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4 Real-time embodiment tools mini-workshop [VIDEO]
In this very practical, but playful session, you’ll learn: – 4 real-time, immediately useful tools for deeper embodiment and enhanced sensuality – How to use your bum to stop overthinking (yep!) – How to seduce someone whilst drinking from your waterbottle #skills – How your eyes are part of your nervous system and how to use them to self-regulate. – How…
Read MoreYou’re welcome to fail
WHY DO WE THINK WE HAVE TO ALREADY BE GOOD AT THE THING WE WANT TO LEARN…? ‘I’d like to try yoga but I can’t even touch my toes.’ ‘I want to try bellydance classes but my hips are so stiff. ‘ ‘I’m not fit enough to join that fitness class.’ ‘I want to…
Read MoreFeel good for the benefit of all beings!
A little while ago some friends who also happen to be kickass business women + mums, and I went for a seaside getaway. We were chatting about how often women feel guilty for not being productive and getting more done. The belief that personal achievement & serving others = worthiness is pretty hardwired for many.…
Read MoreWhat you can do with RESISTANCE instead of pushing it (unsuccessfully) away
RESISTANCE. DO YOU HAVE IT? HATE IT? EMBRACE IT? I used to think the things I loved should always come naturally. Those classes, practices or people that left me healthy and inspired I should always feel a natural inclination towards….Lol. I was wrong!And to be honest, I have spent SO much time over the years justifying,…
Read More“be more feminine”
“Oh you just need to be more feminine / work on your femininity” “You’re too much in your masculine” …please no more of that bullshit! That just leaves women feeling bad about themselves, that they are not enough and thinking there’s yet another standard they need to meet! Embodying the feminine is an inner gesture…
Read More‘MASCULINE’ AND ‘FEMININE’ HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GENDER
Everyone is inherently both and cultivating the embodied expression of both creates a well-rounded, integrated, high functioning human being. In Shiva Shakti Dance we explore the embodiment of both the ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ polarities within us: These are not derivatives of gender, stereotypes or cultural roles but expressions of the play of consciousness (Shiva) and…
Read MoreEmbodying Your Sensual Shakti [VIDEO]
In this interview as part of the Embodied Experts Summit with Jenna Ward, we discuss: – the journey from rigidity, numbness and being stuck in the head to sensual embodiment – experiencing arousal as a way of being – making love with life – dancing as a form of devotion – how intimacy with yourself…
Read MoreThe smooth edge of your hips
Women’s hips are a source of tremendous creativity, pleasure and power. We can literally hold life, nourish and birth a new being in our hips. Isn’t that incredible!? The waters of our sacrum are magnetic to our desires, essential to our ability to flow and receive the fruits of our yearnings. Yet, as women our…
Read MoreNot feeling ready? That’s okay.
I know of no better way to gain clarity and acceptance around what’s really going on (not what I think is going on) in my life and relationships than to DANCE.I dance when I’m confused about what to do next.I dance when I’m stuck in a creativity rut and feel blocked in my expression.I dance when I don’t feel sexually turned on and disconnected from my partner.I dance when I’ve got a big social event coming up and I’m feeling nervous to meet lots of new people. […]
Read MoreObstacles to Transformation [PART 1] – How I almost didn’t start dancing
Recently, I shared how I started dancing…but what I didn’t include was the more relevant story of how I almost didn’t start dancing.Have you ever experienced contraction in the form of inhibition, doubt, obstacles, distraction or sometimes blatant self-sabotage just prior to expanding into a grander embodiment of your true self or taking an action aligned with fulfilling your heart’s purpose?I certainly have! Whenever I’m stepping up and doing something that&r […]
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