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‘Embodiment’ refers to the idea that Emotional Intelligence lives more in the body than it does in the brain. To cultivate emotional intelligence one must learn to read and work with the signals from the physical body, feel at home in the body, and move and breathe with awareness.
Embodiment principals are central to somatic psychotherapies, therapeutic dance, embodied yoga practices, and related movement specialties.
Check out this group for discussions and workshops on Conscious Movement, Dance and Embodiment, or read more about Embodiment in the articles below.
I returned from walking my dog the other day in such an uplifted, joyous state that it took me by surprise. I realised I had unconsciously been applying three techniques that build positive, relaxed mood, pretty much on demand.
Here they are, so you can use them too. Read more…
Studying health instead of disease. That was the motto of an informal but far reaching 2006 study into the devastating illness known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME). With the cause of the disease eluding scientists, this study sought instead to uncover how those who had successfully recovered from CFS had done so. Read more…