Resources
Many people ask me to give some recommendations about where can they learn more about embodiment or mindfulness. So here's a little getaway for you to explore
Embodiment practice
Check out my YouTube channel which covers all things embodiment, wellbeing and personal transfromation
Here's some other noteworthy Youtube resources:
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Dr. Kathy McGuire - some great focusing and felt senses exercises
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Angela Macleod - great introduction to trauma work and a range of somatic movement excercises
Reading list
Start here! Bodyfulness: Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, and Waking Up in This Life, Christine Caldwell
An excellent introduction to embodiment and tools for developing a deeper, more awakened relationship with your body through sensation, breath, and movement
Embodiment - Moving beyond mindfulness, Walsh Mark
A great general guide to the philosophy behind embodiment, some practices and a deeper exploration of what embodiment has to offer.
Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress, Manuela Mischke-Reeds
An AWESOME resource that includes a great intro to embodiment and many, many excercise. Can be found online for free ;)
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk
Oldie but goldie. An important book about the mind-body connection and how trauma is stored and manifested in the body.
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter A. Levine, Ann Frederick
Seminal work from the legendary Peter Levine. Stuck trauma affects all of us and this book takes the somatic approach to help shift it out of the body.
Focusing, Eugene T. Gendlin
The classic guide to a powerful embodiment technique that can increase your felt sense and lead to personal transformation
Free Workbook
Pause whatever you do, straighten your spine sit back... and take 3 deep breaths, in and out, focusing on the feeling in your belly as it expands and contracts with the breath. Sigh out...ahhhhhhhh....
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