The Embodied Mind

Life is filled with change and challenges which include pain, suffering and illness. However the stories we have about ourselves and our suffering can either intensify pain, or open new possibilities for healing and transformation.

Mindfulness develops the capacity to become aware, in a non-judgemental way of what is happening, in the here and now. 

Mindfulness and Somatic Educational methods, such as The Alexander Technique and The Feldenkrais Method develop insight into habitual thinking patterns and corresponding emotional and physical responses to life. These often live under our conscious awareness impacting everything we do for better or worse. 

Developing awareness is the first step to creating change. 

Each of these traditions teaches the importance of living more consciously, learning to pause between stimulus and response. Over time the capacity to choose our responses in any situation increases, creating a greater freedom in living.

Developing a kinder and more compassionate attention to ourselves and learning to accept what is happening without judgement, can release us into a wiser way of engaging with life. It may even lead to healing.