Introduction to Balance, Stability and Home Safety with Brian Finch, Physical Therapist
LOCATION
New Thought Vermont
614 Main Street Weston, VT 05161
1 hour
Free Mobile eTicket
As we age, balance and stability become ever more important. In this class session, Brian will discuss key concepts for maintaining your mobility and activity. This will include stability and postural restoration, how to navigate the home and outdoor environments and maintaining activity levels during this time. He will provide an overview followed by discussion.
Brian Finch received both his Bachelor's degree in physical therapy/clinical science and his Master's degree in physical therapy from Ithaca College in New York. Mark your calendar and join us!
Brian, a licensed physical therapist, has been in clinical practice for the last 21 years. He began his career specializing in pediatrics with a concentration in early intervention with Saint Francis.
Listening to Lenny: The Music and Life of Leonard Bernstein
LOCATION
New Thought Vermont
614 Main Street Weston, VT 05161
1 hour
Free Mobile eTicket
Peter will talk about the life and music Leonard Bernstein, whose musicianship transformed the musical world, whose composition transcended an art form, and who was a prominent leader for social change. In this one hour zoom presentation, we will hear about his life and music, experience video recording of his conducting and piano virtuosity, and perhaps explore a bit of his work as an educator/philosopher. There will be time for discussion and reflection by participants.
Peter Miller is the cofounder and co-leader, with his spouse William Freeman, of New Thought Vermont. The organization offers in-person and online mindfulness, meditation and movement groups, classes and counseling, workshops, seminars and retreats as well as arts experiences with emphasis on support for minorities, the differently-abled and care providers.
This is an in-person event at the New Thought Vermont gallery/barn in Weston, Vermont.
Suggested donation: $125 including the workshop and lunch. *
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Space is limited.
Sensory Awareness is a movement-based mindfulness practice, reconnecting us with the living moment. Everyday movements rather than exercises, playful explorations, quiet attentiveness rather than effort, take us to a place of renewed engagement.
How can we be content in a world that does not run according to our plans? How do we live in the midst of uncertainty? Through the practice of Sensory Awareness, we learn to fully connect with life as it is, a stream of experience, ever-changing and awesome. Grounded in the moment, we are freed to act from a place of curiosity rather than ambition – engaging with reality rather than fighting it.
Sensory Awareness is a process of inquiry through simple explorations of everyday movements, quiet presence and lively interactions with life. It is an invitation to question our beliefs by experiencing the world with open senses. Playful interactions with the earth’s primary forces — gravity, ground, and air — prepare the foundation for meaningful action. The constant tug of gravity is earth's call to engage, to find orientation. Ground is the support from which we rise, its firm presence gives our moves traction. Air fuels life, its free flow through us is a condition for sustainable participation in the joys and challenges of living — upright and down to earth.
Stefan Laeng is a Sensory Awareness leader and the Executive Director of the Sensory Awareness Foundation. He offers workshops in the USA and Europe. His many years of study of Buddhist meditation and philosophy inform his work and life. Currently, Stefan works on an oral history and biography of the Somatics pioneer Charlotte Selver. He lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Learn more at www.MindfulnessInMotion.net.
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New Thought Vermont, PO Box 185, Weston, VT 05161.
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* This is truly a suggested donation. We never want anyone to be denied access to our programs due to economic hardship. Pleas
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Giving Form to Our Archetypal Selves:
Responding in Clay to Poems, Stories, Myths, and Guided Imagery.
Thursday evening, Aug 19 from 7:00 – 9:00PM EASTERN
When we “mess around” with clay, inevitably, seemingly accidental gestures increasingly evoke unexpected images. Before you know it a lump of clay becomes a Gnome, or a Guardian, or a Goddess – or all of them. And they all have something to say to you. Those surprise events are known haunts, where awe and epiphany hang out.
Please have writing materials and clay available or contact New Thought Vermont for assistance.
Trained at the Synthesis Center of Amherst Mass., Alan Steinberg maintains a practice as a Psychosynthesis Guide in Brattleboro, VT. He has been a ceramic artist and teacher for 54 years with work in galleries across the country. A founder of the Brattleboro Clayworks, he has led workshops for Rowe Conference Center, Omega at the Crossings in Austin Texas, Pendle Hill, the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, AAP, APOV, the Vermont Leadership Institute, and in the Virgin Islands.
This session will be offered in-person (for those fully vaccinated) at New Thought Vermont in Weston and also on-line. Space is limited. Suggested donation: $20.* Please make a donation using this link: Click here
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NOTE: Attached image is a sculpture by Susan Streeter