Open Centre Weekend & Day Groups

March 2012

Anger, All Angles

with Guy Gladstone

Sunday 4 March 2012
10am-6.30pm, £70
(full fee required to book)

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This theme workshop in the Sensations Series is designed to do justice to the complexity of anger. It is packed with tried and tested procedures for getting a handle on anger. A guiding assumption is that we need to be able to choose how we communicate it. To do this requires a first hand bodily knowledge of its workings.

There will be opportunities to practice the expression of anger in an assertive mode as an alternative to exploding in a damaging hurtful way or imploding into passive aggression. Cultivating expressive capacities will be balanced by a focus on anger management, both of your own and other's anger. Experiential learning during the workshop will be reinforced by copious handouts for your ongoing use.

Exercises will be both verbal and non-verbal, silent and noisy. Methods will include movement, writing, visualisation, drawing, expressive roleplay, somatic techniques, structured anger discharge and group discussion.

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March
2012

Primal Integration Weekend

with Juliana Brown & Richard Mowbray

9-11 March 2012
Friday evening 7-10pm
Saturday & Sunday 11am-8pm, £120

For a basic description of Primal Integration please see our 'Who we are and what we do'page. The format of the group will alternate between a structured phase and a free-form phase during which what takes place is determined by what you choose to explore and what you allow to happen. The physical and psychological safety of the group is provided for by a set of basic ground rules. If you have not worked with us before, please contact us on (020) 8341 7226 (M-F 9am-9pm) or by email to to arrange an interview before booking.

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2012

Body in Relationship
Deep Bodywork Weekend

with Silke Ziehl

10/11 March 2012
Saturday & Sunday
10am - 6pm, £110

Our body is pre-programmed for connection - from the newborn's reflex to search for the breast to the instant alert when we hear our name spoken (even in a crowded room).

Some of these patterns of connection are "inbuilt" at birth, some of them are learned and modified through our experience over the years. All of them provide an important, often unnoticed, framework which underlies our relationships with others – the background tone and cadence to our life.

In this workshop we will explore the influence of these bodily stored patterns of relating with and to others. We will also learn to choose more deliberately to shape our relationships according to our present-day realities and preferences.

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