Category Archives: somatic
Embodiment and Self Regulation
To be embodied is to experience and process interactions, thoughts and experiences with oneself, others and the environment through sensation and movement. When you are embodied you can think and feel simultaneously. It’s something that I teach probably because it … Continue reading
natural movement
I’ve always been curious about our understanding of the word “natural”. Once embraced by alternative culture (applying to foods, parenting, livelihood, housing, etc.) natural became a ubiquitous label and now it is more meaningless marketing. When I taught Modern Dance … Continue reading
prosody
What distinguishes mammals from other critters? Well what first comes to mind is birthing live offspring and nursing their young. Recently I heard again another characteristic, mammals have two tiny middle ear bones, and these two smallest bones in the … Continue reading
Play
“Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold” Joseph Chilton Pearce The first time I read this I said ” wow that is cool” and I promptly went on to my lists of tasks while also … Continue reading
perceptions gifts
Perception is the act of scanning current sensory information against past experience. Perception helps us know; what is it? Does it have relevance? Can I ignore it? Of course all this is happening while your conscious attention is busy elsewhere. … Continue reading
the somatic now
You have four billion sense receptors firing at all times, that’s a lot of information to choose from. Isn’t it great that we don’t have to choose consciously? Yet we can choose by attending to the now. I usually try … Continue reading