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George Constantinou | Psychosomatic Therapy

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Join me @roslynsalt Friday, June 17th for a breathwork and healing workshop.

I’ll be teaching @oxygenadvantage techniques to focus on reducing respiratory rate, decreasing sensitivity to carbon dioxide (the “stress molecule”), restoring pH balance and increasing respiratory sinus arrhythmia, which is the synchronicity between heart rate and breathing rate.
In essence we will be using techniques that deliver oxygen much more efficiently to our cells and better harmonize our autonomic nervous system (think fight or flight vs rest and digest.)

Our physiology and psychology are not separate. Through the optimization of the breath we can enhance our physical, mental and emotional states.

This is an absolutely transformative practice with enormous benefits. It’s helped myself and my clients tremendously and it’s my pleasure and privilege to have the opportunity to share it with all of you. If this something you’re interested in please reach out! 🙏✊❤️

#breathwork #breath #mentalhealth #health #roslyn #longisland #queens #personaldevelopment #coach #holistic #wellness #saltcave by @gc_icon

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4 years ago

I like to think of these days as a loaded Qi Gong session. Each phase of movement is intentionally guided with my breath in a non-stressful way. My focus is to maintain a relaxed tension and shift my body from one side to the other (i.e. human movement/gait). I usually leave these sessions feeling restored, recovered and euphoric. I have an increase in movement variability, greater sensory awareness, and overall less perception of overall threat. In other words I feel safer in my body.

The body is essentially a fluid and pressure system, meaning the way in which you position yourself and guide your breath will shift your system into different skeletal/neurological/physiological/biomechanical/ even emotional (cause they’re all related and pretty much same anyway) phases.

You can only imagine how significant something like this can be on the path towards SELF-actualization. Pretty dope.

Full Workout:
-Half-kneeling Single-Arm Landmine press with reciprocal row
-Staggered Stance RDL
-Half-Kneeling KB Windmill by @gc_icon

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4 years ago

For the new year my goal is to stop playing small.

I wrote this rhyme and made this video in early October, and I’ve finally decided to share it.

I have this “perfectionism” that leads to the terrible habit of procrastinating, often to the point where I end up doing nothing at all.

I’ve decided that all of that ends now.

I have a brilliant mind, heart, and voice to share.

If we know each other you’ve probably experienced that in person, but for whatever reason I’ve had an aversion to sharing this on social media.

Perhaps it’s the fact that it stays on a page, and leaves me vulnerable and wide open to criticism.

Maybe it’s the part of me that doesn’t feel quite adequate enough, or the part that’s constantly dissatisfied and sees how everything should be “better.”

I could go down a million rabbit holes as to why and further understanding these parts of myself, and they could be really helpful, but nothing moves the needle forward quite like bold action. So here it is.

I often say that the cause of all dis-harmony and dis-ease we experience is the repression of our fullest creative expression.

So, with that said, expect to hear a lot more from me in this coming year, and I would LOVE to hear more from YOU!

If there’s ANY way that you need support, I would love to know and I would love to help.

2023, let’s play BIG.
-Much love y’all 🙏❤️ by @gc_icon

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🐉❤️ by @gc_icon

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A couple years ago I was feeling really stuck as I sat to write. Then suddenly, this force took over me.

This is what he said… by @gc_icon

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The muse and the saboteur often share the same face.

Ah, the great paradox of life.

Makes me giggle :) taken in Vouliagméni, Greece by @gc_icon

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A year ago today I asked chat GPT to have a rap battle with me in a Camron type flow. Chat gave me a run for my money, but I held it down too! Here’s how it went down.
Who won the battle? taken in Mykonos, Greece by @gc_icon

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Today is Dekapentavgousto (August 15th), the biggest holiday of the year in Greece. We honor the Dormition of the Holy Mother, Panagia, commemorating her “falling asleep” and ascent into heaven.

I don’t often speak on my Greek Orthodox faith, but it is something I hold very close to my heart and has been one of my greatest supporters. I don’t necessarily follow the dogma, and I have space in my field for other spiritual traditions but Greek orthodoxy and my faith in Christ are what I feel closest to. Perhaps for cultural reasons, but my sense is it’s because of something beyond (for me).

Before just about every session that I work on a client, I play the orthodox hyms of Agni Parthene. I pray to the holy mother and I ask her to help me, to use me as her vessel to support whoever it is in front me. And she does. I do my best to remain in communion with her during my service. And the times I do that are radically different than the moments I’m trying to work or figure it out by myself. I feel humbled to be in her service.

For the last 2 years my partner Kim and I have set out on pilgrimages to the island of Tinos where her most famous church resides - The Church of Panagia Evangelistra. We go there (like thousands of other pilgrims) to fulfill a “τάμα” (tama) - which is a sacred vow or offering to the holy mother. We go on our hands and knees and crawl from the Limani (the port) to her icon inside the church. This has become an annual tradition I plan on fulfilling.

I’m moved to tears as I write this. Whenever I bring the holy mother into my heart, there’s a sense of peace and humility that I cannot quite describe. If you’ve read this far I thank you and I appreciate you. May the eternal holy mother continue to guide and protect you and may we all find space for her in our hearts.

Υπεραγία Θεοτόκε, σώσον ἡμᾶς.
Yperagia Theotoke, soson imas. 🙏❤️ taken in Church of Panagía Evangelístria, Tinos by @gc_icon

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Fascia Release Workshop with the Spinal Attunement™️ Integration, with George & Kaya, for the first time in Cyprus!

@kayapoga
@gc_icon

🗓 18 & 19 October from 10.00 to 18.00
📍 @flawless_studio_by_chloe Limassol

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲?

This immersive workshop invites you into the art of trauma-informed, psychosomatic, and energetic healing through touch, awareness, and embodied practice.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨:
🌿 Bodyworkers, massage therapists, and energy workers seeking to expand their skills.
🌿 Practitioners wanting to integrate psychosomatic and trauma-informed tools into their work.
🌿 Anyone curious about the healing arts who wishes to support loved ones.
🌿 Seekers ready for a deeper relationship with their body and inner world.

- - All Souls Welcome! - -
𝑁𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡!

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥:
🔑 Learn to assess the body through fascia, posture, and psychosomatic patterns.
🔑 Practice hands-on techniques to release fascial tension and open energetic pathways.
🔑 Understand the psychosomatic body map, exploring how restrictions mirror emotional imprints.
🔑 Discover the foundations of process-oriented therapy: supporting others as stored emotions and patterns surface.
🔑 Give and receive healing work in a guided, safe, and supportive group field.
🔑 Experience your own release and integration, leaving with clarity and wholeness.
🔑 Gain confidence and embodied skills to integrate into your practice or personal life.

Investment: 550 EUR
* 𝑃𝑎𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒
** 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎 50 𝐸𝑈𝑅 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡

Spaces are limited.
Reserve your spot today and step into a powerful journey of embodied healing, awakening, and self-discovery!

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: https://www.ka-ya.org/cyprusworkshop

#FasciaRelease #SpinalAttunement #HealingArts #Bodywork #SomaticHealing #TraumaInformed #EnergyHealing by @gc_icon

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a year ago

Follow up video from my last working with @gc_icon on maintaining scapular positioning going through shoulder flexion with his external rotators in a lengthened position.

We can observe very clearly that due to his difficulty completing the ROM on this side - he compensates by shifting his ribcage over to right. This is a very common compensation

In an instance like this - but most instances - don’t fake range by stealing from other places. Check your ego at the door and work with the range you have access to until you have the strength/endurance/awareness to gain more!

Again at the Mecca @iconperformancenyc

#shoulderpain #shoulderpainrelief #scapula #ribcage #posture by @gc_icon

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2 months ago

Scapula wings?

Good chance you need to learn to strengthen your external rotator muscles in a lengthed position

Here’s one of my favorite options for that

With my boy @gc_icon at the OG mega @iconperformancenyc by @gc_icon

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Touch is only therapeutic when it is met with deep presence and care.

At Soma Mystica we teach you the foundations of Energy Hygiene based upon Traditional Chinese Medicine foundations, to ground and anchor so that touch becomes something that people can receive - and so it’s not anchored in any transference or shadow dynamic.

No one should be practising touch work or energy work without these foundations and knowledge.

This is what we are passionate about teaching.

Learn more through our Self Energetics self paced short course, or learn with us in one of our globally accredited @spinalattunement trainings

Video of @gc_icon working on @brisagtzrdz

#SomaMystica #SpinalAttunement #Touch #Soma #somatics by @gc_icon

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