Cultivating Connections: a deepening practice of embodiment.

Thoughts from my own practice at Benicàssim waking each morning with connection on the sand with my body, and with others. Somatic practices are held in connection and community, and are shared and important experiences. So this year took me to this place, in practice with my somatic colleagues from all over the world, my teachers and some of the elders of the somatic lineage.

Sunrise

Potential in the horizontal space…

Here I stand at the start of a new day

My feet on the softest sand, warm and inviting

Sinking deep into the earth

Standing as part of a circle of connection

With others who feel the same way

The space within this very special field is normally immense, traversing continents and multiple timezones

And yet here we are connected, together, an incredible resonance and power in this smaller space between us

The energy of the space

And the environment

The gentleness of the waves

The intensity of the rising sun

And the possibility in this moment of further connection.

In nurturing connection and community, cultivating relationships with depth, that have meaning.

And cultivate in ourselves a sense of integration, a life with meaning and expression.

Our humanity is not a solo journey but a collective one

And even though the space then disperses and we return to being continents and timezones apart

The spaces we create for each other are the anchors in time, space and every moving and changing waters.

Human beings, not doings, wired for connection.

Where can you cultivate and deepen connections with you, your body, and your community?

In wellness, Sarah xx

Connection of movement and breath with the sea

Moving in Connection Photo credit unknown from ISMETA please let me know so I can credit you with this photograph taken whilst we were in practice.