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, Connection, Diaphragm, Embodiment, Gravity, Limbs, Mind, Movement, Muscles, Psoas, Stability
Navel Radiation is a pre-vertebrate pattern within the Basic Neurological Patterns/Developmental Movement paradigm of Body-Mind Centering® developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. It is the pattern of radial symmetry and relates to our earliest connection with our...
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...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Fluid, Gravity, Non-linear Movement, Sensory
I love the sensory feedback provided by another body in Contact Improvisation, so I created my own improv with a contralateral elastic band and a foam roller. Took me a while to get into a fluid, tangled play in a dynamic relationship with gravity. I enjoyed the...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Awareness, Body, Breath, Curiosity, Embodiment, Grounding, Mind, Nervous System, Other, Polyvagal Theory, Safe, Space, Touch, Yoga
Yesterday I taught a class at the Special Needs Foundation in Koh Samui. This facility helps to support kids and teenagers who are on the autism spectrum. When I started the class, this young Thai boy was slumped face-down on a yoga mat, he refused to make eye...
