Zen Mindfulness - Sei Ki HeartTouch - Tai Chi Qi Gong

HeartTouch

Embodied Mindfulness & Compassionate Touch Training for Psychotherapists, Clinicians and Bodyworkers.

Join us for an immersive workshop led by Anthony Fidler, focused on the principles of embodiment and co-regulation within the therapy process.

This workshop is suitable for therapists interested in working with or without physical touch, in-person and on-zoom.

Anthony teaching HeartTouch in London March 2023

In this training, participants will:

• 1. Explore how establishing trust and aiding clients in addressing inner difficulties can be enriched through therapist embodiment.
• 2. Learn how to integrate therapeutic work with embodied mindfulness practices.
• 3. Develop skills to deepen therapeutic connections without the necessity of physical touch, particularly for therapists specialized in talk therapies.
• 4. Where possible, learn how to incorporate compassionate touch to deepen therapeutic work with clients who otherwise may be difficult to work with successfully.
• 5. Bodywork practitioners will discover techniques to integrate resonance-based touch into bodywork therapy, creating transformative spaces for clients.
• 6. Begin the journey into trauma-sensitive bodywork, laying the groundwork for profound therapeutic experiences.

Testimonials from experienced professionals attest to the transformative potential of this approach:

• - A Jungian psychotherapist hailed it as the "foundation of therapeutic work."
• - An essential workshop to broaden experience and perspectives on health, with focussed attention on the body in a safe and accepting environment. (Psychotherapist & ex-Psychiatrist)
• - Thank you for rich and inspiring workshop and for the follow-up. I feel well equipped to start introducing elements of HeartTouch into my psychotherapy practice. A good result!
• - Anthony was really engaging and down to earth with this workshop. There were plenty of practices to try out and opportunity to reflect. I learned a great deal which will inform both my own personal growth as well as my practice as a shiatsu practitioner.

Join us for this enriching workshop and embark on a journey toward enhanced therapeutic practice and client care.

Anthony teaching HeartTouch in London September 2022

Embodied Mindfulness:

Embodied Mindfulness is a way of being in which you are fully connected with your body and you feel safe.

Your mind is quiet and present to your experience of life happening that moment and your heart feels warm and open to yourself and to those around you.

This is a state of well-being and good feeling.

Through Embodied Mindfulness training, participants will enhance their capacity / be able:

• to reset the thinking mind back to a healthy 'presence' and away from unhealthy over-thinking, self-critical thinking and past / future patterns of functioning.
• to strengthen their sense of self, their relationship with the ground, their centre and to become more embodied generally so there is less anxiety and brain fog and more capacity to feel authentic emotions and bodily sensation.
• to increase resilience and the capacity to stay with challenging situations without going into emotional imbalance, overwhelm and avoidance strategies.
• to reset their nervous system when inner or outer challenges have shifted it into sympathetic arousal or a trauma / freeze state.
• to work with daily practices to free themselves from historical trauma patterns and recover freedom of response and natural vitality.
• to enter authentically into resonance with others, meeting their own need for connection at the same time as compassionately supporting the other in their need.

Our final goal is simply to come to a good feeling within ourselves, to open our hearts and share this warm feeling with those we meet in our lives.

About Anthony:

Anthony Fidler

I had my own journey first with anxiety, panic attacks and mild depression while in my final year at Cambridge University in 1991.

This continued during my work as a financial auditor, where I experienced chronic stress and then as a software programmer where I went into a meltdown of physical and mental fatigue. A serious breakdown / burnout.

Despite massive efforts to heal myself, this journey continued in 2001, with me entering non-ordinary states, we can say spiritual psychosis perhaps.

After an 8 month period in the psychiatric system, I came off anti-psychotic medications and took personal responsibility for my own well-being. This journey continued for the next 8 years with me going in an out of challenging non-ordinary states until I stabilised in 2010.

Over time I've become a qualified Mindfulness teacher, Tai Chi & Qi Gong teacher and have been teaching since 2015. I am also an experienced student of the late Akinobu Kishi , the founder of Sei Ki and teach his amazing touch therapy in my own way. I've spent twenty-five years exploring these fields with total dedication.

I found my own ways to recover and live a full life and now share what I learnt with others experiencing extreme states, trauma, broken nervous systems or simply chronic stress situations and misery.

Click here for more on Anthony's background and experience

Pricing & Details:

The event is being hosted by Anthony Fidler.

Venue: Narvik - visit

Date & Time: Friday 5th Sep 19.00-21.00, Saturday 6th Sep 10.00-17.00, Sunday 7th Sep 9.00-16.00

This workshop is for psychotherapists from any school, clinicians from any background, but especially psychiatric and bodywork therapists interested in working with people experiencing trauma and mental health issues.

People with other backgrounds i.e. social workers, family carers, people with lived experience of mental health issues may also be welcome. Please get in touch with me to discuss your interest in attending.

Workshop size: Places are limited to 20 so please book early to be confident of attending.

Workshop Fee: 3000 kr , Earlybird 2750 kr (*Early bird pre August 5th)

Cancellation / Refunds: 50% when notice is given at least 1 week prior to the workshop.

So please get in touch if you would like to attend: Contact EasternPeace