Exercises

These somatic exercises are about being curious, as opposed to achieving a goal, or looking at metrics, or even feeling a certain specific thing other than feeling where you are right now in your body and what your notice.  Be as specific as you can.

BALANCE

·      This is about awareness of proprioception, the sense of our bodies in space and time; how we move through space and time.

·      Standing on both feet, dropping your weight into the ground as you feel your spine elongate elegantly from earth to sky

·      Extend yourself all directions as you allow your body to be grounded, softly. All in softness.

·      Then, without lifting your pelvis, or tilting your body, lift one heel off the ground, with awareness.  If you’re tilting, just notice.

·      Notice any shifts as you mentally shift, then physically shift.

·      Using any prop to help with balance, if needed, just notice if you balance, or as you try to balance.

·      Practice.  Practice.  See what changes.

·      Try this in your office, as your chatting with colleagues, at the water station, and slowly see how everyone in the office is standing like a flamingo.

TWISTING FASCIA RELEASE

Our fascia holds our stress and tension.  It’s miraculous how we can release that tension so easily with our own hands.  In our intrasomatic connection, we are capable of moving massive amounts of energy, redirecting energy, opening up pathways with our own hands.

We’re taught not to touch ourselves.  That it’s inappropriate.  That our study of our bodies is inappropriate. 

·      Our hands are electrical forces of nature.  Using your hands, lightly move skin from your face to your toes.  Starting with your face, allow your hands to gently move skin from center to ears, stretching ears all directions, making facial movements, not expressions, but motion, to expand and release facia

·      Wrap your arms in a hug, one over the other, then twist, with your legs crossed, standing.  Then change directions.  Breathing deeply.

·      Fascia release loves breath, needs breath to release.

ALIGNMENT

Alignment can start once we’ve release fascia.  We can retrain our neuropathways to a new alignment, slowly over time.

·      Through Egoscue, their ladder and exercises, our bodies can slowly find a new alignment.

·      This is more effective than stretching, as we’re not using force, we’re using subtle entrainment.

INTEGRATION

Through hypnosis, (To Be Magnetic) and meditation, there’s an opportunity to provide the body and mind the necessary time to integrate these paradigmatic shifts.

·      Stillness in your own private, safe space is necessary.  Sense of safety especially, non judgment.

SENSES

Our senses indicate to us a tremendous amount of intelligence that is necessary for survival.  We tend to neglect and disregard, unless they assault us, catch us, or we react to a situation.  Allow time, resting in the senses and emotion, let’s us be led to information that can guide us towards expanding our neuropathways.

·      Instead of letting your emotions flow through you, try sitting in them for a while.