01 Jan Cheri Mclean
Our bodies are our first companion, our first home.
Holding all our experiences within its cellular memory; within our muscles, our facia, and our bones.
Often we are unintentionally adding to the already existing tension within our bodies. Triggering our inflammatory response and building chronic patterns of stress while holding the intention to do just the opposite. Its imperative that we learn to relate, respond, and nurture our bodies in ways that take us out of the exhaustive patterns of fight or flight & lead us back to regulating us within our parasympathetic nervous system. Only here can we began the journey to feeling genuinely safe within our own bodies and the world around us.
I will be offering a hour morning practice Friday – Monday giving space to be with the physical and energetic body. To reset and let go, creating space within; as one must be emptied in order to be filled. Using elements of breath work, yoga, corrective exercise, and pilates to map the body and build awareness of ourselves in space.
I bring a range of skills from 18+ years of training and coaching bodies from ages 4-94. My background began in youth exercise and sports enhancement; within the last 8 years my attention shifted after my father had a stroke and I moved home to help with his rehabilitation. This experience forever shifted my relationship with our bodies, and lead me from high intensity focused training to more corrective exercise and trauma informed movement; deepening our understanding of how much our nervous system is at the root of our physical expressions.
Join me for a morning practice, to help reset and empty the vessel, creating the space for the impressions of the days classes and ceremonies to fill.
Cheri Mclean will be sharing a morning movement practice to Greet the day.