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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?
You’re Invited! Free Self-Brainspotting Workshop!
Register to attend this FREE Winter Wellness Program at the River Falls Library!
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?!
Learn to Self-Brainspot
BRAINSPOTTING is typically done with a brainspotting therapist, but SELF-SPOTTING is a simple and effective mindfulness-based practice that leads to self-regulation that can be done alone. After 10-15 minutes of self-spotting many people experience noticeable shifts.
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.
INTRODUCING! Stephanie Larson, MSW, LICSW MN, LCSW WI
I am so excited to welcome psychotherapist and clinical social worker, Stephanie Larson, MSW, LICSW MN, LCSW WI to Coriander Living Collective! Adding Stephanie increases Coriander Living Collective’s ability to serve therapy clients in Minnesota and Wisconsin!
She has immediate openings for individual new clients ages 14+ to older adults in WI and MN.
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.
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!
Brainspotting + Learn Self-Spotting
BRAINSPOTTING is a promising therapy for most types of symptoms such as sleep disturbance, low mood, anxiety, irritability, negative beliefs, interpersonal issues, trauma and stress responses, and chronic pain. Come learn about BRAINSPOTTING and how to SELF-SPOT for regulation.
Our ANS + Benefits of Spending Time in Nature
One way to intervene and support our Autonomic Nervous System is through spending time in nature. Time in nature reduces stress, improves well-being, and moves us into a ventral vagal state where we can connect with others. Come engage with nature at Two Bees and a Bud Flower Farm on Saturday, 9/17/22 from 11-1pm. We would love to see you out!
Happy 2nd Anniversary Coriander Living Collective!
It is with a grateful and happy heart that I announce Coriander Living Collective’s 2nd Anniversary! This business that I’ve built with the support of many, and the trust of even more people, has afforded me a meaningful vocation, and the freedom and lifestyle flexibility that my soul craved for so many years!
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
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.
The Open Floor Movement Cycle
One of the anchors of Open Floor practice is the Movement Cycle which includes:
1. Open Attention: We open both our inner and outer awareness, arrive for practice, and welcome whatever is noticed.
2. Enter with an Embodied Anchor: We enter our bodies and sensation.
3. Explore: Here we deepen and broaden our awareness, expand, and experiment with guided and self-directed inquiries.
4. Settle: And to end, we slow down, integrate, and allow our nervous systems to encode new pathways.
Human Connection Heals
Human connection and a sense of belonging are vital to our well-being. Connection creates resilience. Connection heals. If you are struggling with connection or lack of belonging, Coriander Living Collective is here to support you in getting connected via psychotherapy and workshops and retreats. Just reach out!
GROUND/GROUNDING/GROUNDED
Without ground where do you stand? Come connect to what’s below you and in you, build safety, and sense support. Practice GROUNDING through meditation and movement with Open Floor! Two opportunities coming up this summer:
• Open Floor 101 3-Part Series starting Thursday, June 30th, 2022 at 9:30am at Inspiring Actions in River Falls, WI!
• Open Floor Moving Meditation & Wine Spritzer Social at Forestville Vines Winery, Sunday, August 14th, 2022!