastern with and one from 1 to 2 PM Eastern through - links in bio for both! I hope you can join me and take an hour to listen to what your body is communicating to you and set it free! ♡ ♡ ♡

12/03/2021

Yin Yoga every Friday night • 8:30-10pm EST • link in bio
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I love yin yoga because it slows me down. My thoughts can go very fast, especially now with spring on its way but this virus still keeping us from fully breathing, exploring and adventuring.... expanding into the world.
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I wear a mask at work and I have to consciously practice re-expanding my breath when I am home and yin yoga is a great way to do that! Also, if you are following the same movement patterns in your home every day, this is a great way to free your body from this movement pattern.
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Hope to see you tonight!

09/02/2021

2020 VISION: NAVIGATING TRAUMA THROUGH SCREENS & SELF-ISOLATION Written by Holly CinnamonWhite / Canadian / Cisgender Woman / Q***r / Millennial[1] Edited by Diane Hovenesian Note to readers: This article will explore the effects of screen use on our nervous systems and emotional wellbeing. There is very little anecdotal and theoretical writing on this subject and even less research....

https://hollycinnamon.wordpress.com/2021/02/09/2020-vision-navigating-trauma-through-screens-self-isolation/

2020 VISION:  NAVIGATING TRAUMA THROUGH SCREENS & SELF-ISOLATION Written by Holly CinnamonWhite / Canadian / Cisgender Woman / Q***r / Millennial[1] Edited by Diane Hovenesian Note to…

04/02/2021

Tip of today: wake your brain up. Your iPhone is seducing you. Your attention is the world’s greatest commodity right now. Don’t let it be stolen from you. Stay awake. 💫

28/01/2021

24/01/2021

Gentle Yin Yoga
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Have you been sitting in a chair all day and feel tightness and compression as result? Moving through the same patterns in your home and in your thinking as we remain in isolation?
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Yin Yoga (the opposite of Yang Yoga) offers a gentle release. We work with gravity, finding support from the earth, to undo some holding patterns of tension from your daily life. Allow the weight of whatever you are holding to melt away on the mat.
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Mondays 7-8:30pm est & Fridays 8:30-10pm est
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Sliding scale pricing ($10-35)
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Class details in the link below!

https://teachingpresence.com/online-classes/yinyoga

21/01/2021

Healing Movement & Gesture

We are all experiencing cabin fever and needing healthy ways to release excess energy before it surfaces as anger, blame, anxiety or rage at the situation we are in.
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Let’s channel that energy into self-healing, expressive movement, self-compassion and global healing on Sunday's at 1:00 pm EST.

Pay-what-you-can

Class details in link below

https://teachingpresence.com/online-classes/authenticmovement

21/01/2021

Gentle Yin Yoga
Are you looking for deep tissue release?
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Deep tissue release yoga class offered Mondays and Fridays. Come with your mat, we will melt away tension in the body through passive postures held for 3-5 minutes.
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Pay-what-you-can
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Class details in link below
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https://teachingpresence.com/online-classes/yinyoga