by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Body, Brain, Breath, Cells, Embodiment, Embryology, Feet, Fluid, Gravity, Grounding, Homeostasis, Nervous System, Organs, Somatic
This week’s sharing on #somawithDaphneandLucy is about coming home to the state of flexion:We are the only mammalian species on the planet that walks on two feet. This vertical relationship with gravity not only takes our brain further away from our...
by Daphne | Nov 6, 2021 | Awareness, Body, Bones, Brain, Diaphragm, Embryology, Feet, Gravity, Grounding, Limbs, Mobility, Movement, Muscles, Myofascial, Pelvis, Stability
This week’s focus on #somawithDaphneandLucy are your precious feet 🙂 The relative distance of our feet from our brain often causes us to disregard the health and care of our feet. We tend to ignore the messages coming from this very distal part of...
by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Grounding, Movement, Myofascial, Nervous System
This is an audio lesson from a previous in-person class that I taught before the lock-down. It’s slightly over an hour of body scan, gentle undulating movement and visualisation for fascia unwinding, and nervous system reset. I apologise in advance for some...
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...