Embodied practices are experiential and often non-verbal. They focus on what you hear, sense, touch, feel and imagine as well as what you say and think. All of your intelligences are engaged so that your action reflects the full scope of your unique insight & knowledge. This is how you activate & engage the life that animates you.
The health benefits of a regular moving practice that engages the whole of your sensory capacity are undeniable and now widely accepted.
Our work sits at the intersection of art, education & health. It is experiential, deeply therapeutic, creative and transformative. In this blog we regularly share our thoughts, experiences and ideas for building an embodied practice. We’ll also throw in some experiential goodies for you.
Movement, touch & sound are our entry points into the embodied practice process. Everything is moving always, sound ripples and reverberates through the human organism and makes known to itself the liveness of the cells. Picture how ripples move through water…
You can attune to your environment, the people around you and what’s going on personally, as you might tune an instrument for dynamic range. If you spend time noticing how you listen and then experiment with different ways to listen, you are proactively growing your ability to engage, connect, and be clear.
How do you listen?
Your ears are amazing, but they’re not alone in the listening landscape. There’s a whole lot going on when sound touches you. You can learn to actively engage more than just your ears when listening - it can become an embodied practice of sensing, feeling and imagining. You literally absorb the vibrations of sound through all of you.
Pop on some headphones or plug me in. Press the play button below & imagine listening through your skin, with your gut, your bones…
“Wholesome attunement replicates the optimal functioning of any living organism whose cells share information through resonance. Molecular Biologist, Candace Pert in her ground breaking work Molecules of Emotions, explains that hormones and neurotransmitters throughout the human organism communicate with each other through distinctive vibrational sympathies.” - Russill Paul
a lot happens when listening.
listen again.
change your position
change it again
and so on
Imagine . . .
What did you notice?
How does your moving affect your listening?