Come spend a fun Sunday afternoon with us getting intimate!!! Take advantage of this precious time getting to know yourself through the Embodied reflection of another. You can expect thoughtful self-inquiry and the opportunity for deep meaningful connections in this space.
Where we are the most vulnerable, we have the strongest defenses. And it just so happens, we are the most vulnerable in our closest and most intimate relationships.
Regardless of shape and form of our relationships (i.e. friends, lovers, partners, family, etc.), they are what creates the meaning and potential for happiness in our lives. How we handle our reactive defenses against the threat of separation and relational patterns defines the quality and depth of our connection and relationships.
Join this fun, groundbreaking and experiential 4-hour workshop that includes embodied movement, mindfulness, connection, neurobiological psychology, puppet show, sharing circle, tantric tools of breath, sound, touch and the Belly2Belly practice (partnered breathing meditation).
Learn simple and effective ways to:
໑ Dance, Breathe, Shake, Move energy!
໑ Co-create safety and connection, in any type of relationship.
໑ “Come back to love,” to transform what keeps you stuck in reactive relational patterns.
໑ Have fun with and feel compassion toward our shared humanity.
໑ Unshackle biology and conditioning so that we can be truly free to love.
໑ Handle the strong instincts that kick in when we are scared or “triggered.”
໑ Transform our wounds, and our protective instincts, into deeper intimacy.
໑ Empower yourself with experiential knowledge of an alchemical relational process that makes gold out of led.
All relationships can lead us deeper into the mystery of who we truly are. That is why we see relating as the path.
You might leave this workshop feeling fully seen as you are. With clarity and motivation to live your version of the dream. With full permission to be totally you. Naked and brave. Vulnerable and powerful. As the beholder of alchemical congruency. With beginners mind. A zest for life. Peace and joy in your heart. Free to love. Yey. Yes!
Date: 4th of June, 2017
Time: 3 to 7 PM
Location: 507 55th St (@Telegraph) Oakland, CA.
Cost: $30 (EarlyBird ) $40 (Regular Price)
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You can think of this workshop as intimacy and relationship bootcamp (with a twist of fun and light-heartedness)! The maps and tools we will share are applicable to ALL relationships. You can come on your own or with your partner(s) and choose to all the exercises with your partner or you can have the experience of changing partners in the exercises.
All of you is welcome here!
*You will not be required to do anything. Everything is an invitation to consider; all activities are optional. Your full consent is the only requirement for your interactions with others.
About the Facilitators: Buster Rådvik & Rachel Rickards
Buster Rådvik, MA
Buster’s dharma is being by example and leading with integrity. He literally wears his heart on his sleeve and has a reputation for pleasantly shocking an entire room with his candid emotional awareness and ability to reveal himself, transparently, no matter how awkward and messy it might look. His warm, open style gives permission for people to come home to themselves, embodied in an ecstatic atmosphere of vulnerability. Buster is an expert at gently guiding people into their bodies, through the shadow work, landing them safely into their heart, where vulnerable transparency is accessible and emotional intimacy becomes transformational.
All of Buster’s work including individual sessions, work with couples, and groups is focused on love, sex, and intimacy. He draws his approach from a journey of over a decade of living in intentional communities, combined with his studies and practices of various body-centered disciplines of awakening. Busters gift lies in his eloquent execution and powerful ability to create a safe space for individuals and groups to fearlessly navigate their emotional bodies as the pathway to liberation.
Buster began his career in Sweden as a professional dancer and choreographer (1991-2002). Over a period of six years, he also trained as a therapist at OSHO Humaniversity in the Netherlands (1996-2002). After a ten-year career in performing arts in Scandinavia Buster moved to the United States, where he studied and received his degree in psychology. For the last seven years Buster worked primarily as a body-centered psychotherapist with clients who struggle with trauma and addictions. Buster is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and a trained Sensorimotor Psychotherapy therapist. After living communally, apprentising and collaborating wih David Cates during four years in Seattle, WA, USA and Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, he now offers his Somatic Belly2Belly inspired Embodied Intimacy events internationally.
Rachel Rickards
Rachel Rickards is an adventurous spirit in the realms of love, sex and relationship. Her natural exuberance gives permission to others to explore their authentic selves in uncharted territory. Her never ending enthusiasm and energy for the work of transformation and the ease of play at the same time is a huge gift adding depth coupled with perspective to everything she does. One of Rachel’s greatest contributions to a space is how she is able to embody the feelings of an individual or group field with such acute awareness, that one could almost observe her as the pure reflection of what is present in the field at any given moment.
With Rachel, comes a passion for relating and loving in alternative ways and helping people find their truth in the way they want to love and be loved. She has sincere empathy for the difficult path of relating outside of the box, but also great enthusiasm for the spiritual journey it is to find your own relationship to relating with others, and ultimately, most importantly, to yourself. More recently, Rachel has been thriving in her work with women empowerment, helping her clients to find their voice and define their boundaries; to live life actively owning the kind of relationship their heart desires. With personal and professional training in psychology, sex therapy and alternative/open relationship counseling, she is committed to helping others find their full creative expression in life and love.
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