Hello again friends,
There’s another somatic practice episode posted & ready for listening🫀
In these monthly practice episodes I share a mini somatic practice meant to offer embodied support and expand your somatic skillset.
This practice explores following the body’s natural impulses (for movement, vocalizations, posture shift, etc. ) to allow for deeper embodied processing and expression of whatever the body is holding.
This is particularly lovely practice if you’re feeling like there are no more words left to talk or think about your emotions or stuck-points, and are ready to drop into the body for deeper expression, and perhaps even some completion (i.e. the feelings can process, move through us and fully digest so that they’re no longer stuck in the body).
As with any of these practices, please go in with as much non-judgement of your experience as possible. My invitation is to just listen and allow for whatever is arising in you, to bubble up and be there. Trust that your body’s impulses are wise, right-timed and important information the body wants to share.
This is a tool I sometimes use in 1:1 sessions as a way to invite a more embodied approach to whatever material we’re talking about.
Sometimes it brings an emotional release. Sometimes it brings up interesting information that was unconscious before. Sometimes it just feels good to follow the urge to move, shake, yell etc. and helps bring a deeper sense of presence. Where this practice might take you is always a mystery, and that’s what’s exciting! It can generate movement in the places that might have felt stuck and stagnant before.
Another reason this practice is particularly good for fuller expression and completion of emotional waves is that it is non-forcing. We’re not grasping for any sort of result. We’re not digging for pain or wounds or explanations for why we feel the way we do. We’re not rushing into any solutions. We’re just listening and allowing the body to tell us what it’s needing and wanting…
And that is the magic of process-oriented somatic work: we honor your body’s timing and trust that wherever it brings you next is the next right thing. This is how we avoid adding creating more disregulation in your system around sensitive topics, because we’re following the body rather than powering over it and trying to manufacture a result (e.g. “release” or “regulation”) .
As always, take your time to integrate after this one… sometimes this practice can bring up unexpected and dense emotions, and we want to take extra care to support the body to coming back into present time and finding stability again.
Happy practicing!
xo
holl
P.S. The info page & waitlist for 👁AWAKE👁 are live. This is going to be 2 juicy hours of learning the foundations for how to feel & deal with your feelings, melt chronic nervous system disregulation, and awaken to the goodness of your life. I hope you’ll join us 💫
P.P.S. If you give this practice a try, I’d love to hear about your experience. Feel free to reply to let me know what came up for you, ask questions, or even just to be seen in your experience. I’m here for it 💗
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