Being in your body

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Being in your body

Anita's work offers an opportunity for deep somatic listening, inquiry and healing.

Supporting exploration of both the individual and collective human experience, sense of connection and belonging.

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being in your body, belonging to the Earth

being in your body invites us to look at the dynamic process of being present with ourselves, in our body.

how this process of being present is cultivated and nurtured inside ourselves, within our relationships, community and within the cycles and rhythms of Earth, our natural home.

how we mend and reclaim our natural belonging in our body, in the cycle of life. I believe deep healing happens as part of a collective, community process that includes the greater community of Earth. We need the support of each other to survive and thrive. Our nervous systems are made through and for collaboration. Our hearts and souls are made for connection and our true deep happiness relies on this. If we look at what happens when we are isolated we can learn much about connection.

there is a movement of collective consciousness that recognises the interconnection of all beings seen and unseen. Our own health and future survival depends on us all understanding and recognising this and contributing our own unique selves, gifts, skills and voices into the potency of collective wisdom. After all, our own knowledge, wisdom and experience is grown from the contributions of many.

over the years I've worked with many people who’ve found it very difficult to be in their body. For all of us, being embodied isn't always easy and we are more or less in our bodies at different times. Anxiety, activation, dissociation and shut down are adaptive responses to difficult experience and are protective. But long term, affect and restrict the fullness of our lives. We can do something about this. We have access to skills and resources that help us remember and relearn ways back to our natural state of being. Sometimes it’s necessary to have others alongside us to support us in this.

When I think of trees, I’m continually fascinated by the interconnection of roots that form a forest floor. How those roots sustain and support a whole eco system. How messages are sent and received through those roots. Our nervous systems are so much like those root systems. We are constantly receiving information through neuroception about ourselves, our environment and others. Through understanding our nervous systems we can explore what makes us feel safe, connected, grounded and more able to be with the experience of our body. More able to attune with others and engage with life and have resources when things are tough.

I am also curious about patterning. How our experiences create physiological patterns and how patterns can be changed through breath, movement, song, sound, kindness, friendship, being with the land, in nature, shifting our responses and felt-sense of self. Being in your body is a process that can be tended and nurtured. There are many accessible skills and resources that support this returning home to ourselves. Our body as home. We are a reflection of mother nature, our home on earth. We have a wild life force and inherent capacity for love, health and joy. We are multifaceted creatures with wild minds. There is much we can do to heal our disconnect and separation, to gently, tenderly be with our broken and damaged places. To be real and human, together.