Simply Somatic

August 1 2014 (part 2)

In this episode Sherry and Julia continue to discuss curiosity, commitment, and naming as all help us become more sophisticated movers and more aware of our being.

August 1 2014 (part 1)

In this episode Julia and Sherry continue to explore the importance of naming feelings, sensations, and movements for the sake of recognizing the aliveness of the self in ourselves and in the world.

July 25th 2014

Welcome to our relaunching! After taking nearly two years away from creating podcasts, Sheryl Saterstrom and Julia Moser-Hardy return to Mindful Moving and recorded reflection. What happens to our experience of the practice and to us in renewing dedication to...

Rituals of Home

Aleks Weaver unpacks the concept " to Be Here Now" in the sound-score for her senior capstone choreography project. She addresses the audience and invites them to participate in the performance with content that is reflective of her own personal...

I AM BODY

If technology one day becomes part of us, what will it mean to be a physical, embodied being? Already we have many metaphors for the body as object, as machine, as technology, while the idea of body as self is...

Everybody Owns Dance

With advancements in technology ownership and sharing of material is understood differently. How has this permeated the dance world?

July 9th 2012

In response to a morning radio show about the possibility of installing technology into human lives in a more literal way, Sherry and Julia discuss how technology has advanced the music and dance industry and the perception of the body...

Front-Body/Back-Body Contortions

With the torso, front is front and back is back. Through spiraling actions the front can be turned toward the back, but the front-body of the torso is rarely ever perceived as anything other than front, because the body is...

The Action Cycle

Allowing life to happen through engaged choice instead of distantly forcing it to proceed is one simple strategy toward living easefully. How is this reflected in the four basic actions of human existence; yield, push, reach, and pull?

Taking in My Environment

Human beings often think of themselves as separate from the environment, but we are still only substance brushing up against and moving through and over other matter. We are part of the hetergeneous ether of Earth. Breath is one literal...

Mindful Moving, June 28 2012

The Somatic Foundations in Higher Education project returns with new podcasts from this summer's research! In this podcast from June 28th 2012 St. Olaf College student researcher Julia Moser-Hardy '14 and Professor Sheryl Saterstrom discuss the effort cycle, taking in...

Animals Just Know

Animals don't need to be aware of the inner workings of their body because their self-agency is an inherent part of their embodied beings. St. Olaf student researcher Julia Moser-Hardy '14 and Professor Sheryl Saterstrom discuss how the development of modern...

A Powerful Sense of Self

St. Olaf student researcher Julia Moser-Hardy '14 and Professor Sheryl Saterstrom discuss what it is to live with a powerful sense of self.

Be Here Now

St. Olaf student researcher Julia Moser-Hardy '14 and Professor Sheryl Saterstrom discuss the importance of BEing HERE, NOW in the present moments of daily life and ways to accomplish that exercise.

Rotation

St. Olaf College student researcher Julia Moser-Hardy '14 and Professor Sheryl Saterstrom discuss discovering the three dimensional body in exercising the capacity for rotation.

Mindful Moving July 12 2012

In this podcast from July 12th 2012 St. Olaf College student researcher Julia Moser-Hardy '14 and Professor Sheryl Saterstrom discuss the importance of being powerfully present in the self here and now, and the modern technology that allows human beings...

Simply Somatic Podcasts Return!

The Somatic Foundations in Higher Education project returns with new podcasts revolving around this summer's research inquiry, "What is the future of Somatics?"

White Flowers

Imagery is one education tool that can be used to convey knowledge or meaning in colorful or simple ways. This poem is called White Flowers by Mary Oliver.

Connectivities

Consistent Surprise by Moving

Self and Others

One Mindful Moving Structure

Although a typical structure for simple Mindful Moving is 10 minutes moving, 10 minutes focusing on alignment, and 10 minutes focusing on breath, the 10 minutes can be devoted to other structures as well. This is one example.

Mindful Moving, July 11 2011

Sherry, Aleks, and Betsy Reflect on a morning Mindful Moving session.

Mindful Moving, July 8 2011

Aleks, Kathleen, and Betsy reflect after Mindful Moving, 7/8/11. Meditation structure broken into three sections of ten minutes each: Section 1 ('movement') guided by the words "underlying resonance" Section 2 ('alignment/balance') guided by a quote by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen: "The...

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