by Daphne | Feb 19, 2022 | Awareness, Body, Brain, Cells, Nervous System, Pain, Relational, Sensory, Somatic
A little musing on Pain and Perceiving Change: Many people come to me to “fix” their pain. But I often lay my cards bare that I’m not a “fixer”. Nor am I a “healer” who’s going to make everything bad go away. Our body /...
by Daphne | Feb 17, 2022 | Awareness, Body, Brain, Curiosity, Embodiment, Mind, Pain, Relational, Sensory, Somatic, Trauma, Yoga
I remember the first studio yoga class I taught 12 years ago became a private lesson because only 1 person showed up! I was all nerves but it was one hour of full presence, connecting mind to mind, body to body, soul to soul. The rest is history. As I delve deeper...
by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Awareness, Connection, Consciousness, Exploration, Grounding, Mind, Other, Self, Space
This lady here is the woman who gave me life. I was her first born. She was 22. For most of my life, we couldn’t see eye to eye. There were resentments and estrangements. I swore I would never be like her. And then I learnt about tolerance. And empathy. And...
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 | 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...