by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Self
Heartaches can be deeply isolating no matter how many friends we have, and how much we try to count our blessings. But we are not alone. Each one of us is on our own journey. And It can sometimes be fraught with shattered dreams and losing battles. No matter how...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Awareness, Body, Breath, Core, Diaphragm, Fluid, Psoas, Sensory
A little psoas play inspired by Liz Koch of Core Awareness. Begin by sensing the structural support of the psoas from the initiation of the breath in the diaphragm. Tune into the undulating waves. Move into the fluidity into a continuous flow through the whole body....
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Interception, Movement, Somatic
In recent years, I’ve moved from an alignment-based yoga practice to an intuitive, inner-guided, interoceptive somatic movement repertoire, listening to the subtler, quieter places within my body. This is a little video of a morning flow. It’s edited down...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Embodiment, Exploration, Homeostasis, Limbs, Mind, Other, Self, Somatic, Yoga
On 29 December 2018, I received a phone call that changed the world I knew forever. My father passed away, without warning… Everything around me crumbled in that instance. I felt my limbs went numb, and I stood frozen looking at the phone in...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Cells, Embodiment, Embryology, Exploration, Homeostasis, Movement, Nervous System
It all begins with 1. In the Chinese tradition, we are 1 when we’re born. The Chinese take into account that life begins in the womb – the moment of conception, when our journey in this realm begins. When we study embryology, we go back in time to explore...