Somatic Movement Practice Had the pleasure of accompanying this somatic movement educator as we transverse the rugged terrain we call the 'gut' needless to say this journey showed me the most scenic routes I could imagine. Thank you Sandra McGuffin Somatic Movement Practice for the wonderful journey of discovery. What do you do to practice and awaken your own self discovery ?? Like & follow the page to find out ... See more
Living Inside Myself- Somatic explorations and Asana.
Exploring the movement pattern mouthing, while finding support from our gut tube, and being in the process of digestion has been so nourishing for me to teach this term. Sharing experiences, mine and others is like opening up to the unknown and that is scary, revealing a part of ourselves often hidden. What follows is a collaboration of experiences, mine and yours from our collective experience.
The longing is to be more connected to my body, to be more in my body and really to connect with its wisdom, and the felt sense of my alivness, my life.
I have spent so much time standing just outside of myself noticing how I present, how I perform, what I look like, and what I should be like.
Beginning to live on the inside of myself as opposed to evaluating myself is such a deep breath of relief.
To flow, to express the sensitivity of the body felt unnatural at first. To allow myself go deep into the mystery of the body is radical, I am stepping away from the norm. Away from being told what to do, how to behave, what to feel and how to present! I am are adrift in a body of mystery.
The first step into the unknown is often met with resistance. Resistance to change because we feel uncertain, unsafe we don't trust ourselves, we only know ourselves through the eyes other, being directed by the significant others in our lives.
You begin the ritual of self discovery because a voice deep inside you, a voice you silenced is now so loud you have to listen. She yearns to move, to breath, to vibrate, to pulsate, to to be alive, to be witnessed, to be held, and seen in all her vulnerability.
She is tired pretending, tired performing, she yearns to just be. So we go to a place where there is a communion happening, where we feel with all our senses, where we learn the true meaning of choice, where we face our limitations, and begin to recognise the true impact of our story and the stories of others in shaping our identity. We go inside ourselves.
Our stories are shaped by so many complexities, genetics, geography, culture, family, friends, religion, school, we are shaped by other, be they real or imagined, ancestors etched in our bones. But we are also constantly changing, we can orchestrate the symphony of of lives.
Our unique constellation of cells are are living and dying and being reborn with every breath we take. We are constantly changing, with every breath we have a choice. You always have a choice.
Every shape we flow in and out of both on and off our mats is influenced by choice, some choices are conscious some unconscious. Our practice is where we begin a quiet revolution, we create a safe space where we explore being, in new, and not so new ways. A space where we learn, grow, heal and commune with our inner landscape. A space where we learn to feel, sense and move our way through change.
The more I know who I am, the clearer I stand in my truth. The more I know who I am, the the more compassion I have for you. The more I know who I am, the more forgiving I am of other. The more I know who I am, the less I judge. The more I know who I am, the more I forgive. The more I know who I am, the clearer my choices. The more I know who I am, the more alive I feel.
This current term will finish up early May.
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