We are used to living in our heads in everyday life, repetitive thought processes, inner critics, intellectual/rational work environment. We lose ourselves, our sense of feeling, experiencing, living through the soma. When we lose touch with that part of ourselves, we lose touch with what we want, how we want it, who we are, how we feel, we give up on our dreams and more. We can feel numb, frustrated, anxious, depressed etc. All these things are caused by the lack of connection with the inner being or soma. Life can become meaningless without experiencing, feeling, expressing and being able to share emotions. You become clogged with emotions and overwhelmed with daily worries. Fear of setting a boundary in the workspace/family, fear of standing up your ground, all that limits your potential and makes you shrink. Unsaid truths burden us, and literally kills us.
Working with the soma lets us tune into the unconscious realm, to shift the awareness from the logical mind, to the experiential world. It could provide us with opportunity to express things we cannot, to transform emotional and physical pain into strength, body tone and stronger will. It can provide us with answers we never knew we needed to hear, answers that we were searching for, but the mind could never find. It is the key to solving all problems as all external struggles are caused by an inner imbalance, trauma and projections from the past. By transforming these consciously, we are able to transform life on the outside.
I have started my work in somatics and psychoanalysis almost 10 years ago, and I am now a practicing somatic therapist with a focus on working with the unconscious and shadow aspects of the psyche. I have learned the profound value of this work and realized all the answers I need are within the body. It is when I connect to my instincts, intuition and feelings – guides that never lie. The body knows a lot more than the conscious mind because it is connected to the unconscious and therefore to everything, both visible and invisible. Knowing ourselves somatically, literally means knowing ourselves and our truth.
Yoana
This was deep, Yoana! I don’t know how you managed to condense so many truths into one post but what actually matters is that it wasn’t your rational mind that shared its own perceptions of reality around you, but rather your soma and your spirit as a resident of the temporary carrier of your soul, your physical body. Society’s designed to kill your vibes and identity as a special individual with a unique purpose and life journey as well as to make you feel insignificant and identical to everyone and everything by forcing you to conform to certain sick standards that we ourselves allow, consider normal and sustain by not bursting the bubble that would no doubt assist us in leaving our comfort zones. This world order profits from fear, anxiety, self-doubt and self-hatred. Sure, be artistic, be athletic, be brave, be daring, be feminine, be masculine, be both, be whatever you want to be, be sensual, be innovative, but above all else… Be yourself and strive to discover who you really are and what you represent through your sacred body. Thank you for this! It was exactly what me and Eric needed to read tonight! I feel that you should never quit writing here and making dancing videos. Those who appreciate genuine and eye-opening work will keep supporting your cause
Thank you, Bamba 🙂
I totally agree with Bamba! Living with your body is (or should be) a constant learning process. When I am alone at home I regularly walk barefoot or even completely nude. I occasionally play basketball while shirtless for the same reason. I don’t do it to be vulgar or to admire myself. I only do it to connect with my body, to meditate, to ground myself