Moving Towards Your Sensual Self:

                 Awakening the sacred feminine

       Saturday, October 15th 2011

                  9:30am – 5:00pm

                              $175

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What does it mean to be in your body?

How is it that we become disconnected from our body and it’s communication with our mind?

How can you regain that sensual mind-body connection for a healthier and more pleasure-filled life?

Our life begins with effortless communication between our mind and our bodies.  But our present system of learning promotes a disconnect such that we forget how to listen to the messages our bodies are sending us.  This lack of communication with the body traps the energy of our emotions and the wisdom of the body resulting in disease, lack of sensation, and decreased sexual and sensual pleasure.  There may even be fear of allowing yourself to fully feel through your body.  Join us for a discussion of the biology behind the mind-body connection and learn to re-establish this link through natural movement and easy guided exercises.  (For women only. Please wear comfortable clothing. No nudity.)

Madeleine M. Castellanos, M.D. is a psychiatrist specializing in sex therapy with couples and individuals who is committed to helping others learn about their own sexuality and how to achieve physical and emotional balance in their sex lives.  She works to assist in lifestyle changes whenever possible and is particularly attentive to the mind-body connection. In addition to being Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, she has dedicated her private practice to the specialty of sex therapy and sexology for those couples and individuals wanting to address any difficulties they have in the area of sexuality, or enhance their sex life and their experience of sex.  She is a member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, the Society for Sex Therapy and Research, and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. She has recently published A Woman’s Guide to a Men and Their Penis Problems and Penis Problems: a Man’s Guide. Her articles can be found on CNN.com, FoxNews.com, as well as her own blog ReclaimYourSexuality.com.

Patricia P. Capello, MA, BC-DMT, NCC, LCAT is Senior Dance/Movement Therapist and Acting Team Leader at Maimonides Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry in Brooklyn, NY. She has been a member of the adjunct faculty at New York University and is currently on the faculty at The New School and the Harkness Dance Center. She trains and supervises students both in the US and abroad. Her unique teaching style and years of experience in using dance and movement to help people find a healthy mind-body connection have made her a frequent workshop presenter and educator in Taiwan, Korea, Greece, and the UK. Ms. Capello is a frequent contributor to The American Journal of Dance Therapy and her writing is featured in the recently published book The Art and Science of Dance/Movement Therapy: Life is Dance (Routledge; 2009). Credentials include Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (ADTA), Nationally Certified Counselor (NBCC), and New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist.

Class Schedule

9:00am  -  9:30am         Check-in
9:30am – 12:30pm        Morning session
12:30pm – 2:00pm       Break for lunch (on your own)
2:00pm  -  5:00pm        Afternoon session

Location:
177 Prince Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012

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