Creating Safety Workshop 2/3
This is 2 out of 3 classes of the Creating Safety Workshop conducted last year.
This second class of the creating safety workshop starts off with exploring a sense of integration between our individual bodies (the micro), with that of the earth (the macro). We tap into body weight, and the forces of gravity and rebound to find a sense of ease, support and body awareness. I also speak about yielding and collapsing, and how through the somatic exploration exercises, we can strike a healthy symbiotic relationship between these two states. In this sense, yielding would not equate to the over-activation of our nervous system, and collapsing would not equate to the total lapsing or shut down of our nervous systems. The ability of our nervous systems to calibrate and shift itself flexibly between these two states translates to a greater sense of being. We also explore feet work and a somatic play exercise with a chair.
Props required:
- 1 yoga mat
- 1 blanket
- 1 yoga block
- 1 weighted ball (or water bottle)
- 1 chair
This post was previously posted on Yogawithdaphne.com on November 26th 2021.
