Moving Presence
285 Eagle Ridge Drive V8K 2L1 Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

I became most interested in body centred work in my thirties working for a 'Day Hospital' in the Okanagan. We used Qi Gong, yoga, movement to music, and other expressive therapies with our clients who had been hospitalized for major depression. The results were often miraculous, but sadly minimized by the medical system of that time. However, this has led to a lifetime of dedication to practising and teaching body centred work, including Polarity Therapy, Qi Gong, Hakomi, Yo...ga Therapy, Psoma Yoga, Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga, and an assortment of other embodiment practices. The body of my professional work has been within the Mental Health and Substance Use field, and for the past twenty years almost exclusively in Substance Use Recovery. We taught mindfulness based relapse prevention, yoga, and an array of other courses when I worked in the Daytox Program in Surrey, BC. My professional work is related to my own early life experience: I was quite dissociated by the time that I was 25, my body didn't feel like a safe place to be and I experienced near constant anxiety and depression. I see now that anxiety and depression are probably the result of our dissociation from the body, from the natural and fluid flow of energy within and around us I've led classes, workshops and retreats with the foundational practice being Loving Presence, as it was taught by Ron Kurtz, the founder of Hakomi. I've been studying Hakomi for 8 years, and have been a student and teacher of Kum Nye for six years, currently certified as a Kum Nye instructor.

Kum Nye Classes starting next week at these three locations and times. Starting January 16 Ram Spring Wellness Sanctuary 5:30 PM... 443 Upper Ganges Road, SSI Ten week series *** Starting January 17 Salt Spring Wellness Center 10:00 AM 210 Hereford Ganges, SSI Drop-ins welcome *** Starting January 18 at Senior's Wellness Center 2:00 PM 219 Hereford Ganges, SSI Drop-ins Welcome *** See more

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