THE BODY FEELS - Fridays with Lowen

REGISTRATION: form

The 'THE BODY FEELS' classes are a gentle form of working with the body and emotions, based on Alexander Lowen's approach. Their aim is to develop contact with your own feelings and awareness of signals coming from the body.

Working on oneself gives the possibility of feeling — without the need to suppress emotions or express them impulsively. In a safe space, you can learn to be in contact with what appears, to notice emotions, tensions and impulses, and gradually understand their meaning.

The classes can be a step toward better recognizing what I feel and what I need. They help to listen to the body and discover it as an ally, not an enemy. The body becomes a source of information, support and greater balance.

As human beings we are feeling creatures. Through movement, breath and attentive presence you can reconnect with yourself and build a kinder relationship with your body — at your own pace and with respect for boundaries. Each meeting in the series is a meeting with yourself, a meeting with the history written in parts of our body and the emotional patterns lodged there.

The group will be experiential in nature. The group is OPEN - you can sign up for the whole cycle or only for individual classes whose topics interest you. Classes take place once a month, on Friday. The cycle is aimed both at people who already have experience with Lowen's method and beginners, as well as those who want to check whether this method is for them.

TOPICS of individual meetings:

• 06.02 — ANGER: 'Give it space'
• 27.03 — SADNESS: 'Hear what hurts'
• 24.04 — ANXIETY: 'Stay with yourself'
• 22.05 — SHAME: 'Open up to yourself'
• 12.06 — JOY: 'Let it flow'

Classes will take place if at least 8 people sign up. Information on whether the group will take place will be given by 12:00 on the Thursday before the planned Friday classes.

DURATION:
18:45–21:00 / 21:15 depending on the number of participants

WHAT TO BRING:
comfortable tracksuit-type clothing
large towel (we provide mats; a towel is necessary for exercises)
water bottle

Facilitators:

• Joanna Józefowicz — psychologist, certified psychotherapist, facilitator in Bioenergetic Analysis: https://holipsyche.pl/zespol/joanna-jozefowicz-barlinska/
• Dorota Piwowarczyk — psychotherapist, facilitator in Bioenergetic Analysis: https://www.ogrodyrelacji.pl/dt_zespol/dorota-piwowarczyk/
• Assistant: Marcin Bochenko: https://holipsyche.pl/zespol/marcin-bochenko/

LOCATION:
Holipsyche Therapeutic and Development Center
Pl. Lelewela 2, Warsaw - Żoliborz

REGISTRATION:

• form: https://forms.gle/wJuYbQBFDmb6jDyt5
• e-mail: kontakt@holipsyche.pl
• tel: 533-782-123

PRICE | PAYMENTS:

• Single classes: 240 zł
• Package of 5 meetings: 1000 zł

Payment details:
Holipsyche Joanna Józefowicz
Title: Ciało Czuje and participant's name
Account number: 15 1140 2004 0000 3402 7777 9670

If you wish to receive an invoice, please inform us immediately when registering (in the application or at kontakt@holipsyche.pl).

Final confirmation of participation is the payment. Places are limited; priority is determined by the order of payments.

CANCELLATIONS:

Single classes:
- If you cancel up to 7 days before the class we refund 100% of the fee.
- If you cancel up to 3 days before the class we refund 50% of the fee.
- For later cancellations the fee is forfeited.

Cycle:
- If you cancel up to 10 days before the first meeting of the cycle — the fee will be refunded.
- If you do not show up at one of the cycle classes, the fee is not refunded.

If the group does not gather or the workshop is canceled by the organizer, we refund the full (100%) paid amount.

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

Classes are contraindicated:
- during psychotropic therapy, in post-psychotic states,
- during pregnancy, during the puerperium,
- in currently ongoing acute and subacute states (e.g. after injuries or infections).

Situations in which special caution should be exercised:
- breastfeeding
- progressively chronic diseases
- body emaciation
- pharmacological therapies with psychotropic drugs, stabilized condition
- epilepsy
- glaucoma

If someone is in psychotherapy, it would be good for the therapist to know about participation in the workshops.

People after traumatic events and people sensitive to shouting are asked to exercise special caution — these classes are not for everyone and not at every life moment.

Couples, family members and close friends should not participate in the same edition of the classes.

'Much depends on you. The time and energy you give to the body is the best investment for you. In return you will receive health and pleasure, which are more valuable than power and money. You are really investing in yourself when YOU ARE IN CONTACT WITH YOUR BODY, and YOUR BODY IS IN CONTACT WITH YOU.

We use the word exercise to describe how to work with your body to be more vital. However, the word exercise is a wrong name for bioenergetic work. What you really do when performing exercises is TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, which means INTEREST IN YOURSELF, FEELING AND LOVING YOURSELF.

Do not exercise with your body as if it were a machine or a horse.

BE YOUR BODY IN ITS MOVEMENTS, ACTIVITIES AND EXPRESSION.'

— The Way to Health and Vitality, Alexander Lowen and Leslie Lowen