Balancing the Nervous System
October 13 @ 4:00 pm to October 27 @ 5:30 pm
| $25 – $75Balancing the nervous system using expressive art practices, integrating knowledge of the Vagus nerve; Facilitated by local, registered clinical counsellor, Jennifer Hamer with local visual artist Roksan Parfitt.
Body based activities to regulate, rebalance and rewire your nervous system without reliving trauma
A practical, somatic method to treat trauma, improve resilience and nurture growth.
Supported with expressive arts practices.
These practices are designed to help you regulate your nervous system, improve your resilience and feel more at home in your body.
*No art skill or interest needed.
What to Expect
-First 1/2 hr
-Supporting the vagus nerve through phisycal movements designed to enhance communication between left & right sides of the brain. This helps improve information processing throughout the braincreating felt sense of body mind integration.
-10 min break
-Last 1/2hr
Expressive art activity led by Roksan. The goal of these exercises is not to create art. The goal is to reduce anxiety, to invite the brain to increase the right / left hemisphere communication. These art activities will be done individually and what you create will be private to you.
BENEFITS
When the two sides of your brainare working together, you feel integrated and whole. You ar eable to identify what is important and engage in meaningful actions that provide you with a sense of purpose.
Four Tuesdays
October 6, 13, 20, 27
4:15pm – 5:30pm
$25 / session or $75 for all four sessions
Minimum 10 and maximum 20 participants
Please Register in advance
