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Reclaiming Regulation is a series of individual, in-person workshops for women who are seeking to explore nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, and embodied wellbeing. These 90 minute workshops offer accessible, practical tools to support emotional balance, reduce overwhelm, manage nervous system regulation and develop a deeper connection with the body. Each session is a stand alone experience that blends nervous system theory with somatic practices, breathwork, and grounding practices. The workshops are inclusive, trauma informed, and accessible to all levels, including complete beginners. Who These Workshops Are For WOMEN ONLY These sessions are ideal for women: seeking body based tools for managing stress and supporting calm feeling disconnected, tense, or emotionally fatigued curious about nervous system regulation and somatic practices wanting to reconnect with the body in a safe, supportive space No previous experience is required Somatics & Nervous System Regulation: Benefits for Stress, Trauma, and Emotional Regulation: Reduces chronic stress → Helps shift the body from fight-or-flight into rest-and-digest (parasympathetic state) Supports trauma recovery → Allows stored tension, stress and trauma symptoms to be released safely through the body Improves emotional regulation → Builds capacity to experience emotions without overwhelm or emotional shutdown Enhances self-awareness → Encourages a deeper connection to bodily sensations and internal states Increases resilience → Strengthens the nervous system's ability to recover from stress more quickly Promotes grounding and presence → Helps you feel more centred, calm, and connected to the present moment Reduces anxiety symptoms → Calms overactive stress responses through breath, movement, and awareness Improves sleep and rest quality → Calming the nervous system supports better rest and recovery Empowers self-regulation skills → Teaches tools to manage emotional ups and downs independently Strengthens mind-body connection → Enhances the ability to listen to and trust bodily signals Workshop Format Schedule: One in person workshop each month (October–July) Duration: 90 minutes per workshop Structure: Each workshop is a stand alone experience, attend one or as many as you choose Location: Art & Spirituality Facilitator: Led by a trauma informed integrative somatic therapist Provided: Comfort props, optional reflection prompts, and follow-up resources Each session includes: Accessible nervous system education Guided breathwork and somatic practices Restorative and grounding practices Optional moments for reflection or group connection Take home practices for integration Monthly Workshop Themes October: Understanding the Nervous System Learn how the autonomic nervous system works (fight, flight, freeze, rest) How our nervous system navigates stress and trauma symptoms Explore the window of tolerance and what it means to feel regulated Practice breath and grounding techniques to support balance An introduction to somatic practices Workshop Outcomes By attending one or more of these workshops, participants will: Understand key nervous system principles that support emotional balance Build body awareness and confidence in reading internal cues and sensations Gain practical breath and movement tools for everyday regulation Reconnect with the body as a resource for rest, presence, and wellbeing Cultivate more compassion and awareness of widening their your window of tolerance Why This Work Matters In a fast paced and often dysregulated world, many women are seeking grounded, body based tools to support their wellbeing. These workshops offer a gentle, empowering, and science informed space to reconnect with the body’s organic intelligence. Through movement, breath, and embodied awareness, participants can cultivate more resilience, rest, and a renewed sense of aliveness, one moment, one step at a time. This FREE workshop is for Adults women only and is sponsored by CORRA and HENRY DUNCAN GRANTS By attending this class you release Cori from Koa, Giada Gaslini and Art and Spirituality Cic, from any liability arising out of any personal injuries, emotional or physical release, death, physical reaction, expectations of results, theft in the venue or damages that may happen to people and objects while attending. Pictures will be taken during the workshop, if you prefer not to be in them, please inform the teacher.
The Microsoft Office Diploma Course Includes the following courses: Microsoft Excel for Beginners Certificate Microsoft Excel Advanced Certificate Microsoft Excel Intermediate Certificate Microsoft Outlook Certificate Microsoft PowerPoint Certificate Microsoft Word Certificate Please Note: This course uses the Microsoft 365 version of Office. Any other versions will have some differences in the functions. This comprehensive and all-encompassing course on the most popular and widely used Microsoft Office programs aims to provide you with thorough and detailed knowledge in all areas of Microsoft Office. In fact, this bumper course combines the content of six individual courses, making it the ideal package for those of you who want to solidify your learning on Microsoft Office, for either professional or personal reasons. Those who work in an office environment or who are re-entering the workplace after a break will really benefit from the structured learning that this course offers, allowing you to hit the ground running at work. However, the course is equally useful for those using Microsoft Office in a personal capacity, as many tasks that you need to do on your home PC will likely involve working on these programs. Each of the courses which make up this bumper course has been tailor-made to incorporate the key information and skills that you need in order to improve your proficiency in each area of Microsoft. The courses are run with training videos, allowing you to work in an interactive way, and at your own pace. Let's take a more detailed look at what each course offers you: What You Will Learn The combined course covers the following courses in full: Microsoft Excel for Beginners Certificate Microsoft Excel Intermediate Certificate Microsoft Excel Advanced Certificate Microsoft Word Certificate Microsoft PowerPoint Diploma Microsoft Outlook Diploma. Microsoft Excel for Beginners Certificate Course The first of our Microsoft Excel courses is perfect for those individuals who are new to this program or who need to brush up their basic skills with more practice. Completion of this course also offers the ideal foundation before moving on to the more advanced units. It offers simple and clear definitions of some of the key terminology within Excel, such as cells, rows and columns and how to input, edit and delete data. There is also an introductory section on how to create and work with basic formulas and pivot tables, which will be covered in more detail in the Intermediate and Advanced units. The course also covers how to work with worksheets and tabs in Excel, such as renaming, deleting, hiding, moving and copying. Microsoft Excel Intermediate Certificate Course This unit builds upon the progress that you have made in the Beginners unit to look at more complex functions within Excel such as averages, medians, modes and roundings and the best methods to manipulate such functions to help you to get the information that you want out of the program. In addition, formatting methods within Excel are covered, including changing texts and backgrounds, adding special characters and using AutoFill options. Microsoft Excel Advanced Certificate Course This unit is the most comprehensive and detailed of the three and aims to prepare you for jobs or situations where you require a thorough and proficient level of Excel. This unit really gets into the detail of the analytical functions of Excel, including more complex formulas such as MATCH, INDEX and VLOOKUP and, crucially, how to decide upon the most appropriate formula for a particular calculation. After completing this unit, you should feel confident to use and manipulate the largest range of Excel formulas and be able to use Excel to its full functionality. Microsoft Word Certificate Course The ability to use Microsoft Word effectively is a crucial requirement of many office based roles. This course on Microsoft Word is an all-encompassing source of information which offers you the opportunity to enhance your skills in this widely-used program. You will learn a wide range of skills here, from the basics of entering text into a Word document, to how to use some of the editing and formatting tools available, including using the toolbars and various design features such as headers and hyperlinks, and many other aspects. Microsoft PowerPoint Diploma Course PowerPoint is a very useful program for those who are responsible for creating and delivering presentations in the workplace. By completing this course, you are taking a big step towards ensuring that your slideshows are professional and polished. The course starts from the beginning, assuming no prior knowledge of the area, and covers the creation of a PowerPoint presentation and the addition and editing of slides within it. You will also learn how to insert and format text, tables, images and graphics into your slides and how to effectively use SmartArt to give your presentations an extra special edge. You will learn effective methods to use linking and annotation features, as well as how to insert notes, comments and handout tools for your presentation. Microsoft Outlook Diploma Course Microsoft Outlook is very widely used as an email and organisation program in both professional and personal contexts and a solid familiarisation with its functionality will help you to really get the best out of using it. Our course will help you to get to grips with composing and responding to emails, including adding attachments and automatic signatures and creating out of office messages. It will help you to set up lists of contacts and create advanced rules to help Outlook work seamlessly for you. You will also learn all about the calendar functionalities, including how to set up meetings, navigating calendars and assigning tasks to others. The Benefits of our Microsoft Office Course Studying with us to achieve success in our Microsoft Office combined course can offer you many benefits; not least the confidence and ability to professionally and effectively work with some of the most frequently used administration and workplace systems in the world. Here are some of the other benefits that you can enjoy by undertaking this course: The course is intuitive and easy to follow, allowing you to work at your own pace and revisit key concepts or areas of difficulty as you need You can study at home, in your free time and on any compatible electronic device, making access simpler than ever The courses come complete with video training, helping you to solidify your learning We offer full online support from our specialists as you progress through the course There are no entry requirements - simply a willingness to learn You will receive an industry recognised certification upon successful completion of the course.
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