Workshops and Retreats

Time and date to be advised for 2022.

THE RETREAT

For most of us, to say the last couple of years have posed more than the normal amount of challenges that life throws at us, could be an understatement?

The stress response is a natural part of being human and it definitely has its advantages when acknowledged and managed.
Short term stress allows us to reap benefits.  From maintaining a healthy immune system, getting things done and staying safe, to improving cognitive function and increasing levels of confidence.  Hormones are released when responding to stress; heart and breath rate increases, readying your muscles to respond, therefore eliminating stress isn’t the answer.  It is the long term (chronic) unrecognised stress response where problems can occur.  If your stress response dosn’t stop firing and stress hormones remain elevated longer than necessary, a toll on your health can occur.
Symptoms of chronic stress include:
 

Insomnia
Irritability
Depressions
Headaches
Anxiety

Deeper into the stretch is a uniquely formatted experience which will delve into exploring the 'bound up body' and releasing the 'bound up body'.
When we experience an emotional response to events in life which are stressful, the energy of the response is 'trapped' within the body. You only have to look at a persons posture to notice how, over time, this shapes the body. Other manifestations occur as pain, even though you may not be able to attribute that pain to an action. Our beliefs and thoughts also impact the body.
 

Repetitive, regimented and often limited daily movement, also effects our posture in so far as our brain 'learns' that these limitations are real, when in fact the opposite is true.
 

Imagine if you could release that trapped energy, release tension and in turn improve not only your posture, but your range of motion, stability, and sleep.
 

Immerse yourself in healing activities and shift from the unmanaged stress response to the managed.  
Using movement (stretch therapy), meditation, energy clearing techniques, nutrition and rest, you will have the opportunity to surrender, feel relaxed and just be….

 

S H I F T
 

Over 2 days at the Beautiful facility 'Quest for life' at Bundanoon, Jo Callender will be your teacher and Facilitator.
You will have the opportunity to let go and switch off with functional stretching, with a focus on stretching the fascial lines associated with meridians, softening and lengthening the tissue and releasing stored or stuck (emotional) energy.  You will learn specific techniques which will help manage stress and which you will be able to incorporate into your daily life, meditation and delicious organic food and possibly the deepest sleep you may have had in a while!
 

For those who have never experienced the stretch therapy system, this 'deeper into the stretch retreat' is a fantastic opportunity to connect with and implement change to your body, opening your awareness to how much potential for movement and freedom you have available to you.
 

For those who have been practising stretch therapy, delving deeper, moving even slower, fine tuning your practice and hanging out with your stretch buddies, will be your reward!