our sacred body
with Maryn spangler
the Blessings of embodiment
overview
February 27 - April 2 2025
Our Sacred Body is a journey into the sanctity of physical embodiment. Explore different aspects of your body’s intelligence and wisdom, create an inner context of safety, self love and nourishment, and experience your physical body as a doorway to mental, emotional and spiritual integration. This class will be both educational and experiential, weaving together conversation with somatic ritual.
description
Our body is the root of our spirit, the densest part of the incarnate soul.
Isn’t it funny that most of us learned the exact opposite?
We learned spirit was something incongruent with physicality; that the sacred was something to be sought outside of our incarnate selves; that the body was sin, something to be risen above, controlled and overcome. These teachings have been coded in to our collective consciousness over millennia, and whether we consciously participate in it or not, it’s a strong piece of context for the world we live in.
It’s time to rewrite this narrative, and embrace the sanctity of physical embodiment!
An interesting kind of magic happens when you come into loving awareness of presence within your body and care for it as you would a plant or a dear friendship. A blossoming occurs - an opening of your innermost self. Your body is supported in its natural integration process, your vital life force energy begins to flow unimpeded, orienting you towards coherency - you begin to hear your inner wisdom and naturally act from the fullness of your being.
This is the magic of embodiment! As you engage your body (and self) with love and honor, slowly but surely your tissues start relax and soften. Suppleness begins to replace rigidity. Ingrained, habitual patterns of being start to loosen, allowing you to love deeper, laugh harder, and live fuller.
So how do you begin this process? What does your body need to thrive? How does your body talk to you? And how do you slowly, gently, reintegrate the wholeness of your being through your body? This will be the transformation that Our Sacred Body will take you on.
course format
Through somatic ritual and embodiment practice, supported by online discussion, you will:
~ Explore different aspects of body intelligence and wisdom, learning how to listen to what your body is telling you;
~ Create inner safety and nourishment within your nervous system;
~ Bring your loving presence deeply into every nook and cranny of your body;
~ Experience your physical body as an access point to mental, emotional and spiritual integration;
~ Learn practical embodiment tools to meet the moments of your day that knock you into a fractured state.
A journey of liberation and inner transformation awaits you! Celebrate the sacredness of your physicality, the spirituality of your embodied life, and feel your vital energy blossom through a deeply presenced nervous system.
Our Sacred Body will be held on our online education site Lorianeducation.com where you will have access to the online discussion and materials 24/7 through your Learning Library.
This course will offer six live and recorded ZOOM webinar sessions during which the week’s lesson will be presented and discussed, and text-based online sessions where exercises are presented and deeper discussions are possible. All webinar sessions are recorded and available to download for your personal use. The class materials are stored indefinitely in your personal Learning Library.
ZOOM sessions begin at noon Pacific time on Saturdays:
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Final session is on Wednesday, April 2 at 4:00 pm Pacific
LORIAN COVENANT OF CONFIDENTIALITY
Please Note: Your registration in a Lorian class confirms your commitment to uphold Agreements of Confidentiality and mutual respect which govern the spirit, the intent, and the practice of our education experience together.
Registration - $250
Interested in repeating this Core class or inquiring about a scholarship? Contact susans@lorian.org for more information.
Maryn Spangler
Born and raised in the Lorian community, Maryn weaves an ingrained Incarnational Spirituality perspective with a decade of study and practice in the fields of mental, emotional and physical healing. She is passionate about spirituality, metaphysics and personal growth. Maryn lives in Western Washington, surrounded by beloved family and community. She loves all things cozy, and her favorite thing is to curl up with a cup of tea and a romance novel.
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