Online workshops

Manage Your Emotions

Workshop via Zoom

Have you been experiencing panic, loneliness, depression, or anxiety in recent weeks?
Do you notice that you're working hard and your breathing is rapid, or are you not even aware of your breathing?
Do you binge-watch one episode after another on Netflix, eat a lot or, on the contrary, very little, spend a lot of time on the couch, and want to numb yourself?
Are you feeling very sad one moment, then angry the next, and then panicked? Are your emotions all over the place?
Have you been judging yourself and others much more than usual lately? Are you hard on yourself and others?
Are you feeling frustrated, or do the smallest things irritate you more easily?

If so, we’d love to have you join one of our workshops: “Manage Your Emotions.”

In this workshop, held via Zoom, you’ll be offered various exercises to help you regulate your emotions, so you can give them the recognition they deserve without getting completely lost in them or avoiding them. You’ll also have the opportunity to discover, through experiential learning, how you can use emotion regulation to support yourself during these times. The workshop lasts one hour and is designed to help you navigate this period more effectively.

At first, we were a bit hesitant to offer this via Zoom. After all, does it really work? And isn’t it scary to share what’s going on inside you with a group when you’re not physically together? Both we and the participants are surprised at how well it works—it’s as if we’re all in the same room together. We’ve even heard from participants that it feels as if we’re together. And that the exercises we do together help them overcome their tension, loneliness, or overwhelming emotions.

Practical

Data:

Monday, May 4, from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 11:00 a.m.
Thursday, May 7, from 7:30 p.m. to approximately 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 12, from 7:30 p.m. to approximately 8:30 p.m.
Friday, May 15, from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, May 19, from 7:30 p.m. to approximately 8:30 p.m.
Monday, May 25, from 10:00 a.m. to approximately 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, May 27, from 7:30 p.m. to approximately 8:30 p.m.

The workshops can be taken separately. What time works best for you?

Price:

We’d like to leave the balance of giving and receiving up to you through a voluntary contribution. You can transfer your contribution in advance or afterward to G. van den Top, NL80 Rabo 0151.3193.91, with the reference “regulate your emotions,” or ask her to send you a payment request.

Location:

You can take the workshop online from the comfort of your own “living room.”

Registration:

Click the “Sign Up” button below. Gerda will send you a confirmation email with the link you’ll need to attend the workshop.

Note: It may take a while for you to receive the confirmation email. To be sure, please also check to see if it was accidentally sent to your spam folder. If that is not the case, please send an email to info@gerdavandentop.nl.

Beyond Resistance

Do you find yourself resisting the urge to turn inward? To reconnect with yourself? Because even though the world is uncertain right now, you are still safe.

This workshop focuses primarily on helping you find your inner peace again and becoming aware of what’s going on inside you right now and what needs your attention.

What participants say

“I had signed up for this workshop, but after that I started having more and more doubts and resistance. I really wasn’t looking forward to it at all beforehand. Now that I’ve taken the workshop, I’m really glad I did. It’s truly wonderful. I’m aware of how I started working harder and harder and became increasingly isolated. I also understand my resistance now, because I was reluctant to look inward. Now I feel like myself again.”

"I just took part in ‘Regulate Your Emotions’! It’s fantastic that this is possible. It really feels like we’re together, even though we’re in the Netherlands and Belgium. That’s just great! It’s been a real bonus for me right now, since staying grounded is so important to me. Being grounded helps me find balance in my emotions. Thank you!"

"It's really nice. I had some doubts and reservations. I see doing this remotely as a hassle. However, it's really nice."

Gerda van den Top

Body-Oriented Therapist

My name is Gerda van den Top. I have been training and coaching in business since 1999 and working as a body-oriented therapist since 2007. I enjoy working at the intersection of personal and organizational issues. My specialty is family businesses.

I had many headaches from the age of 12. I called myself the reverse Shorty: every Sunday I was sick in bed.

In 1998 I began my search at the Aumm Institute. There I learned to express myself with all that is, celebrate life, perceive my sensations and say yes to that which presents itself. At the Aumm Institute, I took the four-year course, Co-dependency and Trauma Work. Family, Organizational and Trauma Constellations I followed at Phoenix and Interakt. I follow in-depth blocks in the field of constellations at the Aumm Institute.

Tuur Van Hove (Utsav)

Body-oriented psychotherapist

Hi, I'm Utsav (Tuur) Van Hove. I live with my partner and two dogs in Racour, a small village in Belgium. In 2005—after a rather destructive relationship in which I put myself last—I came into contact with the Aumm Institute. This was the beginning of my personal and spiritual development process.

At this Institute, I took a number of courses:

As the first certified Primal Rebirth® therapist in Belgium, I continue to deepen my personal awareness process and attend several workshops every year.