#somatic practices

[travelertobe]

Day 1 & 2 of Somatic Practices! I am not living the moment.

I have been crying for almost a month if not more. Almost every uber driver I took a ride with saw me crying recently. Why? because I have been having mini nervous breakdowns and the more I try to man up and be practical about life the more it hits. So, I decided I need to have a chat with my therapist. I did last week and she advised that I need to start doing some somatic work. I have been…

[sameditor]

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[melindahunt]

“Insight has a place, but it’s a mistake to think that if we change our minds, different behaviors will follow. To simply have a good idea about something is not enough. To change how we are means changing how we act; it means functioning differently. It requires a different way of organizing how we feel, act, sense, and perceive. To embody new actions asks that we move beyond insight into the realm of practices that reshape and transform how we actually are, and not just the idea, or desire, of who we are.

To the point of the matter; If we live at a distance from the life of our body we’re unable to feel ourselves, and if we are unable to feel it’s difficult to learn, change, transform ourselves...”

Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Somatic Coaching. 

The difference between insight and wisdom, then, is that wisdom includes sensory experience. Wisdom requires embodiment, presence, action. Wisdom is connective, while insight is intellectual. Without a physical experience to accompany an insight it doesn’t have a life outside of the mind - and we know that the mind is the domain not only of reasoning and reflection, but also of imaginings and judgements. Many things that live in the mind are not real. This is why practice is so important to me, and why a sensory approach to yoga (or any) practice is vital. Practice is not intellectual. Practice is active, engaged, participatory. Whatever type of practice we do, it is housed in the body. If we seek change of any sort, the body is the doorway. Lucky that we all have one.