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Embodiment Activities
Embodiment activities are activities that get you into your body and out of your head. Embodiment activities connect with your physical experience instead of your physical appearance and shift your thinking from “how does my body look?” to “how does my being feel?” Activities like surfing and yoga help you access this state. In psychology, this is often referred to as "flow" (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975), a state in which you lose track of time and are immersed in a sense of enjoyment, alignment, and focus. It is also sometimes referred to as "adult play."
The more often you can be present in your body the more you will live your life from a 1st person perspective (as opposed to a judgmental bystander). Releasing yourself from this judgmental bystander builds an appreciation of your body’s capabilities and opens the door to recognizing yourself as a whole person. When we show up as our whole, embodied selves, life becomes significantly more fun!
"Optimal experience, or flow, within positive psychology, has received worldwide attention since its birth: it depicts the psychological mental state of a person who is immersed in an activity with energized concentration, optimal enjoyment, full involvement, and intrinsic interests, and who is usually focused, motivated, positive, energized, and aligned with the task at hand."
~ Bonaiuto et al, 2016
Private Yoga Sessions
Yoga is a sacred practice that teaches you how to bring your mind, body, and spirit into union. If you have been stuck in intense cycles of anxiety and insecurity, weight loss and weight gain, or binging and restricting food, yoga can help you recenter from these extreme states to create more balance and control in your life. In each private yoga session, Haley will work with you to understand your specific needs and goals and help you create a practice accordingly.
Private yoga sessions are available to clients in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Private yoga sessions and private coaching sessions are separate services. You do not need to also be working with Haley as a coach in order to work with her as a yoga practitioner.
Through mindful movement, strength-building postures, breathwork, and learning to work with your chakra system, yoga will help you shift your mindset from focusing on how your body looks to how your being feels.
Yoga can help:
- Expand your conscious awareness
- Refine your perception of the present
- Build connection to a higher power / your own spirit
- Ground yourself through challenging emotions (reduce emotional eating)
- Increase awareness of your thoughts
- Slow down your mind
- Release worry
Private Surfing Lessons
Surfing is a spiritual activity. It inspires feelings of awe, joy, gratitude, confidence, timelessness, connectedness to Self, and connection to the humbling power of nature. And it is FUN.
Private surfing lessons are facilitated by the one and only Chili Graves, BSN, RN. Chili is a team rider for Force Kite & Wake. He enjoys all things watersports– from surfing to kiteboarding to hydrofoiling. As a skilled waterman, Chili has an immense appreciation for the ocean and understands how crucial having fun is for the wellbeing of the human spirit.
Private surfing lessons will take place at Isle of Palm or Folly Beach, in Charleston, South Carolina and can be booked by the hour.