Take a seat in a comfortable chair or find a cozy place to lie down and feel the calm. Join an online community meditation (free to all). Or, enjoy the short recorded settling exercises below.

COMMUNITY MEDITATION EVENTS

Live: Winter Solstice Community Meditation, with Robyn Michele Jones, MA, RCST®, CMT
Online, Friday, December 20, 2024 ~ 3:00 pm Pacific, 6:00 pm Eastern

Join us to welcome the Winter Solstice in a community meditation led by Robyn Michele Jones.

The first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere is marked by the winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, which occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun.  This day has the fewest hours of sunlight throughout the year, making it the “shortest day” of the year. 

This event is open to all for free. The session will last approximately 45 minutes. 

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SHORT SETTLING EXERCISES & MEDITATIONS

The short settling exercises below were recorded to help you experience the first step in a biodynamic approach to healing.

Here I Am, Robyn Michele Jones (4:31 min)
Being Breathed, Robyn Michele Jones (17:24 min)
Body Scan Meditation, Myrna Martin (22:14 min)
Body Low Slow Loop, John Chitty (16:56 min)
The Practice of Feeling Calm, Roger Gilchrist (18:16 min)
Whole Body Settling, Gary Peterson (39:07 min)

Here I Am & Being Breathed
  

Robyn Michele Jones, MA, RCST®, CMT, is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy teacher and past BCTA/NA Board of Directors President. She has been studying and practicing bodywork since 1984, and has a strong background both in a variety of bodywork modalities and in mindfulness psychotherapy. Her continuing studies in anatomy, embryology, and pre & perinatal therapy inspire and deeply inform her teaching and practice. Learn more about Robyn Michele here.

Body Scan

This 20-minute body scan will help regulate your autonomic nervous system in the sequence that we grew our bodies as embryos.
Myrna Martin, RCST®, MN, RCC, has 40 years of experience working with people therapeutically as a nurse, public health nurse, family therapist, Integrative Body/Mind Therapist and teacher (IBP), Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and approved Teacher. She has been in full time private practice and teaching Pre and Perinatal Workshops, Seminars and full Professional Trainings since 2000. Visit http://myrnamartin.net/ to learn about Myrna’s workshops and trainings. 

Body Low Slow Loop

This exercise is a safe and effective way to gently reduce autonomic nervous system dysfunction, particularly the sympathetic stress response known as fight or flight.

John Chitty (1949 – 2019) was a passionate teacher of biodynamic craniosacral therapy, a polarity therapist, author of Dancing with Yin & Yang (2013), Working with Babies (2016), Triune Autonomic Nervous System Wall Chart (2013), and co-author of Energy Exercises (1990, 2018). With his wife Anna Chitty, he founded the Colorado School of Energy Studies, which continues to offer innovative learning programs in somatic and energy therapies.  Learn more about the Colorado School of Energy Studies here.

The Practice of Feeling Calm

 Whole Body Settling

Gary Peterson, RCST, PTP,  is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy teacher, who also has a background in polarity therapy. He has spent many years focused on understanding and alleviating the deep causes of suffering resulting from stress and trauma, especially for mothers and babies.  Through his school, STAR (Settling Touch and Resource) Institute, he has taught BCST since 2004 He is currently working to complete his first book, Settling – Simple Practices for Calming Your Nervous System. Learn more about Gary here. 

Visit the BCTA/NA Learning Center to enjoy longer guided meditations
(recorded at past Community Meditation events)