Posture and emotion: it’s a dance.
Let me tell you a short story about an experience with a client: Recently I walked next to a client outside in nature.When you walk and talk, thoughts and emotions tend to flow easier than sitting still, so we walked along. As we tackled a subject that was highly emotional to her and triggered very loaded negative memories, her posture changed into this: She pulled her chin forward, her shoulders went up, her neck shortened, her breath became shallow and …
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Clear Boundaries: Your guideline for true connection!
Note:this article was crafted on request for the Platform Embodied Empowerment, a network for Body-Practicioners and Coaches.However, the guidelines apply also to any other (service-)professional and human being. “As bodyworkers, we are in service of the well-being of our clients.However, that does not mean you are 24/7 available for everything. Clear boundary-keeping and managing expectations are key to preserving your inner energy and hence also being able to serve your clients at your best, fully. Hint:Expectation management is what you …
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Space: give it – take it – share it!
For this edition, I’d like to look at SPACE: How do you feel when you hear:You are blending in!Accepted, seen… or invisible? How do you feel when you hear:You are standing out!Proud, shy, seen… comfortable? However your inner response to these questions is: Taking up space and sharing space.It is an ever-flexible and changing phenomenon! Space has many forms:physical space, emotional space, energetic space. Your body and its three-dimensional shape take up space. The trees in the picture below can only …
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