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Practicing mindfulness in Kliptown, Soweto
In a tiny hot room, in a dusty, noisy street in historic Kliptown, Soweto, a group of unemployed youth got to experience a taste of Shape of Emotion.
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Accept what is
If we just pause and accept what we cannot change, what we have no control over, then maybe we will see the gift, the opportunity, the “it was meant to be this way” realisation.
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Back to school
The Week That Was goes back to school. A primary school in Soweto to be specific and witnesses how versatile Shape of Emotion is in working with groups and those whose first language is not English.
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Shaping emotional health at Sekwati Primary School
A Shape of Emotion care workshop, held for the staff and teachers of Sekwati Primary School, in Soweto, explored how emotions and feelings show up in our bodies and then showed how to release and let go of difficult emotions.
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White knights begone!
When we offer, and don’t give, we honour all parties. We see each other, connect, we make the world a better place.
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Offer, don’t give
If we can stop and offer our help, we acknowledge others as capable and resourceful beings who can choose to accept or not.
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Sidestepping the same patterns
The Week That Was looks at deferring to authority and asks us to reconsider how to do things differently by looking in the mirror and seeing where it all starts.
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The broken latch
Taking the step that is in front of me, the one right now and right here, gives me some peace. The noise dies down, the path clears, I can breathe.
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Moving from wishing to being
One Saturday at the tail end of September, a small group of women started their journey to understanding and working with their inner world of feelings and emotions at another Shape of Emotion Foundation Course.
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5th Place offerings
At 5th Place we would like everyone to have an opportunity to slow down, think less, quieten their overactive minds, and get in touch with their feelings. Experiencing and learning how to clear difficult feelings and expand positive ones.
Shape of Emotion
Shape of Emotion is a model, process and tool of how we structure, store, represent and regulate our inner feeling states. What this means is you can take any difficult feeling and turn down the volume of it. Equally, you can take any positive feeling and turn the volume right up!
Why 5th Place
Our mission at 5th Place is to make the world a better place and our motto is enabling the how. Here’s a short overview of who we are and what we do. We’d love you to engage with us and share what you think.