Our very first relationship is with our environment. It is a base for our ongoing wellness or dis-ease. Our bodies process and perceive our environment even before our minds cognitively know we are in it. This process and impact on the nervous system follows through to our adulthood; when our body’s signals are stuck in the past, our environments can contain obstacles that stand in the way of our physical and emotional health and our thriving. This often shows up in our living environment. Feng Shui helps heal the “past-focused” biology by reconnecting us to a deep relationship with our space. To create deep change, we must first feel safe in our environment.
Feng Shui helps us regulate our nervous system by teaching us to be present with the natural rhythm of our space and its energy. Examining our environment allows us to intuitively decide what feels supportive in our space by connecting with the energy in each area of the home.
During our evening, we will view the living environment through a trauma-informed lens to understand what happens somatically when we enter or pass through a room. Working with basic Feng Shui, you will learn how to balance Yin and Yang energy in your space and identify enhancements that support each area of your home. The workshop is open to everyone and will benefit home- owners, apartment residents, business owners and those who have a history of trauma response, feel dysregulated or overwhelmed and want to make their space more supportive.
This presentation is conducted in a safe, non-judgmental space and will feature:
- How to begin when you feel overwhelmed
- How interior energy design is necessary for the healing process
- Balancing and Harmonizing the 5 elements
- Why manifesting or reaching intentions is difficult for trauma survivors and how the 5 elements relate to nervous system
- Basic somatic understanding of the body when it is in a space/home
- Strategies for reducing visual clutter/stimuli that reduce cognition; titration based obstacle clearing
- Suggestions for personalized breathwork and/or chakra clearing
This class is safe for those in the neuro-typical community or families.
Cynthia Young, CEFSP, CTSS, is a Certified Essential Feng Shui Practitioner and trauma support specialist living near Phoenix, Arizona. She works with groups, individuals and business owners to help them better understand how to support their authenticity and understand how painful past experiences can be an obstacle to living in a thriving space. Cynthia is graduate of the Western School of Feng Shui. She has also earned certificates in Non-Violent Communication practitioner training and functional medicine and complex trauma support. She specializes in residential and commercial Feng Shui, landscape energy design, and co creating trauma-informed spaces.She is the creator of Asteya Studios, LLC, which is an integration of trauma-informed support and Feng Shui guidance. She has spoken to groups for the International Feng Shui Guild and the London School of Feng Shui. Cynthia had studied and practiced near Boston for many years and now lives in Arizona’s West Valley. For more details please visit www.asteyastudios.com
Important: Supplies that student must bring:
1) A floor plan of their home. It can be a sketch drawing and doesn’t have to be perfect. A simple sketch is fine.
2) Something to take notes with. We will be writing on our energy maps.
Handouts provided.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
4;00 – 6:00 pm
$45
Please register below.
Holland Center Cancellation Policy
Cancellation 14 or more days prior to the first day of class will be refunded, minus a $10 processing fee. Cancellation less than 14 days are non-refundable.
