Wow! Even as somatic explorers we tend to avoid really really allowing our body to engage and grapple with an issue to eventually solve it. The body moving process is different than the planning mind. It has a different rhythm and engagement -- it's rough and tumbly or scribbly; it has pauses and accelerations; multiple attempts and diversions -- maybe a nap! -- it’s honest, good effort.

I'm just coming out of an exhilarating Muscle module. I've been teaching BMC and SomaticBODY training for the last 25 years. Muscles are at the core of movement; and most of the brain developed to refine movement and thus our ability to act in the world. As I'm teaching and watching the students grapple with developmental movement and the awesome challenges of embodiment, well: I got it. I got it again and so fully what it means to be alive in motion.

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