Awareness In Action: Listening To The Body

Catalog description

In the class Awareness In Action: Listening To The Body, students will learn about Somatics. Somatics is the field which studies the soma, which is the body as perceived from within, as opposed to the body as perceived by another. In this class students will learn about key contributors to the field of somatics and different somatic movement practices. Through the integration of somatics into dance training and daily life, students learn to listen to their bodies and become aware of habitual neuromuscular patterns. Once we engage in self awareness or somatic practices, we are able to acknowledge inefficient habitual movement patterns, muscular imbalances, and structural anatomical limitations that we may posses. As a result, students will expand options for new ways of moving, increase sensitivity and improve efficiency. When asked “what is somatics?” my general answer is the study of the self in the moment. It is a deep investigation of the self in many capacities and is based in movement. Participants often experience moments of deep reflection, relaxation, and body and self-awareness.