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360 degrees of hips with Yin and Somatics
360 degrees of hips with Yin and Somatics
PROPS: block and (optional) blanket/pillow for head support
Change is in the air. It's the change of seasons, our bodies preferences and rhythms tend to change as the outer rhythms of light change - just to name a few things in flux. Within the practice we have an opportunity to notice what changes (from small to profound) our movement choices create and really embody the fact that change IS life. That all what we can perceive is continually changing. The rule of impermanence.
Below I share some of my thoughts and pondering on the topic of change, as I myself am going through a major change in my life.
The physical intention of this class is simple - it offers various stimulation for your hips by moving them through many different angles and possible directions.
I recently heard a talk by Brad Stulberg who has written a book about change. He talks about how for the longest time we have thought about stability and balance in terms of homeostasis - where in the event of chaos, disruption or change the balance is reached by returning to how things were (X to Y back to X). The breakdown of the etymology of the term homeostasis would be homoios/homeo meaning same, like, unchanging and stasis meaning standing, stasis . Therefore the assumption here is that the stability is achieved by staying the same.
What the scientists are discovering and what Brad is reporting on in his book is that this dominant model for relating to change is outdated. That the sequence of the events in case of a disruption is more the following: from order to chaos/disorder/disruption to reorder. The term used to describe this phenomenon is allostasis and again the etymology of the word will give us clues to what it stands for: allos means change, variable, different, other and stasis means standing, stasis. Here the assumption is that we achieve stability through change (or by changing) or in order words we are able to remain stable by being variable.
I love how this can change our relationship to change and possibly moving us from fearing or resisting change to being in conversation with change, a participant in the way our outer environment shapes our sense of self and inner environment. How we are build to evolve and grow through change.
The two quotes that I offer in this class are:
"Balancing between comfort and exploration of the unknown is how we build our brain" by Dr John Ratey, is one recipe how to work practically work with change. We did that in our last session in this series - playing our edge and discovering when to lean more towards comfort, ease and safety versus building our capacity for some discomfort and challenge. The quote above refers to neuroplasticity - our brains being malleable and able to change. But same is also true about our nervous system patterns, therefore often a term bioplasticity is used these days, because a change in our nervous system will have an effect and change all other major systems in our body. The saying in nervous system circles goes - change your nervous system, change your life.
The second quote is by Joanna Macy: "Rather than viewing our self as a fixed thing with characteristics that can't be changed, we can think of ourselves as a flow of becoming". I love it and find it very empowering! Being in the flow of becoming! The desired "stability" (or "normal"...as in "getting back to normal") is not a fixed static state, but a moving target that is always going to evolve.
Change is in the air. It's the change of seasons, our bodies preferences and rhythms tend to change as the outer rhythms of light change - just to name a few things in flux. Within the practice we have an opportunity to notice what changes (from small to profound) our movement choices create and really embody the fact that change IS life. That all what we can perceive is continually changing. The rule of impermanence.
Below I share some of my thoughts and pondering on the topic of change, as I myself am going through a major change in my life.
The physical intention of this class is simple - it offers various stimulation for your hips by moving them through many different angles and possible directions.
I recently heard a talk by Brad Stulberg who has written a book about change. He talks about how for the longest time we have thought about stability and balance in terms of homeostasis - where in the event of chaos, disruption or change the balance is reached by returning to how things were (X to Y back to X). The breakdown of the etymology of the term homeostasis would be homoios/homeo meaning same, like, unchanging and stasis meaning standing, stasis . Therefore the assumption here is that the stability is achieved by staying the same.
What the scientists are discovering and what Brad is reporting on in his book is that this dominant model for relating to change is outdated. That the sequence of the events in case of a disruption is more the following: from order to chaos/disorder/disruption to reorder. The term used to describe this phenomenon is allostasis and again the etymology of the word will give us clues to what it stands for: allos means change, variable, different, other and stasis means standing, stasis. Here the assumption is that we achieve stability through change (or by changing) or in order words we are able to remain stable by being variable.
I love how this can change our relationship to change and possibly moving us from fearing or resisting change to being in conversation with change, a participant in the way our outer environment shapes our sense of self and inner environment. How we are build to evolve and grow through change.
The two quotes that I offer in this class are:
"Balancing between comfort and exploration of the unknown is how we build our brain" by Dr John Ratey, is one recipe how to work practically work with change. We did that in our last session in this series - playing our edge and discovering when to lean more towards comfort, ease and safety versus building our capacity for some discomfort and challenge. The quote above refers to neuroplasticity - our brains being malleable and able to change. But same is also true about our nervous system patterns, therefore often a term bioplasticity is used these days, because a change in our nervous system will have an effect and change all other major systems in our body. The saying in nervous system circles goes - change your nervous system, change your life.
The second quote is by Joanna Macy: "Rather than viewing our self as a fixed thing with characteristics that can't be changed, we can think of ourselves as a flow of becoming". I love it and find it very empowering! Being in the flow of becoming! The desired "stability" (or "normal"...as in "getting back to normal") is not a fixed static state, but a moving target that is always going to evolve.