Sense awareness in Somatic Yoga

Somatic Yoga is an open yoga system which, in combination with the Feldenkrais Method, Continuum and the Experiential Breath according to Prof. Ilse Middendorf, strengthens and moves aspects of embodiment in the yoga practice. In this way, an awareness between creation and self-organization can develop in movement, asana, pranayama and bandhas.

The somatic methods emphasize the potential of our physical and bodily perception in their own way and, together with the deepening of experiential anatomy in yoga training, form a beneficial basis in which our bodily references are embodied more vividly and enjoyably and are understood in connection with feeling. 

This allows an essential change of perspective in which the overemphasis on the perfect pose dissolves pleasantly into a subtle feeling in slow movement. The body's own movement is invited and becomes visible. The whole organism breathes and flows. Aspects of the trauma-sensitive and low-injury space in Somatic Yoga are integrated into this approach.

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Get to know Somatic Yoga in weekly Somatic Yoga classes or deepen your practice in the Somatic Yoga Teacher Training (basic & advanced training). Somatic Yoga can also be experienced in the Somatic Basics Training.