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by Elisabeth Svanholmer

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Author: Elisabeth

Elisabeth lives in West Yorkshire but is originally from Denmark where she has been involved with the Hearing Voices Network as a speaker and trainer for the past 10 years. Her story features in the book ‘Living with Voices’ by Romme & Escher. She is passionate about emotional wellbeing, mindful communication and sensitivity. She enjoys bodywork, dance, gardening, being creative, listening to the rain and giving and receiving hugs.  
November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Elisabeth

Do we really want a world without voices?

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 Elisabeth

New website about hearing voices

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Elisabeth

Programme for Pushing Up Daisies in Todmorden May 11th-18th 2019

April 12, 2019April 13, 2019 Elisabeth

Grief – twice removed

April 3, 2019 Elisabeth

Fragmented thoughts on grass, hair and Brexit

January 22, 2019April 12, 2019 Elisabeth

Hair cut for PUD

January 18, 2019 Elisabeth

Making difficult stuff meaningful

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Elisabeth

Tales from Times of Exhaustion #8 – finding a balance; food, energy and exercise

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Today I'm travelling down south. Because tomorrow will be the first day of the inclusive dance teacher training course I'll be on for the next 5 months. I'm excited and nervous. My body is not collaborating - despite my fitness levels being quite good atm I get full on post exertion malaise and it takes 3+ days to recover from any exercise. So even though the course is 'only' 3-4 days per month I am panicking a bit. Will I be able to participate to a degree that is meaningful? Will I be able to get up in the morning? Will brain fog get in the way of learning? Will I be able to think creatively about any adjustments I might need along the way and will I be able to articulate these to the teachers and course organisers? How will my body cope with travelling? How will it affect my life at home if I have to spend a lot of time recovering? How will having to manage my fatigue impact on the social aspects of the course? On a less anxious note; the journey is going smoothly so far (after morning panic when I realised I'd forgotten phone charger - not generic so impossible to get hold of - and the bus wasn't coming. Went home, got charger, got taxi and was at the train station with time to spare), I've been very organised about food, I've got two days to rest in between training days, I'm going to get myself a second pair of pointe shoes (this makes me disproportionately excited!!!!) and my attic room is finally ready to be used (thanks to my partner who helped me make some decisions and get organised) so I have that to look forward to when i get home 💜🌞 #livinglifegently #dance #movingthroughpain #movingwithfatigue #bodywork #bodyawareness #inclusivedance #facilitatemovement #learning #learningeveryday #todmorden
Self practice Friday session developing ideas for movement phrases... And getting used to videoing myself, watching back, evaluating and reworking stuff. Slow process but so far worth doing. #bodywork #movement #gentlepractice #lines #landscapes
I am quite satisfied with this talk I gave at the launch of the understandingvoices.com website back in September. Copy paste this link to watch/listen https://vimeo.com/368223940 Also there are other great short talks from the same event at https://vimeo.com/hearingthevoice #hearingvoices #understandingvoices #livingwithvoices #moretolife #somuchwedontknow #dreams
Been dancing this weekend with loads of gorgeous people. Every time I do a bigger piece of dance it interferes with every thing else. I end up having to rest a lot because of the intensity of rehearsing. I have to prioritise and put other things on hold because my energy is so low. I get frustrated and grumpy... Yet I don't want to change anything. I don't want to drop the work I do around emotional well-being and I don't want to dance less. So I just try and keep learning how best to do things. And practice shitloads of self-compassion and patience... With @openmindedtraining @revivaldancecompanyuk and Sara Carter #dance #hebdenbridge #calderdale #dayofdance #calltodance #dancefestival #performance #ME #CFS #balance #priorities #bodywork #livinglifegently
Call to dance has organised a Day of Dance in Hebden Bridge on Saturday Nov 9th A wide range of workshops for everyone and an evening performance at the Birchcliffe Centre Book through hbdancef.org.uk #jive #salsa #movement #circledances #contemporary #charleston #biodanza #creativity #fun #body #community #hebdenbridge #dance #performances #calderdale #westyorkshire #dayofdance #dancefestival #todmorden #mytholmroyd

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    • Reference letter from T. Eyles
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