Somatic Movement Education: Oceans Within

This experiential approach to body-based learning draws from more three decades of somatic studies and facilitation. Every session or class provides an opportunity to be supported in the present moment in relationship-relationship to self, gravity, environment, and other. The body intelligently can know- or can re-discover- itself in any moment. Guided movement awareness is offered with the intention that the mover is supported to more deeply connect to the fluid consciousness of the cells within.

The experience of living in a body can be compared to living in the vast and infinite ocean. A never-ending fluid dance of being-ness, space, place, and flow. The practices within this approach involve the internal ‘sea’ of self. Through conscious awareness, we sense, explore, feel, listen, play, risk, fold inwards, emerge, or express, etc. We explore the felt-sense of each body system (bones, organs, fluids, muscles, glands, etc.). We also re-visit early movement patterns that form our functional foundation (crawling, rolling, sitting, standing, walking, etc.). Along the way, practices deepen our connection to our own sense of comfort, grounded-ness, and curiosity.

This somatic learning is presented in digestible amounts. We use the support of one-on-one, partnering, or group environments to integrate new movement information and possibilities. Clients and students of SME Oceans Within often report that they sense, feel, and discover new ways of being and moving. Others find new insight, perspective, presence, and expression. Whether the focus is movement, yoga, meditation, personal growth, self care, the arts, nature, or other, SME Oceans Within holds a compassionate space and support for non-judgmental self-inquiry.