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...
by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Awareness, Bones, Exploration, Fluid, Gravity, Movement, Muscles, Nervous System, Proprioception, Sensory, Somatic, Space, Stability
A lot of tension in the body is often created through accumulative tension in the muscles, either through compensatory movement habits or through our stress response. We tend to forget that our skeletal elements such as the bones and ligaments give us form and...
by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Body, Breath, Cells, Embodiment, Fluid, Gravity, Mind, Movement, Organs, Somatic, Space
This week on #SomawithDaphneandLucy Lucie is taking a little hiatus… When Lucie told me early this year that she is venturing into the decluttering profession, unlike most who know her, I wasn’t at all surprised at this career choice she has chosen.In working...
by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Awareness, Body, Gravity, Mind, Mobility, Nervous System, Sensation, Somatic, Space, Yoga
Yoga & Stretching This week’s topic on #somawithDaphneandLucy is about what constitutes healthy stretch! Everyone loves a good stretch. However, do you sometimes feel that the more you stretch, the more you need to stretch? The yoga world is...
by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Body, Brain, Breath, Cells, Embodiment, Embryology, Feet, Fluid, Gravity, Grounding, Homeostasis, Nervous System, Organs, Somatic
This week’s sharing on #somawithDaphneandLucy is about coming home to the state of flexion:We are the only mammalian species on the planet that walks on two feet. This vertical relationship with gravity not only takes our brain further away from our...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Neck, Sensory, Somatic, Spiral
A 60 mins somatic practice for the thorax.Take this time out for some deep sensing and gentle spiral movements to release tension in the neck, shoulder, jaw, and eyes. This post was originally posted on Yogawithdaphne.com on May...
