by Daphne | Aug 17, 2022 | Body, Brain, Embodiment, Mind, Somatic
Snippet 2 from the deep dive with Santosh & Unsu of Breaking the Spell. In this excerpt, I share about the bottom-up approach which is the key foundation of somatic therapy. Instead of the conventional top-down goal-oriented cognitive approach of control...
by Daphne | Aug 17, 2022 | Body, Conversations, Journey, Mind, Somatic
Snippet 1 from a deep dive with Santosh & Unsu from Breaking the Spell. In this excerpt, I shared about my journey from leaving the corporate life, venturing into a bunch of things, and eventually landed in Saigon teaching yoga and thereafter, delving deeper into...
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, Bodywork, Classes, Feet, Head, Homeostasis, Jaw, Mind, Nervous System, Pelvis, Polyvagal Theory, Somatic, Spine, Tailbone, Vestibular System
Head Tension Workshop 3/3 In this final workshop on head tension, we continue to expand on new movement explorations that target the vestibular system, engaging in movements that involve the 3 dimensional planes of the body (front/back, top/bottom, left/right). We...
by Daphne | Feb 26, 2022 | Body, Classes, Feet, Head, Homeostasis, Jaw, Mind, Nervous System, Pelvis, Polyvagal Theory, Somatic, Spine, Tailbone
Head Tension Workshop 2/3 In this second out of three workshops on head tension, we engage in a series of movement explorations that target the vestibular system. Being able to land and locate through our vestibular feedback helps to regulate our nervous system and...
by Daphne | Feb 26, 2022 | Body, Classes, Feet, Head, Homeostasis, Jaw, Mind, Nervous System, Pelvis, Polyvagal Theory, Somatic, Spine, Tailbone
Head Tension Workshop 1/3 Introducing a new theme for somatic exploration – head tension. In this first out of three workshops, I touch on how the head does not exist in isolation but rather, shares connections through multiple systems in the body. One area we...
