by Dyana Wells | Oct 3, 2019 | Anatomy & Physiology, Integration, Kum Nye, Meditation, Mindfulness
I have been a student of Kum Nye for over thirty years, and I still love the simplicity and effectiveness of this practice. It comes from Tibet and was brought to the west by Tarthang Tulku in the 1970s. It has never become widely popular, which is a mystery to me,...
by Dyana Wells | Sep 12, 2019 | Anatomy & Physiology, Integration, Meditation, Mindfulness, Somatics
Somatics and somatic movement classes grew out of Feldenkrais, and developed alongside new research into neuromuscular reprogramming. Somatics is based on the principle of neuroplasticity – the understanding that the brain is continually remodelling itself in response...
by Dyana Wells | Jun 5, 2019 | Anatomy & Physiology, Integration, Mindfulness, Somatics
Reflections arising from a Somatics Practice Part 3 – The Symphonic Body The skeletal structure of the body is an intriguing confusion of so many curves and angles and knobbly bits. In particular I find the pelvic bone almost impossible to visualise internally – it...
by Dyana Wells | May 11, 2019 | Anatomy & Physiology, Integration, Mindfulness, Somatics
Reflections arising from a Somatics Practice Part 2 – How much of my body is my friend? When I started somatics I was stunned to realise that I couldn’t directly sense much of my physical body. I didn’t have any direct feeling for it at all. This was after a lifetime...
by Dyana Wells | Apr 18, 2019 | Anatomy & Physiology, Integration, Mindfulness, Somatics
Reflections arising from a Somatics Practice Part 1 – My relationship to my Body Do I see it simply as a body-vehicle I can use to do what my mind wants? Is it something to manipulate according to my will and ideas and desires. Is this body a source of pain or...
by Dyana Wells | Jan 26, 2017 | Anatomy & Physiology, Mindfulness, Somatics
Finally, after almost a lifetime of yoga practice and study, I came to Somatics. I had struggled with a broad variety of different ideas about how yoga should be practised. A lot of the instruction seemed contradictory and hard to clearly embody. I kept forgetting...