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Gibney Cares

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by Amy Miller, Gibney

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The 'Gibney Cares' podcast features Gibney Company Director, Amy Miller sharing the mindfulness-centered 'Take Care Card' series. Generated through decades of Community Action-focused programming, these movement and imagery practices address looking inside, speaking through movement, and working together as a way to reveal our own power and collaborate with others. Be well. Be kind. Take care. Support our work and ensure that Gibney can continue to fulfill its mission during this uncertain time by making a contribution → https://bit.ly/3bdo8YT

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May 26, 2020

Open Your Heart

I invite you to take a few easy breaths and see if you can notice your ribs expanding in all directions..... See if you can notice your heartbeat....many ways to try this: connecting with arteries in your neck, touching a wrist, and you may have other methods for becoming aware of your own heartbeat...sometimes if I am quiet enough, I can sense my heartbeat around my eyes. Allowing the breath to be present, start a few easy circles with your upper body.  No right or wrong way to approach this idea with a goal of enlivening our upper bodies, relaxing muscles, bringing blood flow...Circles one way and then the other - head, shoulders, upper back - any body parts that feel good. Then find some space where you can reach out and connect with a wall near you - perhaps reaching out your hand to connect solidly with the wall in front of you.  Then turn away and start to twist to see behind you while staying connected to the wall.  You may feel a stretch in your shoulder, upper chest and yes, perhaps a gentle opening of your heart. Inhale - and as you exhale see if you can twist even a millimeter further around, but always staying in the comfortable zoom.  When you're ready, slowly untwist, release and shake it all out if that feels good.  Before trying the other side, notice if you can feel a difference on the side we just worked with?  You might feel some additional warmth, flexibility, kind of a buzzy sensation, or maybe no change at all.  Super important to be gentle though and allow the tissues to soften in a gentle way. When you are ready try the other side......Connect, Inhale, Twist, Release and Shake... After trying this practice, I like to find an area where I can move freely and stretch, swipe, toss, and paint the air around me in a freestyle way.....Swing, bounce, carve and enjoy the potential of a new range of motion, new possibilities both physically and metaphorically by opening our hearts for a deeper connection with ourselves, each other and our environments - opening our hearts toward possibility a little bit more each day. Take Care... This Take Care Card was inspired by Kristy Kuhn.  Copyright @Gina Gibney Dance, Inc. All rights reserved.

May 18, 2020

Breathing Your Body

Take a few easy breaths and notice how you’re connected to the Earth. I invite you to send some gratitude to yourself for taking this time to center and recharge, as well as offer an invitation to send gratitude to our vast communities and to the Earth itself. This practice begins small and then radiates out in parallel to this initial idea of gratitude for self, others and the natural world.  There is no right or wrong way to engage with these suggestions.  Follow your intuition and modify in ways that are most beneficial to you in the moment. Spend time noticing your own breath and encouraging an awareness of your breath starting to radiate out from the center of your body.  Live in this practice for a few moments and allow it to reveal itself to you..... This Breathing Your Body practice has four cycles.... Cycle 1: Inhale – notice how your ribs expand Exhale – notice how your ribs release toward the center of your body (you can repeat this for a few breaths) Cycle 2: Inhale – send more energy up to the sky - could look like arms float lightly overhead, shoulders rising, other body parts rising, thoughts of gratitude rising Exhale – lower your energy (you can repeat this for a few breaths) Cycle 3: Inhale – energy floats overhead as you arch or look up towards the sky Exhale – lower your energy (you can repeat this for a few breaths) Cycle 4: Inhale – energy floats overhead, arch up to the sky Exhale – energy lowers, back curves forward, lower body softens (you can repeat this for a few breaths) Cycle 3: Inhale – energy floats overhead as you arch towards the sky Exhale – lower your energy Cycle 2: Inhale – send more energy up to the sky - could look like arms float lightly overhead, shoulders rising, other body parts rising, thoughts of gratitude rising Exhale – lower your energy Cycle 1: Inhale – notice how your ribs expand Exhale – notice how your ribs release towards center of your body Take a few easy breaths and notice how you are connected to the Earth. I invite you to send some gratitude to yourself for taking this time to center and recharge, as well as offer an invitation to send gratitude to our vast communities and to the Earth itself. Take Care... This Take Care Card was inspired by Kristy Kuhn.  Copyright @Gina Gibney Dance, Inc. All rights reserved.

May 11, 2020

Moving Through Fear

Take a few moments to notice your breath.... To notice the way the Earth is supporting you... To notice the way your clothes happen to be connected to your skin..... To notice your spine and allow each vertebrae to float ever so slightly in different directions.... Bring an extra millimeter of relaxation to your upper body, mid body, lower body and down through the Earth below you.... Upper body, mid body, lower body and down through the Earth..... See if you can become so gently aware that you are able to possibly sense the movement of your heart..... To notice your pulse within your body...... Holding any of these suggestions or others as a focus for now, I invite you to reflect on a moment in your life that you felt very supported, confident, generous or alive.  As you hold this memory, see if you can also notice the sensations in your body as you recall this moment - upper body, mid body, lower body and down through the Earth. See if you can catalogue for yourself any sensations or desires to move or to be in a certain alignment or posture. Sometimes when we are afraid, our sympathetic nervous system directs us to fight, flee, freeze or fawn to protect ourselves. It tries to keep us safe by giving us the options of violence, simply leaving, total inaction or people-pleasing in order to diffuse.  To some extent, this fear may become a regular part of our days keeping us locked in this response system. In order to 'rest and digest,' we must switch into our parasympathetic nervous system that can offer a way to both recharge and offer another option for dealing with fear - we can try to move through fear. Simple breathing practices can stimulate our vagus nerve that can invite us to switch into this calmer, relaxation mode. Another practice to perhaps try now (and keep as a tool for the next time we need it) is to again notice your spine and allow each vertebrae to float ever so slightly in different directions.  Perhaps your upper spine can experiment with floating ever so slightly forward and back, then side side to side - a gentle circle.  Your mid spine - can experiment with floating ever so slightly forward and back, then side side to side - a gentle circle. Your lower spine - can experiment with floating ever so slightly forward and back, then side side to side - a gentle circle. Some options to say to ourselves along with this practice are: With each breath, I am smoothing away my fear. With each movement, I am smoothing away my fear. With each breath, I am becoming calmer.  With each movement, I am becoming calm. Take a few moments to tap back into the sensation or postures from your moment of support, confidence, generosity and aliveness.... Notice the way the Earth is supporting you...as we all move through fear in order to reconnect  and reconnect and reconnect to ourselves, to each other and to our big, beautiful, complex world. Take Care...... This Take Care Card was inspired by Kristy Kuhn.  Copyright @Gina Gibney Dance, Inc. All rights reserved.

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What is Gibney Cares?: The 'Gibney Cares' podcast features Gibney Company Director, Amy Miller sharing the mindfulness-centered 'Take Care Card' series. Generated through decades of Community Action-focused programming, these movement and imagery practices address looking inside, speaking through movement, and working together as a way to reveal our own power and collaborate with others. Be well. Be kind. Take care.

Support our work and ensure that Gibney can continue to fulfill its mission during this uncertain time by making a contribution → https://bit.ly/3bdo8YT
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.

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