Somatic Movement: Supple Legs & Spine

Supple movement invites both power & resilience and is the opposite of powering or pushing through. It is the language of discovery: exploring how the awareness of movement and mind join together to reveal the imprint of our experience. This somatic session reveals a clearer relationship between the movement of legs, hips, spine, breath, and self image—how we move through life.

Reviews

There is something magical about this simple movement that has a big effect on me, making me feel much more grounded and releasing tension in the thighs. Cultivating a profound connection with the body.

That was a very relaxing session. My 1st experience with somatic technique. I’ll return to this as it felt wonderful. Thank you.

My legs vibrate after this practice. Nice release.

Thank you, Margaret! This was the perfect meditation for my night. I feel at peace. Thanks for sharing

Well done. I am currently in physical therapy for my right hip (again) due to SI joint, pelvic instability, and the resulting tendonopathy. Having hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS these days), I spend a lot of time in physical therapy, and also in studying biomechanics. In this practice, I noted that - as I suspected - my rather frequent/chronic pelvic upslip was again present, but also that I needed to do a round of pelvic blocking to realign the forward rotation on that side, too. (I already had my wedges on the floor with me,but the verification this practice provided was great to have.)

End result was interesting. I had done a few long-leg slides to reset my right SI during this practice. When I stood, it felt like the upslip had resolved as my weight was fairly evenly distributed in a standing mountain-style pose. My left hip had subluxed with the first slide, but I moved it right back in and all was well. It did highlight the pelvic imbalance I started out with.

Highly recommend this practice. I plan to tell my physical therapist about it this afternoon. Thank you for sharing this practice with us here. I see the light in you. 🤲🏻❤️🤲🏻

**Side note: I just now looked at your teacher bio, and am grinning ear to ear. No wonder I resonate and benefit from your movement practices so much! One of my physical therapists, a few years ago, got me started with Feldenkrais movement. He'd actually been privileged to attend a workshop taught personally by Moshe before he'd passed away. I do the pelvic clock almost daily and while I have a number of resources to learn the other movements, I haven't yet really dig into them much. They are very helpful, though.

Not only that, but back in the early 2000s, wile in grad school doing my Masters in Counseling Psychology, we were assigned to select a counseling school of thought and one specific technique, write a paper on it, and do a class presentation. I selected Hakomi, which absolutely nobody in my class had ever heard of except our professor, who really only knew it by name only. I've yet to find anyone else who knows anything about it - until now. Nice to "meet" you. 😊 💓🤝