Living from the body, sensuously and authentically, is challenging in an everyday life that both requires mental control and is filled with unrealistic ideals.
Female Body Empowerment is a 5-session course offering the opportunities to create transformation for those of you who want to strengthen your body contact and self-acceptance. By inviting more power and joy into the body we free ourselves from the negative impact of generic beauty standards and negative self images.
In a safer set up we practice opening up, letting go of our thoughts and coming into presence.
To ensure the depth and confidentiality of the process, the circle of participants of Female Body Empowerment will be the same throughout all 5 sessions.
The course provides insights into what we can do ourselves, what we can achieve together, and how we can guide a partner to support us. The exercises include movement, meditation, breath, touch and sharing.
The Female Body Empowerment course teaches tools on how to:
Re-establish / strengthen your body contact
Listen to your body's intuition and include your body in your daily life
Consciously switch between 'body-mindsets' such as work and pleasure
Release beliefs that inhibit your personal growth and joy
Cultivate an internally-directed rather than externally-directed body relationship
Replace comparisons with sisterhood
1st Meeting: Enter & Express
We arrive and practice bringing the body into the space
We listen for tension / find relaxation
We explore 'tuning in' and use breath to arrive in presence
We express ourselves in movement without words
We learn tools to stay in the body in contact with others
We set an anchor to come back to ourselves
2nd Meeting: Center and Conquer
We invite our bodies to speak to us
We listen when the body tells us what it wants to be freed of
We explore letting go of the burdens our body has carried
We allow our body tell us what it longs for
We express our body's here-and-now needs
3rd Meeting: Shift & Shine
We notice the difference between the different ‘gears’ - bodymindsets - we can be in / act from
We learn small rituals that support shifts between bodymindsets
We tap into and share our body wisdom
We value our body and show ourselves
We highlight the strength and beauty in each other
4th Meeting: Explore & Engage
We explore ways we can become present in our body
We try to identify what blocks presence in our body
We explore how to free our body from having to live up to external expectations
We live out the shadows of the body
We help each other to deepen the presence and sensitivity of our body
5th Meeting: Celebrate & Continue
We evaluate what our body has taught us
We dedicate ourselves to living in pact with our body
We choose our personal practice
We thank our body and share our body light
We celebrate, pamper and celebrate our bodies
WHO IS THIS FOR?
Anyone who has felt limited, embarrassed or wrong regarding the stereotypical ideals of women's appearance and expression.
The course is suitable for you whether you:
Crave to experience more life within your body
Long to overcome body issues around weight, age or general looks / expression
Struggle to get out of your head and act from sensations in your body
Are recovering from a stress burnout
This course welcomes cis-women as well as non-binaries and trans people who have been impacted by these ideals and standards and long for a better relationship with their body.
If you are not sure whether this course is for you, please reach out with any questions to info@houseofplay.dk
NOTE: While this space can be therapeutic and transformational, it is not therapy and therefore if you suffer from severe body dysmorphia, eating disorders etc., this might not be the right space for you and we encourage you to seek support elsewhere.
CAN I JOIN AS A BEGINNER?
You absolutely can - no prior knowledge required
DO I NEED A PARTNER?
No, as we work individually and as a group. The same members will be present throughout the course from start to end.
DRESSCODE
Wear something comfortable that you can move around freely in. Layers are a good idea in order to adjust your temperature to stillness / moving.
WHAT TO BRING:
A pen and a notebook, preferably a precious one.
TIMES
19:00-22:00
Januari 26
Februari 9
Februari 23
March 9
April 6
Doors open 18:30 for you to land softly in the space.
Please be there in time so we can all start together.
TICKETS
1250 kr for members
1500 kr for non-members
Tickets are non-refundable.
Be sure to read our cancellation policy and no-show fee here.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Before showing up to any of our activities, please make sure to read and follow the House of Play Code of Conduct.
🌶️ 1–2 of 4
The first 3 sessions will be fully clothed. The last sessions might partly involve nudity, as you for specific exercises will be invited to dress or undress to the extent you feel like. Touch and interactions throughout will be nonsexual and for the purpose of empowering and healing.
Read more about our chili system here.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Female Body Empowerment is facilitated by Sara Skaarup, sexologist, couples therapist and author, who has worked with body and self-development for 25 years through tantric training, women's group courses and hundreds of client sessions with women struggling to enjoy their bodies. Furthermore Sara Skaarup has contributed as a model in the latest edition of "Kvinde kend din krop" (Woman know your body) and the photo book "Ærlige kvindekroppe (Women's honest bodies)."