The Art of Attuning
1 - 1 Sessions ~ Workshops ~ Group Enquiry. - For bookings or more information contact - maireadmv@gmail.com
Introduction Mairéad Vaughan holds an Arts Practice PhD, in the field of Contemporary Dance & Creative Process. She works as an artist & somatic practitioner (Craniosacral Biodynamics, Yoga & Movement), a mentor, researcher & writer within the Arts Practice field. The Art of Attuning emerged out of her 30 year professional dance & creative practice. Attuning cultivates listening ‘to’ & ‘through’ our whole bodymind system. It activates and deepens our sensory, kinaesthetic & energetic awareness. As we embark on an enquiry into the nature of our direct experience. This enquiry is elicited through our whole intelligence - our head, heart & belly, as living centres that emit various qualities of knowing.
The Art of Attuning Attuning supports a particular way of being in the world. The starting point is drop into our bodymind. And direct our attention inwards, to orientate to the contents of our direct experience. Our bodymind becomes our living conduit through which we increasingly become aware of our experience. And from here we cultivate a practice of attuning, listening & enquiring into how we are right now. What is arising in this moment - can we stay with our experience. What pulls our attention away & pulls us out of our awareness & our bodymind?
Over time, we begin to become aware of how our bodymind, anchors us into the present moment. Tracking all movements, sensations, thoughts, feelings, emotions, energies & impressions as they arise. Becomming aware of & witnessing the living contents of our direct experience. Deepening into our sensory, kinaesthetic & energetic capacity. Staying with our direct experience grounds us in our bodymind. And we begin to feel more stable.
Patterning
We may begin to feel our innate spaciousness - a direct embodied knowing of our more expansive nature. And as we become aware, we also make contact with qualities such as stillness, lightness, Being. More essential aspects become embodied or lived. We continue to deepen into our Being, our natural state or True Nature.
Sessions
A typical session starts with taking time to drop in & to connect through your felt sense. Practitioners describe melting, relaxing, opening, expanding - becomming more fluid & in contact with the raw sensory nature of their experience. Yet simultaneously opening to their underlying sense of spaciousness. Spaciousness as a kind of open, expansive, clear, receptive attention.
Each session supports a progressive deepening & expanding simultaneously. Allowing patterning, protective implulses, traumas, tensions, pain, structures to arise. Becomming aware of how patterns impact us & our expression in the world. Enquiring into the raw textures, tones, colours, impressions. Building our somatic muscle to include the whole spectrum of our sensory experience. Deepening & cultivating our body mind system as our living conduit of expression. So that we may deepen into our embodied enquiry in a dynamic, fluid & grounded manner.
For more information, email Mairéad - maireadmv@gmail.com