Introduction to Somatic Awareness and Relating
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This describes the class "Introduction to Somatic Awareness and Relating", offered through the Second Life group Deeper Relating, which was created by Calvino Rabeni and Susan Aloix to popularize body-oriented awareness studies and techniques to a general audience.
Introduction
What is Somatic Awareness?
The word Somatic, as used here, refers to the human body/mind, considered as a whole, and experienced from the first person perspective. Body awareness and intelligence, and holistic mind/body practices, of course, are a basic fact of human existence and are used in a very large number of traditions and field. The term "somatic" however, dates from the 1980's, which may have been the first time this was given a unified treatment as a philosophy and area of study.
Who is this class for?
This class is open to the general public. If you are interested in enhancing and deeping your relationship with yourself, intimate partners, spiritual friends, or Nature, than this is for you.
What will be covered?
This introductory class has an experiential emphasis and will start with basic awareness practices and a minimal amount of "theory".
Are there followup activities?
Basic Awareness
We start with the fact that a
Exercise 1: Body Scan
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Exercise 2: Awareness of Centers
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Exercise 3: Space and Focus
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Exercise 4: Open Awareness
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Awareness in Relationship
Exercise 5: Objects
Exercise 6: Others
Exercise 7: A Shared Object
Exercise 8: The Field
Key Ideas
Partner Practices
Exercise 9:
Exercise 10: Reflection
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