Somatic exercises and self resilience skills
Ikigi (purpose)
These experiences are designed to be done in “moais” or small groups, but they are available “one on one” by prior arrangement. These skills take advantage of “Bottom up learning” to allow someone to develop sustainable self resilience practices in a relatively short time… they are meant to be enjoyable… so they most likely will become repeatable.
Umbutu (connection)
There is no time frame or “fixed curriculum” for these experiences. We start out with a discussion about the neuroscience of the brain. Modern culture often fails to assist us in developing self resilience skills, so we never experience the level of health/happiness that was experienced by our ancestors using wisdom traditions.
Hanta (movement)
We decide together (Sawabone/Sickona) what path we take. Here are some examples, they can be “mixed and matched.”
- The use of heat, cold, and hydrotherapy “from Wim Hof to Kneipping to High-tech”
- 8 person wood fired sauna
- Cold exposure activities
- Instructions on how to develop these practices in your life without all of “the toys”
- Breath work and contemplative practice; 101 to advanced
- Review the “modern view” of the psychology of breath vs “wisdom tradition” activity of breath. Red Thread’s meeting house was designed for learning these skills.
- Training tools explored
- “Bone whistle”
- “Hara belt”
- “Kinetic feedback”
- Various traditions explored
- What Olympic athletes do to relieve stress
- Japa Meditation
- Mindfulness vs Transcendental Meditation
- Motion Meditative Techniques
- Opportunity to make and use a set of “forest beads” to assist in japa meditation
- Jungian theory – where magic meets science, is this a link between modern neuroscience and wisdom traditions.
- Review of “modern” vs “wisdom tradition” view of the mind
- Discussion of the “three neurogates” that operate your consciousness
- Time to discuss Carl Jung’s archetypes, and use some “modern tools” promoted by some cutting edge neuro psychiatrists
- Teach participants given the opportunity to make their own “Celtic rune” set, and be given instruction on how to use them.
- Group Bonding Activities
- Kinetic Activities – Non-verbal Communication
- Crafting and Bushcraft
- Cooking and Eating
- Planting and Harvesting