Why be embodied? In our fast-paced, head-driven culture, many of us live from the neck up — thinking more than sensing, striving instead of resting, reacting instead of attuning. These ways bring about tension, exhaustion and disconnection from our bodies, each other, and the living world. They make us vulnerable to illness and unhealthy relationships….
Abington Woods Radical Wholeness is certified by The Embodied Present Process (TEPP) In our everyday lives, we are cultured to emphasise getting our tasks done and these doings have been recognised as our achievements. The quality of this culture has been over thousands of years, to focus on the activities of the brain in the…
I am noticing something hugely important to me: the dramatic contrast between how I am when I am exuberant with companions and how I am quietly at home, where I live alone. Am I “lonely?” I have been aware of this contrast for years, but it seemed inaccurate to use the word “lonely” on its…
The pains we experience and hold inside us, show up in behaviours which tend to stimulate pain in ourselves and people around us. Conflict can be the tension between the self who’s trying to protect from the pain and the same self who’s longing to stay in connection, valued, appreciated and loved.
Through the groundedness and spaciousness of our embodied awareness, using the language of Nonviolent Communication, we can truly soften into self-compassion for the needs we long to meet. We shall embrace grief for our unmet needs and gratitude for the body that opens to receive the world’s resources.
The messy energies of conflict are fertile soils in which nurture, light and love can transform resistances and troubled behaviours into flow. I shall offer embodied practices that allow us to meet ourselves tenderly and empathically in this very impossible place, to wholly and warmly acknowledge our reactions and create right here in the messiness, the softening that transforms, creating resilience.
Embodiment Unlimited Women’s Trauma Event Day 3 20th September 2022https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/wPQONCsgx2kDNf_CtnwJ7qmpxhOPPdvdraV_1b8hahjp1TiVQ2cnenGrCfEzFAMXpLm0LyYXhrEfWze2.z-k21BtjZt-Tc82k?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=4tN0WHplR8W9pRiUCVVKEg.1664278635636.0d2844c467f386c1b8863b0e101d9f01&_x_zm_rhtaid=697
“Please help me!” I used to say aloud. When I felt small, vulnerable and lost, I felt depleted of resources to help myself, to take an action, to have capacity, to feel bigger and more powerful. Slowly, I have come to speak a new expression: “Thank you for helping me!” My explorations of noticing my…
I’d love to share with you my experience with waking up my fatigue response. I am describing my fatigue as an embodied response to stress, that my body adopted to protect me from stressful situations and circumstances, many, many years ago. I began to practise my awareness when I trained in Embodiment and have grown…