Embodied Mindfulness
Use the wisdom of your body to successfully deal with stress
with Charlie Badenhop and Marleen Adriaensen

Stress has become one of the greatest challenges of our time, both in people's personal and professional lives. Stress affects your physical health, emotional well-being and productivity. Recent research suggests that 80% of all illness and half the sick days from work are stress related. You might currently consider stress an inevitable condition in your life. But, it does not have to be that way. By learning how to link the intelligence of your rational mind with the age old wisdom of your body, you can definitely learn to successfully deal with stress.

In this Stress Management workshop you will:

1. Explore the subtle yet powerful ways your body communicates the onset of stress, and the onset of inner peace. 
2. Discover how to use your body and your breath to change your stress response and reduce its impact on your health, performance, and sense of well-being.
3. Engage in practices that help you enter into a calming state of Embodied Mindfulness.
4. Gain an understanding of how slowing down gives you more time to reach your goal.

Something new, something special!
You'll receive an mp3 audio file with Seishindo practices & music, to help extend and integrate your learning experience.

We'll explore the Seishindo Body-Mind Model
The way you use your body, breathe, and move has a major impact on how you feel. Understanding the subtle yet powerful communication of body language, allows you to stress less and relax more! The key is to link the intelligence of your rational mind with the age old wisdom of your body.

1. Step One: Uncover the behaviours, thought patterns, and body language that lead to stress, and those that lead to inner peace.
2. Step Two: Engage in mind-body practices to better manage your emotional state and sense of health and well-being.
3. Step Three: Clarify how you can take responsibility for creating the life you desire.

The Presenters Charlie Badenhop is a trainer, coach, and bodyworker with more than thirty years international experience. He's a fourth degree black belt and licensed instructor of Aikido in Japan, a certified trainer in NLP and Ericksonian Hypnosis, and a long term practitioner of the Japanese healing art of "sei tai", and Self-relations therapy. He's been living, working, and studying in Japan for the last twenty-two years and has students throughout the world.
Marleen Adriaensen (Antwerp) consults for organizations regarding ergonomics and reducing stress in the workplace. In her work with individuals she uses bodywork & coaching to help them manage stress and pain. Formerly she was the internal advisor on safety, health and well-being for a major Belgian corporation. Marleen is a trained in Seishindo and NLP, she practices various massage methods and studies Yoga and Eutony.

This Stress management workshop is a good fit for you if most of what's written below, sounds and feels familiar to you:

• I feel overly tired, I'm unable to recharge my batteries
• I'm realizing I don't know how to deal with conflict and uncertainty
• I'm always busy but nothing much gets done
• I have trouble concentrating and focusing
• I want to stop and slow down, but I don't know how
• I often feel tense, nervous, anxious, or depressed
• I've lost confidence in myself
• I have problems sleeping
• I have recurrent headaches, or minor aches and pains
• Worry seems to follow me around, no matter where I go, and what I'm doing

The effects of stress can show up in every aspect of your daily life. When you're stressed, you feel out of sorts emotionally, your immune system is compromised, your ability to work with focus and clarity is lessened, and your important relationships with others wind up suffering significantly. Eventually, chronic stress makes it difficult to enjoy even the lighter moments in life.

Wouldn't you enjoy life and your relationships a great deal more if you felt like you had a way to deal with stress?

The workshop program will include:  

1. Presentation of background theory
2. Introduction and demonstration of some simple and effective exercises/practices
3. Exploration of these practices in small group settings 
4. Music, poetry and a sense of humour
5. Some playful and calming movement
6. Debrief, feedback, and future pacing

Share what you've learned; Seek clarification on what was presented. Commit to how you will further cultivate your learning in the future.

What is Seishindo?
This workshop is based upon Seishindo - a human potential discipline developed by Charlie Badenhop. Seishindo is designed to help you live and work in an emotionally balanced, life-affirming manner; to more consistently live with enthusiasm, compassion, and a sense of truly belonging in the world.

Seishindo is a Japanese term which can be said to mean "the cultivation of a pure heart and simple mind" or "the cultivation of the whole self."

The principles, practices, and techniques of Seishindo have been distilled from Charlie Badenhop's years of study in various fields: Aikido, NLP, Ericksonian Hypnosis, the Japanese healing art of sei tai, Self-relations therapy, Gestalt therapy, and Yoga.
The Seishindo workshops are known for their magic, depth of experience, and celebration of life.

How is Seishindo different?
Most people tend to look at events and relationships as the source of stress, but in fact stress is caused by our reaction to events and relationships. Over time, our reactions turn into habitual bodily and emotional responses that occur without our conscious direction.
 
In Seishindo we look to regain control of our body, so we can choose how we respond to life's many challenges and deal with stress effectively.

Rather than learning how to 'think' differently, you learn how to tap into the intelligence of your body-mind and emotions.
Step by step, the more you learn to tune into the language of your body, the better able you'll be to deal with stress, and live a happy healthy life.

Related Seishindo articles
I'm always busy but nothing much gets done (Sept 2004)
Mushin - Peak Performance State (June 2007)
The language of your body (Feb 2006)
Self Hypnosis as a tool for stress management (May 2003)
Somatic Wisdom (May 2006)

What else do you want to know? How can we be of further service in this regard?
If you are looking for some guidance about this course, click here to email Marleen and let us know what your concerns and questions are. If you need more information to decide, we will be glad to talk to you. Everyone has their own time and rhythm and we fully realize that some people might prosper better by taking part in activities offered by others.

What former participants say about Seishindo workshops
"I have been grateful for the kind support and attention I've received from Charlie and the group. Charlie has read widely and his experience both professional and personal comes through clearly in each class as he gently guides people to make changes big and small. Personally I find that my life is becoming fuller and more meaningful. I'm benefiting from the many diverse elements Charlie weaves into his work. His interactions with me have helped me increase my awareness of myself and others. The classes have assisted me in facing some of my fears which in turn, inevitably lead to me feeling better about myself.

I've taken the time to write this kudo because I'd really like to encourage others to experience Charlie's work. I am pretty certain you'll come away feeling like you have received something truly special."
Joyce Cunningham, Japan

"Charlie Badenhop has been a member of and a contributor to the NLP community for many years. He has brought his knowledge of the martial arts to NLP and shared the movements, philosophy, and art of the special relationship with self and others that can be achieved through Aikido. Charlie has a keen interest in the body as a system with memory, learning ability and problem solving skills. He has held this belief in the face of the cognitive approach which is most prevalent. Charlie has created many innovations in this area that help people heal body, heart and soul.
He has explored deeply the learning process and achieved great results in language learning and other areas. Well there are many more wonderful things I could say about Charlie, but now I will say the last but not the least in any way. Charlie is a kind and true friend.
With respect and love,"
Judith Delozier, co-founder of NLP and co-developer of New Code NLP

"Charlie Badenhop is an extraordinary man. For me, his work offers great insights into the unity of mind and body in clear, simple language that is immediately graspable and at the same time shatters any rigid conceptions one might be holding. The practices I have learned from Charlie are simple, doable, and carry the potential of delivering profound changes."
Mary Ann Giorgio, C. S. W., Brooklyn, New York

"Charlie Badenhop's work is intense and powerful. At the same time, he is very respectful of a person's self-hood and personal boundaries. I highly recommend him."
Terry Tailor Smith, family therapist

"My experience of Charlie and the practices of Seishindo have been nothing short of profound. By tapping into my own somatic and emotional sources of wisdom, I can now come from an authentic place in bringing these practices to my executive coaching clients. I was awed at the life-changing insights participants in his workshops were able to experience with his gentle and humble guidance."
Connie MacKinnon, Executive Coach & Management Consultant, Calgary, Canada

"As a coach to senior executives, I need ways to work deeply with people who are skeptical about anything non-linear. Charlie combines in-depth understanding with practical methods. His insight and intuition make him a master. Better still, unlike many masters, he is as unpretentious about himself as he is generous with his knowledge. As a learner, I feel safe to be exactly who I am, because Charlie is so straightforward about his humanity."
Steve Levin, organizational development consultant and executive coach

"As a coach to senior executives, I need ways to work deeply with people who are skeptical about anything non-linear. Charlie combines in-depth understanding with practical methods. His insight and intuition make him a master. Better still, unlike many masters, he is as unpretentious about himself as he is generous with his knowledge. As a learner, I feel safe to be exactly who I am, because Charlie is so straightforward about his humanity."
Steve Levin, organizational development consultant and executive coach

"Charlie, you have this incredible ability to notice what is missing from the whole, and then you help to restore fullness. Or, perhaps I should say you have an incredible ability to notice what your clients think is a missing part of them, and then help them to find that lost part within themselves. You have helped me to find a piece of myself that I had been looking for for many years. Thank you so much for such a precious experience."
John, Philadelphia