We are delighted to introduce our guest blogger Denise Roach:
“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”
“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh
Somatic Movement
For a marathon runner and dynamic Vinyasa yoga student and
teacher, taking it slowly is always going to present a certain challenge.
But what if we really give ourselves the chance to slow down
and notice what is happening in the body as we move? Not ‘doing’ or focussing
on the end result, but fully being in
the movement, is a challenge. Yet that is the beauty of somatic movement
education and its application to yoga, as I found out recently with Dr Brian
Ingle of Living Somatics.
Over time and in response to daily stresses and traumas, we
create habitual patterns and contractions that prevent us from moving freely.
We forget how to move, and for many of us the end result is tightness, soreness
and pain. Over a restful and inspiring
weekend, we worked together as yoga and pilates teachers and movement
therapists to explore how focussing on the internal sensations of a series of
gentle movements could bring stiff bodies out of a state of what Thomas Hanna,
founder of the field of Somatics, calls ‘sensory-motor amnesia’ into sensory
body remembering.
Somatics is all about self-healing through mindful movement,
working slowly, with awareness and with the least effort to achieve comfort and
ease. It encourages responsibility and,
for yogis and non-yogis alike, a true understanding of how these unhelpful
patterns can be unlearned. The result
is a feeling a rest, openness, presence and ultimately potential freedom from
pain.
Denise was drawn to explore the healing benefits of yoga
after many years pounding the streets as a long-distance runner. She now
teaches vinyasa flow yoga and works as a Thai Yoga Massage therapist in studios
and private classes across London.
Denise can be contacted at www.deniseroachyoga.co.uk.
Visit www.livingsomatics.com for more information on Dr. Brian Ingle and the Living Somatics programme.
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