Somatic imperative: collection

So this is pretty much the nuts and bolts of how I do what I do in my process. Somatic imperative. The watching and listening to the body has taught me everything worth knowing about life, healing and the nature of reality. There is much more to write about what I’ve learned via this process and that will come.

I coined the term “somatic imperative” years ago as my journey seemed locked in by what my body needs. In surrender I watch and learn as my body does what it knows. The animal wisdom, seemingly divine in nature takes over and knows the nature of things. These injuries this body has had to heal are mindblowingly complex. They are interwoven into the body and clearly show that the body and mind are one.

I had to listen to and respond to my body in meditation so that I might heal. Try as I might, no one in medicine or anywhere else had answers. I became my own doctor and scientist. I researched continually and started to put both my experience and that which I learned in reading together.

Note: Some years ago when I came up with the term somatic imperative I googled it and didn’t find it anywhere. Today I found that it appears a few times on pages that show shared interest. I have to wonder if they got it from me, directly or indirectly, or if it’s simply a phrase whose time has come. 100th monkey sort of thing? I suppose I’ll never know. I do suspect the phrase will continue to be used more frequently!

This post will be housed among the menus at the top of the page for easy access in the future.

The collection:

• Somatic imperative: I am kitchen witch
• Somatic mysticism: reframing “hypersensitivity”
• here is an audio on spotify on the subject:  The Somatic Imperative with Monica Cassani
• Somatic living is life itself speaking to us
• A conversation with Will and Monica, Lyme and Dyskinesia
• I am kitchen witch. More somatic imperative
• Somatic imperative with Chris Cole: Waking Up Bipolar Podcast
• Speaking to “normals” about our hypersensitivity
• Healing somatic meditation
• Trauma, Fixation and Reactivity – (Somatic Experience)
• Somatic Wisdom Technique Part 1 By Jon Keyes
• Meditation is the practice of learning to pay attention. That is all.
• Trauma and your body

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