Introduction
Read about the framework
Awakening the Body
Sign of Awakeness:
Presence
Awakening/ Non-Dual Experiences:
Energy body, chakras, kundalini energy, jhanas 1 – 4, shamanism, only this moment
Outside or Edge of Comfort Zone:
Bodily disassociation, defensiveness, energy or emotional blocks, tiredness
Feels like wearing armour
How to Wake Up:
Connecting directly with the body and energy
Embracing anger and strong emotions
Working with These Parts
Meditation concentration object: Energy – what is here in the present moment?
Element: Earth – really experiencing content
Process of working with content in body: Holding space, embodying, resting
People start to heal when they feel: Seen & felt
Archetypes: Lover, Animal
Practices: Tantra, yoga, jhana, purification, energetic work and any other physical practices
Content
Posts that describe some of the implications of a body-first approach to awakening
Practice
Videos
Non-Dual Body: Becoming Energy Video
A short talk (10 mins) and a guided meditation (25 mins) about connecting with energy in a non-dual way
Tantra With Emotions Talk & Guidance Video
A talk and guidance (50 mins) about working with emotions in a tantric way. The practice reduces numbing, projection and reactivity and increases our capacity to be radically, lovingly present with the full truth of experience.
Podcasts
Chiropractic and Working With The Body, with Joe Arnold
We discuss a wide range of topics related to body awakening, including the quantum entanglement of the body-mind-emotion system, society’s sympathetic-nervous-system dominant state and what we see as the solutions to this.
Body Work and the Imaginal, with Jane Miller
Jane, who is a professional body worker, and I explore the crossover between body work and the imaginal and explore how it’s creating a pioneering new modality.
Radically Simple Embodiment, with Dylan
Most people have completely lost touch of what it means to be in connection with their body. Dylan and I talk about his spiritual journey and his process of going from being a disembodied head to being a body.
Example Journey
Nicolai Amrehn and I journey through the experience of the body. This is an example of how a connection with this part of experience can emerge through meditative and shared practice.