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WHY BLUE TURTLE
Blue Turtle Craniosacral Therapy
Postgraduate Trainings
Sound, Space and Silence
Monica Anthony
This workshop is for craniosacral therapists, psychotherapists and healers who wish to explore both verbal and non-verbal communication on many levels. We will look at our individual perception of the relationship between sound and silence, also applying that to our sense of space, both physical and in our subtle awareness; just as in a Japanese garden where the spaces between the stones or plants are as significant and eloquent as the objects themselves.
So, our starting point will be based on the Japanese concept of ma, which encompasses the silent, empty space between things, the beats between notes of music, the period between incidents and the comfortable distance between people. 'Ma is not something that is created by compositional elements; it is the thing that takes place in the imagination of the human who experiences these elements'.
The Chinese character that is the written word ma is an opening through which light shines, and the function of ma is precisely to let the light shine through.
This field of resonance and awareness enables us to engage consciously in deep healing processes and to find and cultivate another level of perception from which even greater clarity and insight can emerge. During this day we will allow room for all the levels of mind, emotions, body and subtle energy field to be present as they are required and for each participant in this small group to have the chance to explore their own experience in collaboration with others. Ma is an important concept which opens up many possibilities in our craniosacral work: especially, inner space and silence even in the midst of noise and chaos in the world around us. It develops resilience and the delicate balance between gentleness and strength.
February 6th 2027
Canada Water, London SE16
Monica Anthony
Looking back on my choices of trainings in Psychotherapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Hypnotherapy and Healing, it has become clear to me that they grew out of my immersion in music from a young age, a persistent curiosity about the inner workings of life and an interest in people and the natural world around me.
Increasingly aware of the existence of subtle energies, I went on to study oboe and compositional the Royal Academy of Music, London, and in Germany and then worked for several years as a freelance orchestral player and teacher. During that time, I developed further my engagement with the relationship between mind, body and our own connection with something more than our everyday consciousness, finding a language for that sense particularly after key encounters with esoteric teachings, Transpersonal Psychology and Craniosacral Work in themid-1970s.
Significant teachers have been Ian Gordon-Brown and Barbara Somers (Transpersonal Psychology) and Lily Cornford (Colour Healing and a particularly profound and subtle form of Hypnotherapy). Other important influences are the Tao Te Ching (see quote below), Andrew Taylor Still, and Hugh Milne ('The Heart of Listening').
So, having been consistently drawn by the transformational power of healing as a way of looking at the world, I offer through my work an opportunity to explore (self-) healing as a perspective and as a way of being.
Using imaging, creative visualization, reflection, meditation, subtle body work, storytelling and discussion as rewarding ways of developing our innate intuitive connection with the healing process, I am particularly interested in the creative experience as a path to our own inner wisdom.
With my background as a musician, I have found that the concepts of vibration, resonance, harmonics, space and silence inherent in music have led me to a greater understanding of the vibration and resonance of the different aspects of our being: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual, and of their relationship to each other as a whole, in a coherent and grounded way.
I live near Canada Water, South East London, and have two grown-up children and three grandchildren. One of my pastimes is creating Japanese-style gardens.