EPISODE · Mar 16, 2024 · 43 MIN
56 SOMATICS: creative process as a spiritual discipline and path pt.2
from Integrated Awakenings with Maria
In the second installment of creative process as spiritual discipline we talk about somatics and dancing! The podcast gives a brief overview of mystery traditions that relate to ecstatic release and cultures of movement in communities. We then segway to artistic containers and explorations, of authentic movement, allowing dance (and a bit of theater) to alchemize experiences that can be often so hard to verbalize. Maria traces the mechanics of why bodywork, curiosity and awareness is important and translates what an everyday, allied relationship with the body can look like and how to easefully get there. If you've always been interested with dancing, and exploring the creative dimension of the body to further integrate and enable so much potent healing work, than this is the episode for you.PS: i rerecorded this podcast two times, i feel like this is the most accessible and informative way for me to present all these ideas and informationsCovers:intro: walking, catatonic dancingintention and container: helps catalyze the burning of karmaessential movement: maria's experience of enabling authentic movement in artists, exampleswe are always dancing, with our bodiesintroeception, tunneling and sensing into the bodyinvolving the body in checking-in and scentering in joy and curiositywhy move with it? trance and movement meditation modelsconsciously noticing something already changes ityou're already doing this (most probably!)Referencessomatics primer podcast ep - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AseG01vl4gJTFq8GRIDs1?si=be58662f5c054087Resma Menakem - My Grandmother's Hands----If you appreciate this kind of work send tips here: paypal ,You can support monthly here: patreon (this also has a library of game writing)linktr.ee/mariamison_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In the second installment of creative process as spiritual discipline we talk about somatics and dancing! The podcast gives a brief overview of mystery traditions that relate to ecstatic release and cultures of movement in communities. We then segway to artistic containers and explorations, of authentic movement, allowing dance (and a bit of theater) to alchemize experiences that can be often so hard to verbalize. Maria traces the mechanics of why bodywork, curiosity and awareness is important and translates what an everyday, allied relationship with the body can look like and how to easefully get there. If you've always been interested with dancing, and exploring the creative dimension of the body to further integrate and enable so much potent healing work, than this is the episode for you.PS: i rerecorded this podcast two times, i feel like this is the most accessible and informative way for me to present all these ideas and informationsCovers:intro: walking, catatonic dancingintention and container: helps catalyze the burning of karmaessential movement: maria's experience of enabling authentic movement in artists, exampleswe are always dancing, with our bodiesintroeception, tunneling and sensing into the bodyinvolving the body in checking-in and scentering in joy and curiositywhy move with it? trance and movement meditation modelsconsciously noticing something already changes ityou're already doing this (most probably!)Referencessomatics primer podcast ep - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AseG01vl4gJTFq8GRIDs1?si=be58662f5c054087Resma Menakem - My Grandmother's Hands----If you appreciate this kind of work send tips here: paypal ,You can support monthly here: patreon (this also has a library of game writing)linktr.ee/mariamison_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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