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Mindful Movement Meditation – a “5 Rhythms Taster Day” in Swindon for the first time!

I have been dancing 5 Rhythms, developed by Gabrielle Roth, for about six years. It gives me great pleasure to be able to bring this form of Mindful Moving Meditation for the first time to Swindon, in October.

I love it because there are no steps to lean and you discover how you can be yourself and find bliss, despite the chaotic world we live in.

Do you want to exercise but can’t follow a class or have 2 left feet?

Would you like to be more at peace with yourself?

Like to dance, have fun and not be judged? If so this is for you.

What 5 Rhythms did for me

The fun:

Even though I knew it could be transformational, having seen first hand how it helped a school friend, at first I just did it for fun and the exercise. It is easy because there are no steps to learn ( I had enough going on in my head, without having to learn something else) and no partners needed (ideal as my husband hates dancing).

It took a while for me to feel the benefits, other than getting out and having my own space, which anyone who has or can remember having a 2 year old around will understand is of great value in itself. I was getting space by going to my pilates and yoga classes but 5 Rhythms was different, it was about being me, not following someone else.

The benefits:

The beauty of it is that you dance your own dance, within your own comfort zone so there is no need to do anything that strains your body. There are no steps to learn and you can never get it wrong. This brings so much freedom to the body that it frees the mind and the mind is so free to explore that it frees the body.

The classes and workshops have helped me be more in tune with what is going on in my life. I am more aware and respect the different rhythms that go on all around and inside me. Now they bring back the freedom and fun in my body that gets lost with the every day demands of bringing up a child and running my own business from home. It allows me to receive in the way I give to my clients.

You can read more about how 5 Rhythms has helped others -in the press:

Dancing out of depression with 5 Rhythm classes http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11066789.display/?fb_action_ids=528323917284107&fb_action_types=og.likes

Or you can come and find out for yourself:

Come to our taster session on the 29th October. There will be a 2hr taster session in the morning and 3-hour class in the afternoon. No previous experience of dance is needed, and all are welcome young, old, fit or unfit. No steps to learn and nothing to get right or wrong, you dance at your level.

Booking for the morning is now available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/movement-meditation-a-5rhyth…

DISCOVER HOW CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT CAN HELP YOU TO BE MORE AT PEACE AND COMFORTABLE WITH THE RHYTHMS THAT RULE YOUR LIFE…

Date: 29th October 2017

Gay Murphy- 5 Rhythms teacher — Gay Murphy- LIVING IN LYRICAL

Time : 10.30am to 12.30pm and/ or 2 to 5pm

Venue: Liddington Village hall, Swindon SN4 0HB http://liddington.org/wp/hall2/

Teacher: Gay Murphy http://www.joyfuldance.co.uk

Investment: Morning, a donations to help us cover costs of hall hire and teacher’s travel from London.

For the afternoon, £15 – Book by 1st Oct: £2 off – Bring a friend: get £2 off

You need to book as numbers are limited

An invitation to dance the 5 Rhythms ® moving meditation practice through the landscape of our being.

During the morning session we will go through the rhythms so that you can begin to feel them in your own way.

The teacher will encourage you to ‘FLOW’ for yourself then to allow the beat to take you into ‘STACCATO’, to then move into ‘CHAOS’ with curiosity; to drop into ‘LYRICAL’ and find that part of yourself that wishes to sing and embrace everything and then lastly to find peace and quiet in ‘STILLNESS’.

The music is varied: electronica, jazz, classical, pop, rock and roll, alternative, some fast some slow.

If you enjoy the morning, you can then join us from 2pm to 5pm for a session (if there are spaces left).

We will focus more on being conscious of what is present for us in the moment and how our movement is affected by our thoughts and our feelings.

Wear loose comfortable clothes; layers to remove as you warm up and put back on as you cool down. Bring lunch if you want to stay for the afternoon session.

For more information or to book your place for the afternoon session please contact me directly: Julie@body-mind-coaching.co.uk 01793 495551

18th July 2016 7.30pm – Easing neck and shoulder pain and improving posture

Many people with neck and shoulder pain know that posture might have something to do with it. However most people think that good posture requires pulling your shoulders back, sticking your chest out and staying like that. This type of posture is impossible to hold for more than a minute or so. The muscles fatigue easily as they are not postural muscles and the body will revert to its previous position. However, creating a sense of length and awareness of what is happening to our neck, will help correct the posture without force and therefore it will be more permanent.

Before treatment: the ear is forward of the shoulder

For most people tension is held in the shoulders and causes pain in the neck and headaches. Many people stretch their arm forward to ease the tension yet this is the opposite of what you need if you want to to solve shoulder pain and tension. Find out how to easing tension and improving round shouldered posture easily and without going to the gym. Learn some simple techniques you an use anywhere any time.