Welcome to Grow Roots
Dearest, welcome back to Tiny&Vast! I am so excited to be working with you in this first ever iteration of Grow Roots. This is your Grow Roots home page. Here you will find links to join live calls, access to the Grow Roots recordings library, entry to The Community online studio, and further information like class dates and the reading list and course logistics. Enjoy having a little look around, and I will see you very soon!
Meeting ID: 873 5391 2154
Passcode: 486495
COURSE DATES
Module 5
Mondays 12-2.30: February 9, 16, 23, March 2
Saturday 9-1: 14th Feb
Module 6
Mondays 12-2.30: march 9, 23, 30
In Person 10-5.30: 13th & 14th March (house of moon, islington studios)
MODULE 5 KEY READING / RESOURCES
The recognition sutras: Sutras 11, 12 ( until page 268), 13
Recommended resources from Helen: Polyvagal Perspectives: Interventions, Practices, and Strategies. Stephen W. Porges 2024
and
Applied Polyvagal Theory in yoga: Therapeutic Practices for Emotional Health. Arielle Schwartz. 2018
braiding sweetgrass: ongoing
MODULE 4 KEY READING / RESOURCES
The recognition sutras: Sutras 7, 8, 9, 10
The body keeps the score: chapter called ‘YOGA’
braiding sweetgrass: ongoing
MODULE 3 KEY READING / RESOURCES
The recognition sutras: Sutras 5 and 6 with commentary
Podcast: John Sharkey and Joanne Avison on ‘stretch’: CLICK HERE
braiding sweetgrass: ongoing
MODULE 2 KEY READING / RESOURCES
The recognition sutras: Sutras 3 and 4 with commentary (SUTRA 3 CAN BE A BIT OF A MIND BENDER, FEEL FREE TO READ AFTER WE EXPLORE TOGETHER)
Consolations ii: Essay called: REVERIE
Iain McGilchrist: Re-enchanting the Brain Click here
Notes on Complexity: Chapter 7
Article on ON INTEGRATION / ALIGNEMENT: by Patty Townsend click here
Podcast: Joanne Avison x Jaap van der val click here
Images of Bones: Paul Grilley - explore our unique bony architecture here
Optional to support work on bones: Embody the Skeleton, Mark Taylor
Braiding Sweetgrass: (on going reading on reciprocity, no specific chapter)
Address for in person gathering:
House of Moon
Unit 4.6
Islington Studios
159-163 Marlborough Road
N19 4NR
MODULE 1 KEY READING / RESOURCES
Consolations ii: Essay called: Background
Article on Fascia: John Sharkey and Mark Flannegan - Click here & Scroll down and click on “Full Text”
The recognition sutras: Sutras 1 and 2 with commentary
Myofascial Magic in Action or Yoga, Anatomy, Fascia and Movement: Chapter - The History
Does Fascia Stretch? Click here for Video by Gil Hedley
Tantra Illuminated: pg 125 - 150
You have access to 300+ on demand practices via my online studio, The Community. Enjoy!
RECOMMENDED READING
The books recommended for this course are numerous - you do not need to buy them all! I recommend you begin with the first list of books, some of which you will have from our previous studies together. For each module I will highlight recommended reading and extra resources (see list above!). Below, in the further reading section there are more books we will be drawing from. There is no need to rush the reading of these books, but we wanted to share with you a list of resources that you can turn to to deepen the enquiries we offer in class. We may add books as our time together progresses. Some of these books below are also available on Spotify.
The Recognition Sutras - translation Hareesh Wallis
Basic Neurocellular Patterns - Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Notes on Complexity - Neil Theise
Consolations II - David Whyte
Myofascial Magic in Action - Joanne Avison (or Yoga, Fascia, Anatomy & Movement)
Waking the Tiger - Peter Levine
Braiding Sweet Grass - Robin Wall Kimmerer
Further Inspiration
These Wilds Beyond our Fences - Bayo Akomolafe
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk
Netters Atlas of Human Embryology - Larry R. Cochard
Yoga Mind Body Spirit - Donna Farhi
Becoming Animal - David Abram
The Original Body and Deeper Still - John Stirk
The truth of yoga - Daniel Simpson
Tantra Illuminated - Hareesh Wallis
Somatics - Thomas Hanna
Embody the Skeleton - Mark Taylor
PEER MEETINGS
Monthly peer meetings are part of this programme as a way for you to parse apart some of the material we are studying to share perspectives, discuss ideas, practice facilitating, explore challenges and build your peer community. You will gather in pairs or 3’s for 2 hours a month. This could be a weekly 30 minute check in, or a 2 hour deep dive once a month - to be arranged with you and your group. Peer groups will be assigned when we begin the course.
ATTENDANCE
Live attendance is required for this course. The premise of our study is of shared enquiry and group participation. Online contexts offer some flexibility, if you need to miss a session you can catch up, however people usually get more out of live participation. 80% live participation is required for certification.
We will hold online sessions in much the same way that we would hod in person sessions, we carefully build a space for us to study, practice, and learn together. Please be mindful of this space. We ask that you arrive on time, and if you are joining live that you stay for the duration of the session. Just as in an in person context, coming in late or dropping in/out half way through a session is disruptive to the group.
Upon completion of the programme you will have 3 months of extra access to the recordings of the training sessions.
COPYRIGHT
The teachers sharing in this container will be bringing their life’s work to the table. Please help respect their intellectual property by being mindful of this, making sure that training materials, book lists, core course content is not reproduced without permission. This includes social media. If in doubt, please chat with us!