What does it mean to be embodied?

It is one thing to understand something conceptually, and an entirely different experience to somatically know, or embody it. Embodiment is having an awareness not only of what we profess, but also HOW we are actually being in the world. It is the integration of what we say, how we think, with what we do. It is the alignment of our dreams, desires, values, & our actions. 

Embodiment, also, is to be in-a-body. To have an awareness that every single experience, belief, thought, emotion, and expectation is ALIVE inside the body. It is the understanding that the body is both the technology through which we experience life AND is the vessel that holds all of our experiences of life. This essentially means that our past and present are a l i v e inside of us, shaping our physical form through muscular patterning, posture, facial expressions, gestures, movement patterns and cellular memory. Every single moment of pain, pleasure, joy, grief, fear, hope, heartbreak, love, belonging, safety, even experiences that we do not have conscious memory of are embedded into our neurobiology and informs our relationship with self, others, and the natural world around us. 

In this Embodied Living Series, we will explore the actual process of somatic transformation and how to bridge what is with who we long to be. The series will be separated into 5 weeks, offering space to apply the somatic principles we will be learning into your everyday. Each week will build on the next, though you will be able to jump into any part of the series at any time. For those who wish to do the series in its entirety, there will be a recording of any potential dates that you may miss. 

1. Week 1: Oct. 4th- To Be in a Body. Somatic Awareness as the birthplace of choice & change. Practical somatic practices.

2. Week 2: Oct. 11th- Meeting What Is. Understanding our historical shape and who we have learned to be. Sites of shaping-sites of change. Practical Somatic Practices.

3. Week 3: Oct. 18th- The Unbounded Goo Phase of Metamorphosis. Somatic Opening. Holding contradiction. Practical Somatic Practices.

4. Week 4: Oct. 25th- Self as a Social Creature. Connection as Biology. Authentic relating, intimacy, vulnerability, trust, conflict as generative. Pracitcal Somatic Practices

5. Week 5: Nov. 8th- Embodied Living. Alignment of what we say, how we think, and what we do. Somatic Practices that move towards authenticity, wholeness, and what is most important to us.

5 week series, Saturdays, 10 AM-12 PM

Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, skip one week, Nov. 8th 

Sacred Rhythms Studio

66 W Center St, Bountiful, UT 84010

$33 for individual classes

$133 for the entire series

Space is limited. Pre-registration is required.

You can register through the website. 

OR! You can bypass ticket service fees through registering through venmo: @ayeshahaskell

Please annotate Embodied Living in venmo description. If you wish to do a single date, also list the specific date you wish to join. (This is the preferred payment method).