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SomaFlow Journal - Issue 002
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SomaFlow Journal - Issue 002 | When Support Moves

GUIDED OBSERVATIONS ON MOVEMENT, TEACHING AND THE HUMAN BODY ISSUE 002 02 SEPTEMBER 01 — LEAD OBSERVATION 02 — LOOK AGAIN 03 — THE ATLAS 04 — FROM THE PRACTICE 05 — GO DEEPER 06 — COME INTO THE ROOM 01 - LEAD OBSERVATION When Support Moves We tend to think of support as something that stays still. The floor beneath us. A chair beneath us. The ground beneath our feet. Something solid that we can rely on while the body does what it needs to do. But the moment we begin to move, support changes....

SomaFlow Journal - Issue 001

GUIDED OBSERVATIONS ON MOVEMENT, TEACHING AND THE HUMAN BODY ISSUE 001 26 AUGUST 01 — LEAD OBSERVATION 02 — LOOK AGAIN 03 — THE ATLAS 04 — FROM THE PRACTICE 05 — GO DEEPER 06 — COME INTO THE ROOM 01 - LEAD OBSERVATION Support Before Effort We are often taught to begin movement with effort. Engage the core.Activate the glutes.Brace the centre.Lift.Hold.Control. The instruction usually arrives before the observation. SomaFlow begins somewhere else. Before asking what the body can do, notice...