by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Arms, Body, Brain, Gravity, Joints, Limbs, Nervous System, Sensory, Spine, Yoga
This week on #somawithdaphneandlucy STRETCHING VS PANDICULATIONThe fascination and obsession with “stretching” is pretty much why most people came into the practice of yoga. Ever since we can remember we’ve been told to stretch for our aches and pains....
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Bodywork, Breath, Curiosity, Embodiment, Mind, Movement, Nervous System, Self, Sensory, Somatic, Touch, Yoga
Somatics and Embodiment are buzzwords in the yoga and movement community.With our combined experiences in Yoga, dance, and bodywork, both Lucie Krobová @explore_dance_movement and I hope to contribute a little more to the understanding of Somatic therapy and...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Bodywork, Embodiment, Mind, Neck, Nervous System, Non-linear Movement, Self, Sensory, Sensory Awareness, Somatic, Spine, Yoga
Recent BBC article on the increasing cases of injuries sustained by yoga teachersOne of my teachers Richard Freeman would always say in class, “Stiffness is a blessing”. Being hyper-mobile, yoga asanas came easily to me as a practitioner. When I was a new...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Bodywork, Embodiment, Movement, Poetry, Self, Sensory, Somatic, Yoga
We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of life our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time… T.S Elliot The longing I’ve always held for travel and exploration was born into me. Back when I was only a child, I used...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Connection, Homeostasis, Neck, Nervous System, Safe, Self, Space, Yoga
Yesterday, my sister sent me a message from Singapore to tell me she went to a TCM doctor to sought help after experiencing some pain from her neck that was radiating down her right arm and hand. The therapist proceeded with lots of needling, tissue manipulation and...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Breath, Cells, Connection, Consciousness, Core, Homeostasis, Movement, Space, Spiral, Touch, Yoga
The IAYT model of Yoga Therapy (often 1:1) integrates the whole being through relationships in the Pancha Maya Kosha model, i.e the physical body, the energetic body (e.g chakra system and pancha vayus, prakriti and vikruti etc), our emotional afflictions, our thought...