The Embodiment Project

How we distort posture and movement

A natural progression from last podcast's focus in which I focused how much we feel held affects our ability to be present to the world.  And then real life happened. My street level view of how the Embodiment Project worked for me.

The Embodiment Project is a world wide community that supports inhabiting yourself more in everyday life. Want to know more? Check us out at www.SomaticsInstitute.com

Another episode that explores themes from the Embodiment Project, I dive into how feeling held is essential if we are going to meet with the world sensorily - to hold it so that it feels held.  But how much can we tolerate doing that? 

We've got everything in this episode: some contributions from psychology, practical explorations you can do, and even some examples from my clinical practice.

Want to know more? The Embodiment Project community lives online at SomaticsInstitute.com

There are so many ways that we can enter into sensory engagement with the world. In my interview with Pedro David, he describes how his practice in NLP has been an important bridge to the world of breath, and to embodiment in general.  Pedro also brings his perspective as marketing and network representative for the Alchemy of Breath community as it reaches out to collaborative work with other embodiment communities.  

You can find more about Alchemy of Breath at https://alchemyofbreath.com

As always, you can discover more about my work with the Embodiment Project community on the Somatics Institute web site here 

What are the essentials of embodiment practice, the simple go-to awarenesses that you can use in everyday life?  Here's my elevator talk (a bit of a long elevator ride), the essence of a practice that you can return to whenever you need to anchor yourself a bit more in life.

As ever, you can find out more about the Embodiment Project at www.SomaticsInstitute.com

This last segment of the Sacred Vessel is 'Healing the Imaginal Body'. The recovery of imaginal life in the body is an essential part of inhabiting the body as a lived, sensory experience.  We are guided by the stories that have been generously shared from individual's journeys.

If you would like access to the print version (with footnotes), you can find it on the Somatics Institute web site here.

The Sacred Vessel is a reading of an essay I wrote a number of years ago.  It's still relevant, delving into engaging with the body when the wounds are more than physical.  It's part of my education in applying body centred skills in support of clients who were doing deep healing with psychotherapists.  I share some of my learning in the series. I'm grateful to the people I worked with who were willing to share their stories here. You can find the original essay on the Somatics Institute web site here

In the four episodes of the Sacred Vessel, this one is about listening and the body...through a Jungian lens.

Reclaiming the Soul Lost in Nature

Part 2 of the Sacred Vessel is a continuation of writing I did in the 90’s that explored the experience of the person in body centred clinical practice.  As you’ll see, this essay is a meditation on the influence of Jungian ideas about the intersect between psyche and body through image, and is a deeper dive into ideas I explored in the Embracing the Beast podcast series.

You can find the original with footnoting on the Somatics Institute site here. https://somaticsinstitute.com

Enjoy,

Matthew

The Sacred Vessel was part of a body of writing I did in the 90's that explored the experience of the person in body centred clinical practice.  As you'll see, this essay is a meditation on the influence of Jungian ideas about the intersect between psyche and body through image, and is a deeper dive into ideas I explored in the Embracing the Beast podcast series.

The essay has been divided up into four segments - this is the longest of them!  You can find the original with footnoting on the Somatics Institute site here.

Enjoy,

Matthew

Often, dreams are not included in embodiment practices.  Yet, the dream is there in the body, a connection that psychologist Arnold Mindell calls the dreambody.  In this episode I explore ways in which I have experienced dreaming and the body.  And, I suggest ways in which you might explore the dream as a support of your sensory practice in everyday life, connecting dream, body and the world.

This is a contribution of the Embodiment Project, a nine week cycle that explores how individuals can join in community towards a more deeply embodied life.  You can find out more about the Project at www.SomaticsInstitute.com