What the Heart is Like

Service Description

They say that 'Home is where the Heart is' but the heart is also a home, the home of our embryological origins, our connection to Stillness, and the liquid light we bring with us and that shines when we fall in love. The heart connects us to our inner world through our blood, and to the outer world through the vagus and autonomic nervous system . During the course of 2 days we will look at the holistic heart in terms of mind, body and spirit, and across dimensions of time from conception to adulthood and death. Through the study of the anatomy and physiology of the endothelium, metabolic syndrome, the vagus and social nervous system, we will explore how the heart works and some of the ways in which its vitality can be compromised. There will practical table sessions and guided experiential exercises to give a felt sense experience of what has been taught, and treatment principles and protocols that can be easily integrated into everyday practice. DAY 1 10.00am intro, Q&A & Stillpoint practice 10.15am Lecture 1 - Embryological development of the heart, 11.00am Tea break 11.20am Practical 1 - Pieta (55mins) 12.15pm Lecture 2 - Light, Potency and Ignition 1.00pm Lunch 2.25pm Experiential 1 - Breathing in the Light (35mins) 3.00pm Lecture 3 - Wholeness of the CVS 3.45pm Tea break 4.05pm Lecture 4 - Endothelium : Structure & Function (incl Metabolic Syndrome and it's treatment) 4.50pm Practical 2 - The Vascular Tree (treating the endothelium) (50mins) 5.40pm Debrief 6.00pm Finish DAY 2 10.00am - Q&A & Stillpoint practice 10.15am Lecture 1 - Innervation of the heart : Autonomic Nervous System & vagus 11.00am Tea break 11.20am Practical 1 - thoracic spine and brainstem (55mins) 12.15pm Lecture 2 - The Social Nervous system 1.00pm Lunch 2.25pm Experiential 1 - Tracking the SNS response (images) (35mins) 3.00pm Lecture 3 - Psychoneuroendocrine immune systems and their role in heart dysregulation 3.45pm Tea break 4.05pm Practical 2 - Hard wired/Soft wired/Wet wired (CNS/biopshere/???) (55mins) 5.00pm Lecture 4 - The Boundless Heart - the collective, ancestral and sacred aspects of the Heart 5.30pm Experiential - Sitting in the Field of the Heart 5.50pm Closing remarks 6.00pm Finish This workshop will be based on Osteopathic and CST principles, contemporary scientific studies and timeless Eastern and Western spiritual philosophies. Led by Mary Bolingbroke and Tim Kirkpatrick