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The general form of poses, simple flow, introduction to yoga breathing and the practices of mindfulness.

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Set aside all politics. Simply share an evening of contemplative practice with one another.  Offer a dignified, open-handed, open-hearted, open-minded  active presence toward unfolding public and personal life.  With Brant. Fri, Jan 20th; 7-8pm.  No tuition

This is a general overview and discussion of the benefits of movement practices like yoga and meditative practices as taught in my MBSR training.  We will touch on research and publications that will help us understand how these practice an be appropriately applied for folks with trauma-related challenges.  One resource is the excellent book my Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk,  The Body Keeps the Score.  He writes about how we recover from trauma.  He notes that movement practice like in the trainings here are very healing when we are exposed to trauma.   Here’s an interview with him:  Bessel van der Kolk. 

 FREE, RSVP & Pre-register Only

FYI:  You may want to make an evening of it in downtown Hillsboro with a friend or dear one.  There are many wonderful restaurants/venues a short stroll from my classrooms:  

• Insomnia Coffee at Main and 3rd downtown Hillsboro
•  The Venetian, 253 East Main Street (503 693-3953) excellent service and local history
• Syun, 209 NE Lincoln (503 640-3131) superb Japanese
• Pizzario, 337 East Main (503 693-7953) Italian
• Primrose and Tumbleweeds, 248 East Main (503 703-8525) good food, large wine selection and nice atmosphere
• McNally’s Taproom, 370 East Main (503 268-1429) food and brews
• Aybla Grill, 180 E. Main Street #105, Hillsboro OR 503-372-9628. Outstanding Mediterranean fusion

Forgive my thoughtlessness.  This summer it dawned on me that the 2000 people in Yoga Hillsboro’s student community list may want to share time with one another about the challenges, joys and successes of healing and staying well.  After all, that is why we all show up here: learning and sharing how we might heal and stay well from in inside out!

It turns out that many doctors and therapists are in our community of students and would also be willing to learn and  share something about what they know.

So . . . here we go!  On a Saturday evening we will gather here.  The theme at this Gathering will be Meeting Illness with Courage & Kindness.

Bring two things: 1) a question about how how you might be able to meet, deal with a difficlut diagnosis, 2) something to say about how you or someone you know met illness with courage and kindness.

We have the good fortune to have Dr. Kathy Alvarez, MD of Partners in Wellness willing to come that evening and share her experiences with us.

All welcome to this event.  Register to RSVP because there is limited space.  Saturday, October 21st; 5-6:30pm.  Hope to share this with you!  —  Brant

RSVP Preregistration Please

You may want to share the evening with a loved one.  —

THERE ARE SOME LOVELY RESTAURANTS AND VENUES IN DOWNTOWN HILLSBORO A SHORT WALK FROM MY CLASSROOMS.

•  Aybla Grill, 180 E. Main Street #105, Hillsboro OR 503-372-9628. Outstanding Mediterranean fusion
• Insomnia Coffee Company.  Open early and late in downtown Hillsboro.  Good beverages, pastries, and wifi.  Good place to informally hang out
• Syun, 209 NE Lincoln (503 640-3131) superb Japanese
• Pissario, 337 East Main (503 693-7953) Italian
• Primrose and Tumbleweeds, 248 East Main (503 703-8525) good food, large wine selection and nice atmosphere
• McNally’s Taproom, 370 East Main (503 268-1429) food and brews

Health and well-being is a global state; heart, mind and body.  There are so many dimension to our state of health that a lot of mystery is always at play.  This is much more so for that place between our ears.

Let’s delve into some of that mystery and watch a TED talk or two about the state of understanding our brains and how help keep them healthy.

• Lessons from 83,000 Brain Scans by Dr. Daniel Amen
• The Elastic Brain by Michael Merzenich
• or others

Then let’s talk over what we learn about how to care for ourselves and others. 

All are welcome to this event.  Register to RSVP because there is limited space.  Saturday, October 21st; 5-6:30pm.  Hope to share this with you!  —  Brant

RSVP Preregistration Please

You may want to share the evening with a loved one.  —

THERE ARE SOME LOVELY RESTAURANTS AND VENUES IN DOWNTOWN HILLSBORO A SHORT WALK FROM MY CLASSROOMS.

•  Aybla Grill, 180 E. Main Street #105, Hillsboro OR 503-372-9628. Outstanding Mediterranean fusion
• Insomnia Coffee Company.  Open early and late in downtown Hillsboro.  Good beverages, pastries, and wifi.  Good place to informally hang out
• Syun, 209 NE Lincoln (503 640-3131) superb Japanese
• Pissario, 337 East Main (503 693-7953) Italian
• Primrose and Tumbleweeds, 248 East Main (503 703-8525) good food, large wine selection and nice atmosphere
• McNally’s Taproom, 370 East Main (503 268-1429) food and brews

Nia ~ a fitness/dance/healing movement practice that draws on the martial, dance and meditative arts. It blends inspiring, soulful music with moves that make your body flexible & strong, your mind focused & relaxed.

Contact Laurie at this link to register:  HERE

Nia ~ a fitness/dance/healing movement practice that draws on the martial, dance and meditative arts. It blends inspiring, soulful music with moves that make your body flexible & strong, your mind focused & relaxed.

Contact Laurie at this link to register:  HERE

Nia ~ a fitness/dance/healing movement practice that draws on the martial, dance and meditative arts. It blends inspiring, soulful music with moves that make your body flexible & strong, your mind focused & relaxed.

Contact Laurie at this link to register:  HERE

Medical and psychotherapeutic treatments can often be miraculous in their ability to cure a pathology.  A wonderful gift modern science offers us.  That is only part of the story.  

Our innate capacity to heal is the larger story, the context of living well even in the face a severe illness.  The relationships we have with our physicians, therapists, families, friends and with our minds and bodies are that larger context of health and well-being.  However important these relationships are, they are too often ignored or minimized in our fast-paces, goal-oriented  world striving to cure with is wrong with us.

We have the privilege of sharing the evening with counseling psychologist Dr. Stephanie Conn, the author of her upcoming book on meeting stress and enhancing resilience, Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel: Strengthening Your Mental Armor.  She will be in conversation with us about her experience supporting folks in high-stress professions as they do their best with her and her colleagues to heal, stay well, and be resilient in the face of immense stress.

Also, during the evening we may listen to some of the wisdom of physician  Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen on her OnBeing radio interview on NPR’s Onbeing program:  Listening Generously.

We may also share some passages from her best-selling books about the art and science of medicine in the context of healing:  Kitchen Table Wisdom.  She is no stranger to acute illness having been diagnosed with a debilitating and life=threatening illness in  her teens that her doctors said would kill her by her 40th birthday.  She is now nearing 80 having had a thriving medical practice, many years of training physicians, and two best-selling books about the art of healing in one’s unique, personal and powerful way.

So. . . . Let’s have a conversation with one another about this during this evening together.

 Bring along your willingness to have a conversation, enjoy yourself, learn, and meet some nice people.

All welcome to this event.  Register to RSVP because there is limited space.  Saturday, January 27th; 5-6:30pm.  Hope to share this with you!  —  Brant

RSVP Preregistration Please to make sure we have room

You may want to share the evening with a loved one.  —

THERE ARE SOME LOVELY RESTAURANTS AND VENUES IN DOWNTOWN HILLSBORO A SHORT WALK FROM MY CLASSROOMS.

•  Aybla Grill, 180 E. Main Street #105, Hillsboro OR 503-372-9628. Outstanding Mediterranean fusion
• Insomnia Coffee Company.  Open early and late in downtown Hillsboro.  Good beverages, pastries, and wifi.  Good place to informally hang out
• Syun, 209 NE Lincoln (503 640-3131) superb Japanese
• Pissario, 337 East Main (503 693-7953) Italian
• Primrose and Tumbleweeds, 248 East Main (503 703-8525) good food, large wine selection and nice atmosphere
• McNally’s Taproom, 370 East Main (503 268-1429) food and brews