WHY REPATTERNING?
Many therapeutic systems such as bodywork, acupuncture, counseling, massage, acupuncture, reiki, nutritional therapy, and mediation are wonderful ways to loosen blockages and tension. However, if we are not concurrently working to change the underlying habits which causes it, pain can become chronic.

Repatterning work empowers us to ensure that the changes we make are lasting, and that we do not return to the "stuck" place. Repatterning makes a wonderful complement to other health and community care regimens.

Using a multidisciplinary approach that is both playful and meditative, repatterning work develops our imaginal capacity to rewire neurological connections, creating new effortless patterns for stability, strength, and flexibility. Such repatterning applies to our individual movement, as well as to groups and larger social "movements."

WHAT CAN I EXPECT IN A REPATTERNING SESSION?
Private Sessions:
In a repatterning session, Nala will accompany you on an 'average day' as you perform daily tasks--such as doing dishes, using a computer, gardening, running errands, etc--reflecting to you when and where there is potential to discharge tension and repattern habits towards greater efficiency. The session begins and ends with integrative somatic and creativity exercises to support the innate healing capacities of the mindbody system.

Semi-Private Sessions:
Working in small groups can be very powerful for repatterning, as each member functions as another reflective surface for us to see ourselves. A small forum for witnessing our stories is created through creative games and exercises, meeting weekly or monthly in a movement studio according to group desires. By working with others in our community, we acknowledge the collective nature of our healing processes, affirmating that we are not alone on our journey.

Group Sessions:
In group work, patterns are similarly diagnosed by observing group interactions in their normal work environment and during creative games and exercises. The group meets either in their workplace, or in a movement studio, as desired by the group.

SERVICES OFFERED:
•movement repatterning
•creative facilitation and mediation services
•team-building through applied improvisation
•sustainability education and hands-on seminars
•organizational development
•ecosomatic earthwork and gardening coaching
•community building events
•playshops for adults and children

WHO BENEFITS FROM THIS WORK?:
Integrative ecosomatic repatterning is appropriate for anyone seeking sustainable methods of self-care, a greater sense of flow, freedom and ease, and improved 'range-of-motion' in personal, team, and community life.

People who feel they are hitting up against 'walls' in talk-therapies or bodywork may benefit greatly from this integrative arts coaching style.

Similarly, those who have been stymied by highly-structured training in the arts, in business, in academia may find that a wholisitic, "outside the box" approach helps them to break through discomfort, creative blockages, and inefficiency.

The focus upon developing clients' self-reliance and trust in their own creative and healing resources helps to balance out over-reliance on technique or other rigid strategies which are no longer functional.

Examples of private and semi-private clients:
Nala Walla coaches therapists, artists, farmers, landscapers, educators, parents, builders, and just about anyone seeking to get in deeper touch with their own creativity and optimal health.

Examples of group clients:
Nala Walla consults with schools and universities, business and corporate groups, ecovillages and cohousing communities, families, sustainability and permaculture education programs. Groups seeking a harmonious and creative atmosphere for collaboration and learning can benefit greatly from this integrative and participatory approach of repatterning work.

ABOUT NALA WALLA:
Nala Walla, MSc, FIMCA
Integrative Facilitation | Movement Repatterning | Creativity Coaching

Nala Walla is an integrator. She weaves a wholistic approach to personal and social health through movement education, somatics, applied theater, community facilitation, living systems design, and performance.

Nala did her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, and her masters work at the University of Washington and Gaia University. A believer in ongoing education, she continues her studies in somatic movement therapy at Moving On Center, and the Center For Kinesthetic Education.

Currently, Nala offers repatterning sessions, teaches an ecosomatic curriculum at schools, universities and sustainability programs, and offers private coaching and consulting sessions. She actively applies her ecosomatic philosophies on her off-grid permaculture homestead on Marrowstone Island, WA.

Click here to view Nala's resume
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Integrative Ecosomatic Repatterning is both a privilege and a responsibilty: we are empowered with tools to expand our boundaries and create healthier patterns at our own pace. The limits of this work lie only in our readiness to participate.

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