| Friday,
January 14, 3 pm-5 pm THE
GODDESS UNGIRDLED:
Learning To Love Our Bellies,
Finding the Sacred Feminine Within Contemporary
culture shames woman's belly. But in myth, ritual, and sacred image, woman's belly
is a goddess. She personifies every woman's power to promote creation.
In this workshop you'll learn dynamic yoga moves and breathing patterns that connect
you with the sacred wisdom and power concentrated in your body's center. As
you honor and energize your belly with movement, breath, and compassionate awareness,
you'll experience the soul-power your belly shelters. You'll make your own meeting
with the sacred Source Energy that dwells within your body's core. Eat
only lightly before the session, come dressed to move, and bring a notebook or
journal. • Saturday,
January 15, 11 am-1 pm THE
GOOD BELLY:
Owning Your Pro-Creative Power "Shrink
your stomach! Battle belly bulge!" The culture constantly urges us to "attack
our abs." This
is nothing new. For thousands of years, Western culture has attempted to control
and exploit the pro-creative power concentrated within our body's center. It's
no surprise that the belly is the focus of body shame for so many women and girls. Yet
we don't have to cooperate with our own repression. We don't have to agree with
the culture's devaluation. The good news is: We can reclaim our body's power to
promote creation as our own. In
this workshop you'll learn to develop your pro-creative power with dynamic yoga
moves, invigorating breathing exercises, and compassionate body awareness. As
you do so, you'll experience your belly as sacred, not shameful. You'll come home
to yourself, equipped to direct your pro-creative power according to intention. Eat
only lightly before the session, come dressed to move, and bring a notebook or
journal. • Love
Your Tree, a workshop space at ABC Carpet & Home, is a place where women
and men can amplify their experience of Eve Ensler's new Broadway play The
Good Body. The play explores why women of all cultures and backgrounds feel
compelled to change the way they look in order to be "good." The
Love Your Tree space features a variety of events and resources to empower and
enlighten the way we look at—and value—our bodies. | 