Embodiment techniques

Meditations

In this very basic exercise, we let go of our toes! So often, as we move through life, we grip. We grip with our toes and we grip with our minds. As you go through this simple exercise, you may notice your mind shifting, quieting, clearing. Rather than approach it directly through our thoughts, we do it by letting go of our toes!

Uncurl your toes and quiet your mind.

Uncurl Your Toes, Quiet Your Mind

The muscles between our ribs is a place we often contract to control: to control our emotions, our fears and the circumstances around us. As we learn to breathe to our ribs, actively, we open space inside of us from the inside out. 

We increase our capacity to feel and experience life in the simplest of ways, with our breath.

Creating Space ~ Breathe To Your Ribs

Over the course of this week, I used this exercise to let go of pain, ground myself and clear the emotional fog that surrounded me. It's a simple square breath (inhale, hold, exhale, pause for the same count) that uses your own touch to the chest to emphasize the concept of yielding - chest into hand, hand into hand and vice versa.  

Our bodies know how to yield, without excessive effort or giving in too much. It's a constant give and take and keeps our presence full, no matter what we are dealing with.

Breathe. Expand. Let Go

This guided body awareness practice deepens the concept of yielding; the process of creating a balance between give and take. It can happen with others, with our dreams and obstacles, with how we relate to the world and physically.

We'll explore the physical. It's a process of feeling into the body, letting go of unnecessary effort, enlivening areas that are dull or weak and constantly deepening your ability to dance this dance with freedom.

Yield and fill your skin

I talk you through a simple, yet profound full body relaxation exercise. Set yourself up comfortably, breathe and drop into your body. 

These kinds of exercises, which use passive attention, can tap into deep sources of energy. A few minutes after you finish, you may notice more clarity, awareness and energy.

Full Body Relaxation

This is a simple, 2-part exercise to generate the flow of earth in our bodies.

When Earth’s qualities are cultivated in our bodies, time becomes expansive and non-linear. We instinctually take care of our needs. We have a strong container for our emotional life. We effortlessly know when to act and when to rest.

When we sink into EARTH’s long-lasting presence, underneath our feet and in our own bodies, we can trust its support, even when life shakes us up or disrupts our sense of well-being.

Generating Earth Flow

Fierce Embodiment