Writing Through Your Body
suggests that the self and its relation to the world is not merely a mental phenomenon. It has a sensual, embodied, and material dimension, and changes, even subtle ones, to the texture our experience can have profound consequences.
L. M. Sacasas • The Stuff of Life: Materiality and the Self
the sum total of our history lives in our body. This certainly is not a new idea in psychology or philosophy, but somatics reveals that this history literally resides in our tissues. It’s more than a philosophical concept; we can experience our history as it lives in our muscular, organ, and nervous systems, and how it becomes explicit in the world
... See moreRichard Strozzi-Heckler • The Art of Somatic Coaching: Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion
The body is a resonator; attuning to the energies of the world, it knows them.
Philip Shepherd • Radical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being
body is a text. Writing is not about being in your head; it’s about being in your body.
Gloria Anzaldua • Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality (Latin America Otherwise)
Let go of anatomical body maps, and simply let your body feel how it feels. No need for what you’re feeling to correspond to any organs, or even to be inside of your anatomical body. If you have a sense or impression of something above you or to your left, that’s valid. Just let it be, don’t try to make it fit a rational map of where it’s possible ... See more
River Kenna • What is Somatic Meditation?
You may not be accustomed to using your body as a way of “knowing.” But when you take a moment to contemplate this, you will notice that all of the truly meaningful insights, ideas, and emotions you have had have come from a deeper place inside of you.