Online Classes
Upcoming Classes
Online courses offer the advantage of allowing you to learn and try out new things in your familiar environment. This is especially helpful if you want to establish new routines in your life. With the other participants, you’ll experience openness, exchange, and community.
The following courses are currently open for registration. If you’re interested in other topics, please let me know. I’m also happy to design courses for existing groups.
Embodied Mindfulness
Embodied Mindfulness is a 6-week online course based on the concept developed by Jamie McHugh. Here, you’ll learn somatic activities that help you being present and loving with yourself. The goal of the course is for you to practice these activities in your daily life so that you can move through life much more connected to yourself.
“After practicing embodied mindfulness for several months, I was surprised to realise that I am no longer hypervigilent. Instead I am deeply connected with my breath and body sensations even when I am out and about and driving public transportation. This totally surprised me.”
“When I feel overwhelmed, I’ve been reminded of the simple yet powerful ways the breath can help me feel emotionally safe even within an experience of overwhelm. I’ve remembered how the breath has the power to bring scattered, fragmented chaos back into relationship — into a steady stream of energy, a rhythmic pulsation of unity.
Dear Soma
Dear Soma is a 6-week online course in which we familiarize ourselves with our bodily sensations. We begin with somatic exercises to connect with our breath and body. Through writing, we enter into a dialogue with the parts of the body that currently need attention. In exchange with others, we recognize similar themes and experience non-judgmental attention and support.
“I am a writer, and this course has helped me rediscover my craft. Petra showed me that writing is not just a mental act, but demands my entire being. The somatic exercises help me get back into the flow of breath and movement in everyday life when I have writer’s block. Afterwards, my writing becomes much more fluid. When I feel stagnant, I’ve remembered how the breath can awaken natural flow within me and reconnect me to the rhythm of life.”
“Through writing, I have gained a completely different access to my body. Instead of reacting emotionally to symptoms, I now have tools to go deeper and communicate. Through this new access and my openness, I have learned a lot about myself that was previously closed to me. I feel more balanced and energetic as a result.”
Class Schedule
The following courses are currently open for registration. If you’re interested in other topics, please let me know. I’m also happy to design courses for existing groups.
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