Online group movement sessions

The power of groups

Groups hold a special power. And when we combine individual support and group intention – as we will in this unique program – we dramatically increase the effectiveness and potency of the work we do together. As a result, transformation can take place.

In her recent book, ‘The Power of Eight’, Lynne McTaggart discovered through rigorous testing that the power of group intention increases exponentially with eight participants.

To tap into the healing power of groups and to make personalized nervous system work more available, I’m offering a special group opportunity to work with gentle movement practices, breathing exercises, and self-touch as a way to support your nervous system regulation.

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Breathing exercises and Acupressure to help regulate your nervous system

Receive the support and healing power of group intention

How does it work?

Hello everyone! Elia here 😊

I believe that building a movement practice is integral to a healthy and happy life. In these Group Movement Sessions, our intention will be to use simple movements as a way to release trauma and repattern our nervous system. Drawing upon the practices of Qi Gong, (an ancient Chinese Healing Art), Acupressure (Self-Massage), and gentle movement practices, these sessions can help address specific issues in your body while also helping you build a movement practice you can take with you after the sessions have ended. Throughout the series you will have the opportunity to receive individual attention to address your specific needs while also being part of a community built by the entire group. The intention of this group is to create a fun, educational and healing experience that is accessible for everyone.

Our group of eight will come together every other week over the course of three months. When we meet, each group member will receive 15 minutes of individual work to address specific needs or simply be led through an exploration of movement and curiosity. Group sessions will last a total of two hours. I have found with my online clients that 15 minutes is the time needed to do one solid piece of work.

While each individual is in session, the rest of the group will hold intention for the current client. What’s amazing about this group intention is that the beneficial results extend just as much to the people holding intention as to the person receiving the work, especially if that group consists of at least eight people. So the group intention is an integral part of the work and benefits everybody.

Also, by attuning to the student being led, group participants are able to do their own version of the work that the client is receiving. The result of this is that each meeting ends up being a 2 hour session for everyone, but with the freedom for everyone to titrate their own involvement by turning off their camera or sound for a bit, walking around, orienting, and following their impulse when not in their 15-minute window.

I will also be moderating a private forum within the SBSM site specifically for the Pod so that people can ask follow-up questions and share their experience in-between sessions. This forum will stay open after the Pod is over so members can stay connected but it will not be moderated by Elia or Team Lyon staff.

A few words from past participants of the Movement Pod:

I had three powerful experiences/realizations that I work with from Elia . The first was claiming my space and power. It was difficult at first. But I kept playing with it. And still do. The second was in the stomach palpation and bending and opening mouth with tongue out. After doing that movement I felt a full body release of shame I felt I had been carrying my whole life. And the third was definitely my favorite movement of the standing tree hip punch movement! I feel a connection to my lower body especially. I do it daily. And visualize doing it when I feel uncomfortable around people.

It’s been so valuable to have heard the guidance and intuition Elia offered to all of us. Hearing the others and seeing them progress was also beautiful and inspiring. It was good to be a part of a group where we all held space for each other. It gave me a sense of belonging that I feel I will always hold.

Chantelle

My biggest takeaway was learning how to better explore my somatic experience in the witnessing presence of others. My next takeaway was feeling deeply inspired and connected by other pod members doing their work.

Elia is an exceptional group leader. He sets the stage for each weekly session by bringing his wise, calm presence and fresh vision which are all very natural to him. He is able to skillfully adapt to each member’s level of willingness to either reveal or withhold in a light and accepting way. He is an excellent listener, and often mirrors and validates a person at just the right time. All this is the Special Sauce for the group’s level of trust, bonding and success.

Michael

Elia is highly skilled at balancing listening to our stories about what we’re experiencing with offering suggestions and demonstrations for movements that might help process the NS charge beneath the stories. While my NS was in a bit of a flight mode in the first session, not yet feeling safe, with his guidance of the overall experience I quickly felt safe and was able to experiment with movement and sound and expand my “repertoire.” He also engendered close attention, compassion and empathy between all of the participants, so that we felt closer and closer as the class progressed.

Movement and sound with NS work is not a complicated “secret” that only people with years of experience in somatic work can “get.” It’s highly accessible, intuitive and straightforward.

Martha

It was so wonderful! I looked forward to it and will miss the pod. I’ve done a lot of therapy and groups over the years, and what stood out with this is the experience of empowerment and feeling able to take action and break free of some old stuff. While feeling through grief and more ‘icky’ emotions can be important, I find I have so much practice with them that I was really hungry for a space to have joy and growth, the movement pod offered that.

Susannah

Participating in the SBSM Movement Pod helped me to find my own voice while being aware of the feeling/sensation of shame, terror and fear and having the group seeing and hearing me.

I did the Movement Pod alongside the SBSM program. They compliment each other very well. Elia’s movement exercises helped me move energy through the body in a way I never felt before. I could feel the direction of the energy instead of the stuckness of it. English is not my first language. In my native language I dissociate when I try to speak up for myself. Through the meetings I became aware of all the triggers behind using my voice. Also being part of the group and sharing all the difficult stuff has helped me to feel human (instead of thinking and knowing and being in the head all the time).

Annemiek

Where and when?

Each person joins from the comfort of their own living space. Please ensure that you have privacy for the duration of each session. Unless you have a quiet office and can ensure no interruptions, please do not attend these sessions while at work.

We will be meeting online using Zoom – a free app for Mac, PC, or smartphone. You must have an internet connection that is fast enough for decent quality on Zoom calls. If you are not sure that your connection is fast enough, please test it out on a Zoom call or Skype call with a friend, and make sure they can see and hear you clearly. If you don’t have a Zoom account, you can sign up for a free account by visiting the Zoom website.

PLEASE NOTE. It’s important that we’re able to hear and see YOU on the calls. Being able to hear and see Irene clearly on past live calls in SBSM does not necessarily mean your internet is fast enough for us to hear and see you clearly. Please test out your connection with a friend if you have any doubt about your connection quality.

The Pod will meet six times (once every two weeks), over the course of three months.

Very important! There is tremendous power in YOUR presence, and when we join our collective presence in groups of eight, something akin to miracles can happen. So please only sign up for this experience if you are SURE that you can attend for the entire duration of each session during the following times. Also, please do not plan any big travel by plane (or some other form of transport subject to delays beyond your control) on the day before, or of, the Pod meeting.

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