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SUMMARY:Natural back care and spine health
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the body’s capacity for release and realignment through the Buttafly Technique \nWhat if caring for the spine is not simply a matter of stretching\, strengthening\, manipulating or correcting the body? \nIn this talk\, Loulou James will offer a different perspective on back care and spinal health\, drawing on more than 40 years of clinical experience and what she has learned through developing the Buttafly Technique. \nWe’ll explore the body’s own capacity for adaptation\, release and realignment—and consider how we can create the conditions that allow its natural intelligence to respond. \nLoulou will introduce the principles behind the Buttafly Technique and\, where practical\, guide the group through some simple experiential explorations\, bringing the ideas to life within the body. \nThe talk is suitable for anyone interested in understanding their back and spine differently. \nAbout Loulou James MCSP\nLoulou is a Spine Health Specialist and the founder of the Buttafly® and the Buttafly Technique. A retired physiotherapist with more than 40 years’ clinical and teaching experience\, her background also encompasses yoga\, Lifestyle Prescriptions® health coaching and abdominal massage. \nThroughout her career\, Loulou has been interested not only in relieving symptoms\, but in understanding why the body responds as it does—and what becomes possible when we learn to listen to it. Her work brings together clinical understanding\, movement and embodied awareness\, grounded in a deep respect for the body’s intelligence and its capacity to adapt\, release and find its way back towards balance. \nThrough the Buttafly Technique\, her teaching and her individual work\, Loulou invites people to move beyond seeing the body as something that must constantly be corrected\, and towards a more curious\, trusting and collaborative relationship with themselves.
URL:https://thebuttafly.com/event/natural-back-care-and-spine-health-taunton/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Bath Place\, Taunton\, TA1 4EP
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SUMMARY:Learn the Buttafly Technique for your yoga practice
DESCRIPTION:Would you like to explore a way to set down the busyness of your day and arrive more fully on your mat\, ready for your regular yoga practice? \nYou may already begin with Savasana\, allowing time to settle and turn your attention inwards. But what would it be like to prepare for Savasana itself — to help your body unwind so that resting feels more comfortable and easeful? \nThe Buttafly Technique offers a therapeutic self-care practice in which precise support beneath the pelvis invites the body’s innate intelligence to respond through the spine. People describe experiences of lightness\, stillness and greater ease in their alignment\, offering a different starting point for rest and movement. \nA simple practice with deeper dimensions\nCraniosacral practitioners have described the Buttafly as acting as a still-point inducer. This resonates with my experience of the deep stillness that can arise through the Technique\, and informs my continuing enquiry into its relationship with craniosacral rhythms. \nWithin yoga\, the spine also has significance as the pathway associated with kundalini\, the potential for awakening described in yogic traditions. Exploring the relationship between spinal release\, stillness and this inner experience forms part of my understanding of the Buttafly Effect. \nThis small-group workshop brings that enquiry into practical learning. You’ll receive a full explanation of the Technique\, individual guidance on its precise setup\, and an understanding of how and when to use it within your own practice. \nWho is this workshop for?\nThis workshop is for yoga practitioners\, including those early in their practice. Yoga teachers are welcome to attend for their own personal use. \nYou need to be able to get down to and up from the floor independently\, using a chair for support if needed. You are welcome to sit on a chair during the explanations and discussion. \nPlease note: \n\nPlaces are limited to eight participants to allow time for individual setup guidance\, questions and personal exploration.\nA Standard Buttafly is provided for use during the workshop\, so you do not need to own one to attend.\nThis workshop requires a minimum of four participants. If the minimum is not reached\, you’ll be notified 72 hours beforehand and offered a full refund or transfer to another date.\n\nPersonal practice and professional training\nThe Buttafly Technique is a therapeutic technique that can also be practised for self-care in everyday life\, as well as in preparation for yoga. This workshop teaches you to use it for yourself; it does not authorise you to teach others\, lead the Technique in classes or groups\, or offer it professionally. \nProfessionals qualified and insured to offer hands-on modalities can enquire about the separate Buttafly Technique practitioner training pathway. \nAbout Loulou James MCSP\, founder of the Buttafly and the Buttafly Technique\nLoulou is a Spine Health Specialist\, retired physiotherapist\, yoga teacher and educator. Drawing on more than 40 years’ experience\, her workshops bring together practical anatomy\, movement and embodied exploration\, inviting people to understand their bodies more deeply through their own experience.
URL:https://thebuttafly.com/event/learn-the-buttafly-technique-for-yoga-dec-12/
LOCATION:Dorchester Yoga & Therapy Centre\, 14 Trinity Street\, Dorchester\, Dorset\, DT1 1TU\, United Kingdom
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