Thinking with the Body

Chandler Stevens   It only took us 400 years, but we’re finally remembering that the body is the foundation of our cognitive function, meaning that our mental health and performance is developed from the bottom up. Perhaps more significant: the way that you carry yourself (that is, what you do with the body – how […]

Somatic Toolkit

Dare Carrasquillo     Larger playlist of basic animist practices can be found here.  

Meditation, Feldenkrais, & the Beginner’s Mind

Seth Dellinger   The benefits of meditation include: better brain functioning and attention span stress reduction and sounder sleep improved functioning of metabolic and immune systems more emotional control and optimism increased sense of social and environmental connection “That’s great,” you might say, “but I find meditation very difficult.” And if I asked you why […]

Social Somatics

Jim Freda  

Musings from a Transformed Being

Dare Sohei   Healing doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll feel less pain, or have less pain. It may, but it may also mean that the pain that’s there/here won’t take up all your attention, won’t distract you from what you CAN do, what else you can feel, what else is possible. Healing is a long game. […]

Your Body is Trying to Tell You Something

Chandler Stevens   Part 1 A client I work with really knows her shit. After a successful film career, she introduced a whole new style of yoga to an entire country (where she was a recent immigrant no less – no prior connections). Intelligent. Articulate. Got it together. Yet even though she leads teacher trainings […]