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What Is an Embodied Mind?
The mindful movement and conscious dance practice of Open Floor International is an embodiment practice. Embodiment is about inhabiting our full selves. I just returned from an Intensive 9-Day Training on “Embodied Mind” in Northern Washington! The Open Floor Classes, I will be offering through October 2023 will focus on exploring an “Embodied Mind.”
II. Nick Byom from Strength Academy 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 Nick Byom, the Co-Owner/Head Coach of Strength Academy Rivers, a group fitness gym.
ALCOHOL, “Is it Really Worth It?”
I write this blog post to encourage you to be thoughtful about your alcohol use. Make an informed choice. Be aware of when, why, and how you use alcohol and if it adds value or creates harm in your life.
How To Navigate Grief During Remembrance Holidays and 12 Ways to Show-Up For Those Grieving
The current season of celebrations and remembrance including Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and Father's Day are rightfully ours to honor and enjoy. The season also calls to my attention some areas of loss and grief that people may be experiencing.
There are many types of grief, and the loss is sometimes ambiguous or disregarded. If you find yourself grieving or noticing the grief of others at this time of celebration, here are some thoughts about how to work through it and/or support those who are grieving.
How to Support Young Adults with Upcoming Life Choices and Changes + Graduation and Next Steps!
If you or your child is struggling with an upcoming transition, graduation, or future steps, it’s understandable! Maturing can be hard. Coriander Living Collective is here for support. Just reach out!
Come Find Your Center: Where Do You End and Others Begin? Where Do You Go When You Move Away from Pain?
I am honored to be hosting a special one evening workshop with Healing Roots Wellness Center, The Center Will Hold on Friday, May 5th, 2023. Come explore your sense of center and find and feel your edges using the mindful movement, conscious dance practice of Open Floor International. What we practice on the dance floor cultivates awareness and insight that informs how we move through life off the dance floor.
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 and will run a series on “Defining: A Life Well Lived.”
Ready for Spring? A Reflection on Adjusting to Change
With Spring approaching… (Is this a joke? As I write this, we are under another Winter Storm Watch!!!) I have been reflecting on change, renewal, and fresh starts. This happens for me and many of my clients each year at this time. For many of us in the Midwest, Spring can bring a sense of increased motivation, renewal, hope, and improved mood. After months of cold, dark days, our bodies and minds begin to crave the predictable and desirable change of season. We know what to expect. We know we will move through the seasonal cycle as we have done many times before.
Life Well Lived + Laundry! What Does the Way You Handle Your Laundry Say About How You Live Your Life?
I value order and systems. I welcome ease. I value nature and our planet. I make intentional choices. I use products that are natural and environmentally friendly. What does the way you handle your laundry say about how you live your life?
An Overview of TELEHEALTH!
Using telehealth for psychotherapy and counseling sessions has continued to be popular. So, let’s take a deeper look at telehealth.
Coriander Living Collective is honored to offer telehealth sessions! Telehealth may not be appropriate for all symptoms or all clients. Please feel free to contact us with questions about if telehealth is an appropriate fit for you!
Release Stress with Open Floor Moving Meditation
Stress is a common occurrence for many of us! Stress really is part of life. The problem with stress is when it is chronic, overwhelming, or when we don’t have good stress management tools.
The mindfulness, resource-based movement practice of Open Floor International is one of the best ways, I know to release stress and allow the body to self-regulate. Stress typically comes with muscle tension and physical body symptoms, so it makes sense to move your body to release stress, right?!
Ways to Meet 2023 with INTENTION!
The longer I live, the more I recognize the value in being aware and intentional in all aspects of life. Coriander Living Collective’s mission is “encouraging life satisfaction through connection to self, others, and the world by embracing one’s humanity and lifestyle with insight, intention, and action through psychotherapy & counseling, workshops & retreats, and collective growth practices.” Looking forward to 2023, Coriander Living Collective is delighted to have the following offerings to support you in creating a life well lived!
Come Retreat, Recharge, and Welcome in 2023 with Intention! Ditch the Resolutions! HELLO ANNUAL REVIEW AND MINI RETREAT!
The Release 2022, Hello 2023 Mini Retreat includes guided experiential exercises to process and release 2022 and dream and systematically plan for 2023. We’ll move, meditate, create, connect with others, self-reflect, share a nutritious lunch, and take home an Annual Review Workbook.
What Are You Moving Away from as 2022 Ends and Towards as 2023 Begins?
In life, we are constantly moving towards somethings, and away from other things. It could be people, places, feelings, or thoughts. Being aware of what we move towards and what we move away from demonstrates our preferences, habits, fears, desires, and boundaries. The more awareness you have about how and what you move towards and away from, and why, the better able you are to be an intentional choicemaker. We always have the power of choice.
Happy Thanksgiving and the Gift of Presence!
The greatest gift we can give someone is our presence. Our full attention. To be present. To participate totally in conversation. To listen empathetically. To be curious. To be a silent witness. To hold space for the emotions and thoughts of another. To connect with spirit.
Common Sense and Emotional Embodiment
Embodiment is a form of mindfulness. Mindfulness is about cultivating a deep sense of awareness and understanding of ‘Who am I?’ The better you understand your inner emotional landscape, the more authentically you can show up in the world. And with all the challenges facing our world, we need creative solutions brought by authentic people. How can I sense you? If I can’t sense me?
How to Be Steady in an Unsteady World? FIND YOUR CENTER!
According to Open Floor International, signs finding your center might be a growth edge for you might include:
• Feeling clumsy, unstable
• Getting easily overwhelmed, doubts self
• Confused, lacks focus, short attention span
• Feels hollow, lacks meaning or purpose
• Needy and not accountable in relationships
Come play with finding your center at Open Floor Dance 101 & Moving Meditation on Sunday, November 6th, 2022!
Our 4 Relational Hungers
As human beings, we are relational beings. Relationships are intertwined with our survival. Relationships meet our needs for belonging, security, and significance. We’re in relationship not just with people, but with ourselves, nature, spirit, ancestry, creativity, and ideas.
The mindful movement and conscious dance practice of Open Floor International identifies Four Relational Hungers.
• SOLITUDE: left alone, self, turn inward
• CONNECTION: excited/nourished by partner, intimacy
• BELONGING: part of group, union, welcomed
• SPIRIT: part of flow, be held by something beyond
FOOD! How to Be Less Overwhelmed by Feeding Yourself and Others!
Like most things, being intentional creates change and benefit. If you are serious about feeling better. Get serious about caring for your basic needs and providing your body the nutrition it needs! Need support? Coriander Living is here for you. Let’s talk food!
The 4 Dimensions of Embodiment
The mindful movement and conscious dance practice of Open Floor International is an embodiment practice. Embodiment is about inhabiting our full selves. Being at home in our bodies. Our ability to connect with what it means to be human and to be moving through life.
Open Floor teaches and identifies 4 Dimensions of Embodiment: physical, emotional, mind, and soul.