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What is Somatic Meditation?
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~ Reggie Ray
Somatics, as I often introduce it to students, is an awareness of the body as perceived by the self in this present moment. It hinges on proprioception through sensory motor awareness, internal dialogue, and the patience to abandon oneself to the present moment. One will not have the same sensations in an hour from now, this evening, tomorrow, or e
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The Art of Somatic Coaching: Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion
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Most of us live out lives that we’ve unconsciously inherited, and we’re mimicking patterns of living that have been passed on to us by family, school, religion, government, economic institutions, and the media. We have lost touch with the rich, subjective life of being in the human body, upon which our entire experience is based. The body, the soma
... See moreRichard Strozzi-Heckler • The Art of Somatic Coaching: Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion
Most meditation systems are depth-first : you plunge, deeply, into one area of your mind—by, say, learning how to concentrate on your breath with heroic clarity—and then you take the mental machinery thus developed and try to iron out your life with it. Mark’s is breadth-first : he wants you to mindfully do a whole bunch of different little things—... See more
Sasha Chapin • Review: Meditation from Cold Start to Complete Mastery
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Broadly, somatics is a field of study and practice concerned with holistic body-centered approaches to assist people in experiencing and transforming the self through awareness relative to the living world, the environment, and others.
Catherine Schaeffer • Moving Consciously: Somatic Transformations through Dance, Yoga, and Touch
In contemporary speak the soma is often referred to as the living body in its wholeness; somatics, then, is the art and science of the soma.
Richard Strozzi-Heckler • The Art of Somatic Coaching: Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion
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