Live Embodied Movement
SUMMARY
TIME FRAME: Approx 30-45 min
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Intention: Discover the transformative power of sensual movement exercises designed to help you reconnect with your body, emotions, and inner wisdom.
This exercise is designed to help you:
Enhanced body connection: Developing a deeper understanding and connection with one's body and emotions.
Mental clarity: Gaining clear insights and reducing mental clutter.
Emotional release: Allowing emotions to flow and process, leading to healing and growth.
Improved self-awareness: Becoming more in tune with personal needs, desires, and boundaries.
Strengthened intuition: Learning to trust and follow inner guidance.
Reduced stress: Experiencing relaxation and stress relief through mindful movement.
Authentic self-expression: Encouraging free and genuine expression of oneself.
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Feeling disconnected: Struggling to maintain a strong connection with their body and emotions.
Mental clutter: Experiencing overwhelming thoughts or an overactive mind.
Emotional blockages: Having difficulty processing and releasing emotions.
Lack of self-awareness: Struggling to understand personal needs and desires.
Inability to trust intuition: Finding it hard to listen to and follow their inner wisdom.
Stress and tension: Experiencing physical and emotional stress that impacts daily life.
Limited self-expression: Feeling restricted or unable to express oneself authentically.
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Periods of self-reflection: When you're actively seeking to better understand yourself, your thoughts, and your actions, the Manifestation Moments exercise can provide valuable insights and guidance.
Personal growth phases: If you're working on personal development or setting new goals, this exercise can help you identify manifestation patterns that may be holding you back and make intentional shifts to support your growth.
During transitions or changes: When you're experiencing significant life changes or transitions, such as a new job, relationship, or relocation, the Manifestation Moments exercise can offer valuable insights into how your thoughts and emotions are influencing your manifestations during these times.
When feeling stuck or struggling: If you're facing challenges or feeling stuck in certain areas of your life, this exercise can help you gain clarity on the underlying manifestation patterns and guide you toward making intentional shifts to overcome these obstacles.
Periodic check-ins: Regularly using the exercise, such as monthly or quarterly, can help you maintain awareness of your manifestation patterns and make ongoing adjustments to ensure you're aligning with your desired outcomes.
Ultimately, the best time to use the Manifestation Moments exercise is when you feel the need for greater self-awareness, understanding of your manifestation patterns, or a desire to make intentional shifts in your life. The exercise can be used as often as needed to support your personal growth and manifestation journey.
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Materials:
Spotify account to play music without commercials
Journal, paper or worksheet
Pen or pencil
Headphones or speaker
Blanket or sheet
Tissues
Clothing that feels good to you.
Ask your body what it needs or doesn’t need on your body.
Materials:
Create a space to freely move.
Option: Play with the limitation of staying only on the bed, couch or floor.
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While the identified stages of the movement are in a particular order, you may find yourself vacillating between one or two before moving forward. This is completely normal.
It’s a practice and each time you prepare to move, your body may require something different. Please honor what comes up.
Move at a pace that allows you to be authentic and present with yourself.
Allow extra time to rest, care and integrate anything that might arise.
Be patient: Understand that progress and insights may come gradually, so give yourself time and be open to the process.
Stay present: Focus on the current moment and your body sensations, rather than getting lost in thoughts or expectations.
Non-judgment: Approach the practice with a non-judgmental attitude, accepting whatever arises without criticism or comparison.
Consistency: Regularly engage in the exercise to deepen your connection and understanding over time.
Adaptability: Allow the practice to evolve and change according to your needs and personal growth.
Celebrate progress: Acknowledge and appreciate the positive changes and growth you experience along the journey.
TRUE STORY
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I first started taking sensual movement classes in 2012. Over the years in being the practice of connecting and allowing my body to move slowly, freely in a manner that felt pleasurable, I noticed in my own timing emotions would release and with it (or right behind it) some insight or nugget of wisdom.
While at first I didn’t know what to do with the information, I decided to experiment with taking action on what I was receiving. The more I followed through, it felt like I was flexing not only my body connection muscles, but my ability to receive and be resilient. There was a familiarity in the body sensation that I became accustomed to instead of fearing.
In one instance, I received the guidance to teach and guide others through the experience that I was having. I was initially reluctant until I started receiving inquiries.
In time, women were inviting me to guide them to their own body connection and I led my first official class in 2015. After guiding hundreds of women, the experiences and results vary, as it should be. It’s your movement. Follow where your body wants to naturally go or be. (And yes, if lying there still is what you need, honor it. No judgements here).
STEPS
Download Live Embodied Movement Worksheet.
Print or use as a reference and write in your own journal.
Write down any questions or concerns that have been on your mind.
Ideas:
Write an open-ended question.
Write a question with two or three known answers. For example, yes/no or option A/B/C.
My go to “What do I need to know right now?”
If you’ve done this before, take a moment to include what supported you before and/or eliminate what didn’t work.
Select from any of the Spotify playlists below.
When your body feels complete for this session, return to the worksheet to answer and note any insights.
PLAYLISTS
EVALUATION
After your movement and writing your insights:
Notice how you feel. What was new or different? What did you like?
Reflection: Consider the insights and emotions that arose during the exercise. How did they relate to your initial question or intention?
What feels inspiring for you to do? (Yes, nothing is a great answer).
If taking any inspired action is taken on a topic that previously had a lot of resistance, what is different?
Self-awareness: Assess your level of connection with your body, emotions, and intuition before and after the exercise. Did you notice any improvements or shifts in awareness?
Adaptation: Identify any adjustments that could be made to enhance future sessions, such as altering your approach, pace, or environment. What would you do differently to better support your movement? Make a note for yourself for next time.
NEXT STEPS
Your options:
Honor your body’s requests, desires, wants, and needs.
Explore another experiment in the Embodiment Laboratory.
