I attended Irene and Elia’s 2017 Up and Down workshop in Vancouver. My intention was to increase my body-mind awareness to access healing, regeneration and to increase flexibility (in a non-traditional definition of this word).
I felt held and supported throughout the weekend by Irene, Elia and all of the other participants. Irene’s depth and wisdom guided me into my own flow of curiosity, grace and awareness. Elia’s creative and intuitive presence allowed me to stop judging my authentic movement and embrace my innate intelligence and express it via movement.
Below is a journal entry of mine after the first day of the workshop:
“I feel open, ease and lightness, I have more space and capacity within my body and mind, I feel okay with the okay & okay with the not okay.”
I was able to integrate the teachings from the weekend into a daily movement ritual that I still perform almost every day. The workshop acted as the rain drop that has rippled me into an ever expanding world of embodiment, which I had no visceral or experiential understanding of before the Up and Down workshop.
