The Empowerment Blog

 
Communication is Relationship Aug 09, 2023

Communication is Relationship  Reflections will bring your sharing to a whole other level of meaning because we’re not just speaking to be heard and receive no response. We want to know, does it resonate? Does it land with you?  The same applies when we’re working...

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You get to choose how you respond in any given situation Aug 08, 2023

You get to choose how you respond in any given situation

For the human voice, the more pleasure, the more comfort, the more ease, the more stability, the more enjoyment there is in that nervous system, the easier our entire vocal tract is going to be able to breathe with any given situation.

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Your role as an actor is to be able to self-regulate and co-regulate Aug 08, 2023

Actors, this is how to stay grounded and creative

Your role as an actor is to be able to self-regulate and co-regulate.

Anywhere you’re going, your primary focus is, “Where is my self-regulation? My orientation through the senses?”

How do I get to the here and now? I get to the...

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Reflecting the light so you can see more clearly voice Aug 08, 2023

Often, we find ourselves connecting with criticism, uncomfortable feedback, or negative reinforcement. This kind of feedback points out what’s wrong with what we’re doing and how we can improve, and we’ve become accustomed to it. Receiving criticism has become normal because we...

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Self Regulation and Co-Regulation nervous system Aug 03, 2023

In times of intensity, overwhelm, and anxiety, self-regulation can be challenging. Often, we rely on co-regulation with others to find balance. If the people around us aren’t supportive in this aspect, seeking co-regulation from nature, like taking a walk or being near the ocean, can be...

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Ego Strengthening...Strengthens Your Difference empowerment Aug 01, 2023

When we're in intensity, there's a negativity bias and there's a "what's wrong attention", which means that our senses - what we see, hear and touch, our thoughts, our images, our emotions - can lean towards morethe side that feels uncomfortable.

And in many ways, we have been educated to...

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What is empowerment? empowerment Aug 01, 2023

Organic Intelligence® work brings us back to a more authentic way of being with ourselves and the world around us. It involves embracing our bodies in connection to our environment and the people we engage with in the present moment.

Accessing the here and now primarily relies on our senses...

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Guided practice for artists: Vision of the Bigger Picture guided practice Aug 01, 2023

Guided Practice for artists vision of the bigger picture | Speaking from experience

 

As I look around, I follow a winding path and immerse myself in the symphony of nature - the bird song and the wind rustling through the trees, reminiscent of ocean waves. Pausing, I take in the beauty...

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True togetherness honours difference guided practice Jul 29, 2023

Actors, this is not a path that you need to trod alone.

Even though there is part of it where you are alone, even though you’re together.

And that’s the part where you get to step into your own self discovery, self realisation, daily in your life, in the work you mine in relationship to...

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Sharing experience connects us Jul 29, 2023

Actors, when co-creating together, the experience becomes vastly different as compared to merely sharing opinions in a room. It involves finding, discovering, and exploring the dilemma from a unique perspective. This approach brings a richness of curiosity, opening up opportunities for learning...

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Rebel, Mother, Mystic: SinĆ©ad Oā€™Connor - the Complete Christ Archetype Jul 29, 2023

#repost @brianjames.soulwork 

"I came away from watching the new documentary about Sinéad O’Connor last night thinking about how she, more than any other artist of her generation, embodied the Christ archetype.

According to Jung, Christ is the archetype of the human capacity...

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Ocean Waves Jul 29, 2023

 

Actors, being human is challenging. 

 

To be present in the moment requires skill and permission to embrace complexity and paradox. 

 

Our practice is to notice how the external environment affects us, allowing others' emotions and stories to enrich our...

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Sinead O Connor: A Tribute to an Extraordinary Woman empowerment Jul 29, 2023

This woman was an extraordinary woman.

Her songs, what she stood for, her honesty that cost her so so very much.

I’m sorry you're gone.

I’m sorry so much pain surrounded your beliefs and that somehow if you were born now how different your life could have been …..

We may...

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Mastering the Art of the Integrated Actor: A Director's Dream acting Jul 28, 2023

The integrated actor is essential for effective collaboration with directors. Rather than relying solely on intuition, actors must become conscious of their unconscious processes, sensations, emotions, and imagination. Before a scene, they need to understand their inner experiences and how they...

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Creative Agility and Flow creativity Jul 28, 2023

Actors, Your relationship with the present moment is built through openness to your senses - what you see, hear, touch, taste, and smell.

Notice the sensations, emotions, thoughts, and images that arise.

This practice is exploring and experiencing the world throughout your life.

Be open to...

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You Are Poetry in Motion guided practice Jul 28, 2023

You Are Poetry in Motion

The path of the actor is both individual and collective.

When you find the balance between those two, you have the ability to have your own creative fingerprint within your creative process while playing and being in relationship with other creatives.

This balance between...

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There is no here and now without the body body Jul 28, 2023

Actors, the portal to the here and now is through the body.

So that means if it’s through the body to get to the here and now, you’re either moving in through your senses - what you hear, see touch, taste or you are listening to the felt experience - sensation, emotion.

There is no here...

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Uniting Voices for Change: Freedom and Focus Conference August 2023 fitzmaurice voicework Jul 27, 2023

Hey

I’m Helena Walsh, and I had the honour of being the co-director of the extraordinary Freedom and Focus Conference in both Dublin and London in 2016 and 2018.

It was a transformative experience where people from all corners of the world, including coaches, teachers, and artists, came...

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Crafting Complexity: The Remarkable Interplay of Writing and Acting in Succession Jul 27, 2023

What’s quite extraordinary about how brilliantly “Succession” is written (Jesse Armstrong) , because it’s a collective story.

It’s a phenomenally complex story that’s dealing with so many different levels, from the family unit to the societal unit to the...

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You are being moved by something much bigger than you Jul 27, 2023

Actors, imagine being moved by something much bigger than yourself—a force that transcends your individuality. Picture two swans gracefully moving in perfect synchronicity, effortlessly guided by the water and each other.

This is the essence of art—the captivating dance that is ...

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