by Daphne | Jun 9, 2022 | Awareness, Body, Bodywork, Breath, Classes, Curiosity, Diaphragm, Exploration, Gravity, Movement, Nervous System, Non-linear Movement, Self, Sensory, Sensory Awareness, Somatic
Continuing from the previous nervous system workshop, we engage in new variations of movement sequences focusing on the pelvis. We also explore in free form and non-linear movements. Allowing the senses to open to the different options initiated from the pelvic...
by Daphne | Jun 9, 2022 | Body, Bodywork, Classes, Curiosity, Exploration, Gravity, Mind, Movement, Nervous System, Non-linear Movement, Self, Sensory Awareness, Somatic
Nervous System Workshop 1/2 In the first out of two workshops on the nervous system, we bring our focus back to the pelvis. The pelvic diaphragm works with the respiratory diaphragm to contain and support healthy functioning of all of our organs in the body,...
by Daphne | Feb 26, 2022 | Body, Bones, Gravity, Homeostasis, Mind, Muscles, Myofascial, Nervous System, Organs, Polyvagal Theory, Somatic, Space
Do you know? That in every movement or gesture that we perform, the Nervous System is listening to the Fascia System and talking to the Musculo-Skeletal system. Our body of intelligence is always trying to figure out how to respond to the environment. The...
by Daphne | Feb 22, 2022 | Body, Classes, Gravity, Movement, Muscles, Safe, Somatic
Creating Safety Workshop 3/3 The final class of the creating safety workshop. Our sub-occipital muscles tends to hold a lot of stress because of the function it plays in keeping our heads upright as bipeds, and its association with our eyes. In this session, we...
by Daphne | Feb 22, 2022 | Awareness, Being, Body, Classes, Exploration, Feet, Gravity, Nervous System, Safe, Somatic
Creating Safety Workshop 2/3 This is 2 out of 3 classes of the Creating Safety Workshop conducted last year. This second class of the creating safety workshop starts off with exploring a sense of integration between our individual bodies (the micro), with that of the...
by Daphne | Feb 22, 2022 | Being, Gravity, Mental Health, Pain, Poetry, Space
I open my eyesTo the light coming through the windowsThe sound of koels through the treesMorning traffic running through the streets I force my lungs into spacePush into verticality from gravitySearch the upswell for a reasonto try again TodayAnother day like...
