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 23, 2022 | Body, Bones, Classes, Developmental, Embodiment, Embryology, Movement, Muscles, Myofascial, Sensory Awareness
Fascia Workshop This fascia workshop starts off with a short introduction about fascia, and on embryological development – particularly on the endoderm (front body), ectoderm (back body) and mesoderm (inside body). We then engage in an embodied meditation...
by Daphne | Feb 22, 2022 | Being, Body, Classes, Core, Exploration, Limbs, Mind, Muscles, Navel, Pelvis, Somatic, Space
Navel Radiation Workshop 1/3 The first class of the navel radiation series. In today’s session, we learn about the core of our body. In the fitness realm, there’s so much emphasis on the core. Most of the time, the core was associated with the much desired...
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 | Nov 6, 2021 | Awareness, Body, Brain, Joints, Mind, Movement, Muscles, Nervous System
There’s nothing more exhilarating than running up a hill after a 8-year-old. Many people come to me to help them manage their aches and pains.They often ask me which muscles to strengthen and what to release so they can be stronger, or feel less “tight” in their body...
by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Gravity, Grounding, Muscles, Somatic, Spine
Floor play with sister and niece. Much of the work I do is also teaching people how to get on the floor and get back up. I train my clients to not be fearful of the ground beneath us. A big part of somatic coaching is to lean into the support of gravity so we...
