by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Arms, Body, Feet, Gravity, Movement, Other, Proprioception, Self, Sensory, Space, Touch, Vestibular System
This week’s sharing on #somawithDaphneandLucy: YOUR SELF IMAGE.How long are your arms? How wide is your chest? What does it mean to straighten your knees? And how accurately are your answers meeting your physical reality?.It almost comes as a surprise,...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Cells, Mind, Nervous System, Organs, Space, Spine, Yoga
This week’s sharing from #somawithDaphneandLucy are our favourite HEART OPENERS: Heart opening poses are a consistent “obsession” for yoga practitioners. Deep contortionistic backbends are pursued like trophies – a trademark of the accomplished...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Brain, Mind, Safe, Space, Touch
Since the beginning of the lockdown (or Circuit Breaker as they call it in Singapore), I’ve been closely watching the more unquantifiable vectors arising out of the pandemic, particularly the psychological effects of isolation and social distancing on mental...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Poetry, Space
Now we will count to twelveand we will all keep stillfor once on the face of the earth,let’s not speak in any language;let’s stop for a second,and not move our arms so much. It would be an exotic momentwithout rush, without engines;we would all be togetherin a sudden...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Cells, Fluid, Gravity, Mind, Movement, Nervous System, Non-linear Movement, Other, Safe, Self, Sensory, Space, Spiral, Vestibular System
This week’s sharing from #somawithDaphneandLucy : MOVEMENT VARIABILITY. Life is Non-Linear. To be relational to our environment and sustainable in mind-body, we train our reflexes to respond rather than react. Non-linear, multi-planar, 3-D spiralling...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Poetry, Space
The candle burnsA fragment of youWe step out of timeInto the space of beingTo find love remains#happy73birthday #dadysgirlThis post was originally posted on Yogawithdaphne.com on May 3rd 2020