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14 Communication Strategies for Hard Conversations Workshop!
Pre-register for this Tuesday, May 21, 2024 workshop at the River Falls High School, 14 Communication Strategies for Hard Conversations! We will cover information on human needs, human behavior, conflict, and nervous system dys/regulation. We will then practice the 14 strategies for hard conversations through demonstration and coaching.
The Open Floor Meditation Cycle at Forestville Vines in May, June, and July 2024!
I will be teaching different modifications of the OF Mediation Cycle on the first Sundays from 11am-1pm starting May 5, 2024 and continuing on June 2, 2024 and July 7, 2024 at Forestville Vines outside of River Falls, WI. Forestville Vines is in and on the grounds of an old school house from 1897. There is a special magic to the land. We will be practicing outside, barefeet to the earth, and big sky above. Come join us!
V. Stephanie Johnson from The Garage Bikes + Brews DEFINING: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from Stephanie Johnson, Midwife turned Avid Biker, the Owner of The Garage Bikes + Brews!
My #1 Nutrition Tip for 2024
Annette Kutilek is an Intuitive Eating dietitian in based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and sees clients remotely in any part of the world. It is her passion and mission in life to journey alongside the many folks working to reclaim their here-and-now bodies from chronic dieting and food fears. She is honored to witness individuals finding joy in food, kicking dieting to the curb, and returning home to their bodies on a daily basis.
IV. Rhiannon Sacred Heart Medicine Woman DEFINING: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from the wild heart of Rhiannon Sacred Heart Medicine Woman.
VIII. Lindsey Baris from Rising Sun Farm & Orchard DEFINING: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from Lindsey Baris, Organic Farmer, Human Being Extraordinarie, Owner of Rising Sun Farm & Orchard.
Sweet Surrender MINI RETREAT-Turn of the Year 2023>2024
Come PAUSE, REST, REFLECT, and OPEN to 2024. This mini retreat will use meditation, Open Floor movement, art, and journaling to honor the change of the year.
Pre-Registration: $97/Required online by Friday, 12/29/23/max 12 participants.
VII. Tracey Mortensen from Inspiring Actions Yoga DEFINING: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from Tracey Mortensen, the Owner of Inspiring Actions Yoga.
/ˌTHaNGksˈɡiviNG/ & /ˈɡradəˌto͞od/
Coriander Living Collective encourages living with intention and cultivating connection is one of its core values. This Thanksgiving Season, for those you appreciate, may you show them with acts of kindness and may you be able to express your gratitude to whatever holds you and your beliefs beyond this plane. Wishing you all health and healing this Thanksgiving Season.
VI: Stephanie Napolitano from Amplified Beauty & Wellness DEFINING: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from rockstar community member, Stephanie Napolitano from Amplified Beauty & Wellness in River Falls, WI.
The Therapeutic Power of Music
Most of us have been there, either at a concert, or listening to the radio in the car, and a song comes on that, WOW, feels like it was written for you, cuts to the core, moves you in some remarkable way. Music is powerful. Around the globe and for ions music has been part of human culture. We use music to celebrate, regulate, express, dance, and to be moved.
Research supports that music has many benefits. At Coriander Living Collective, we use biolateral and bilateral music while doing BRAINSPOTTING and EMDR. These special types of music enhance right-left brain communication, and activate the parasympathetic nervous system. It’s a great tool, I often teach clients about to regulate and calm their nervous systems outside of sessions as well.
V. Melissa Abdouch of Mei Mei’s Cookies & Creamery Defining: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from rockstar community member, Melissa Abdouch the owner of Mei Mei’s Cookies & Creamery in River Falls, WI.
The Neuroscience of Being Human and How Open Floor Practice Can Help!
Open Floor International practice allows us to learn how to be in our bodies and in relationships well. Open Floor International teaches principles that are core to being human. Open Floor International practice increases attunement with self and others, awareness, neural pathways, thought/emotion circuits, mindfulness, and empathy. It provides a safe container to work with our nervous systems and those of others. It encourages shifting out of our stress response system and into our social engagement system. It creates opportunity for challenge and comfort, both of which are needed for human growth.
Intrigued? Ready to give Open Floor a try? Come join Open Floor International Teacher-in-Training, Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN for a 3-Part Open Floor Series starting October 8th, 2023. Come join us and workout your system from the top of your brain to the bottoms of your feet!
The 4-Doorways to the Mind
Open Floor defines an Embodied Mind as “open to the vast landscape of knowledge, intuition and imagination, while remaining connected to body and heart.” Open Floor teaches 4 Doorways to Embodied Mind to support us in making sense of the different aspects of mind: 1. Thinking Mind, 2. Psycho-Emotional Mind, 3. Creative Mind, and 4. Big Mind.
Come explore your Embodied Mind, join Open Floor Teacher-in-Training, Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN at an Open Floor workshop or class! Registration now open!
IV. Nichole Frazer of Black Rooster Bistro Defining: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from Nichole Frazer, one of the owners of Black Rooster Bistro in Hudson, WI.
Do You Know When to Reach Out? And When to Pull Back?
Think about little babies, how they cuddle and contract into tight snuggly balls, and how they cry out and expand their bodies when they need something. Or as they learn to venture out and reach for objects and people around them. How a dysregulated child might hide or lash out with hitting. Or how an adult in conflict might avoid or be aggressive. These are all examples of the Open Floor International Core Movement Resource of EXPAND AND CONTRACT. We are constantly opening and closing and extending and pulling back to center.
Do You Live Your Life with Potency and Direction?
In life, we must be able to move, think, and feel with focus and direction. Turn right, not left. Come here, not there. Run, don’t crawl. Being able to move with intention and energy serves us well in life. This is the Open Floor International Core Movement Resource of VECTOR. Come hone your sense of VECTOR:
• Open Floor Conscious Dance 101 3-Part Series starting Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at 8:30-9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!
III. Emily Jacobson from Healing Roots Wellness Center Defining: A Life Well Lived
To define a life well lived, highlight local businesses, and inspire local community members to be active participants in their wellbeing and life satisfaction, we have invited local business owners to write guest blog posts. Here’s one from Emily Jacobson, LAc, the Owner/Director of Healing Roots Wellness Center.
Are You Able to RELEASE Tension, Emotions, and Thoughts with Ease?
RELEASE is one of Open Floor’s Core Movement Resources. Release is about being able to release “tension, emotion, thought and the entire body to the will of life force…”
Come practice your ability to RELEASE through meditation and conscious movement with Open Floor! What you practice on the dance floor builds awareness and skills for navigating life off the dance floor.
• Moving Meditation & You-Pick Blooms! Saturday, August 12th, 2023 from 10am-12n at Two Bees & A Bud Flower Farm in New Richmond, WI!
• Open Floor Conscious Dance 101 3-Part Series starting Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at 8:30-9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!
Sleep Problems?
Sleep disturbances are common complaints, we hear about from clients. Not being able to fall asleep, not being able to stay asleep, nightmares, waking up feeling unrested, and the list goes on…
Coriander Living Collective loves supporting people in changing their lives. Get in touch if you are ready for restful sleep! Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN and Stephanie Larson, MSW, LCSW WI, LICSW MN psychoeducate on sleep hygiene, and use Brainspotting and EMDR to treat sleep issues.