*Upcoming US and Europe Workshops:* inspiresomatics.com/workshops/ *Private Sessions for Assessment, Guidance, and Addressing Your Specific Patterns* Zoom sessions: inspiresomatics.com/schedule-online-video-sessions-2/ In-person sessions: inspiresomatics.com/schedule-office-2-2/ In-person for multiple days: inspiresomatics.com/travel-for-multiple-sesions/ Professional Guidance for Yoga and Somatics Teachers: inspiresomatics.com/professional-training/ All RUclips Playlists: www.youtube.com/@ericcoopersomatics/playlists *Start here. Begin your Somatics Experience Here playlist:* ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayiIX9O0hRsMwyxhaK4LTXXF Get Out of Stress! Somatics for the tensions of stress playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayi01UZkxj4X5X2epj74vDxf Anxiety Attack and Panic Attack Emergency Movements ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7aygVXG376Zjs10RKdDVOhT2w&si=_BChJa4E4vvAdPNW Fibromyalgia, Super-gentle movements for people with chronic pain playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayiKcxrE1_93Qv7KOnio0co6 Gentle Movements for sore painful bodies playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayjsklFJvFM23jP2a0R27Uyv Hunched Postures, Rounded Shoulders, Sunken Chests Playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayj0YgnU5JKNCjOzUTfgZpTF Stop Being Depressed Playlist. Come out of the grip of it. playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayi4gUn7X4D4YtdWyZhqsrSW
I followed this video laying in bed last night, and when he asked if your nervous system is calmer, I realized "wow, yes it is." And my thoughts and breathing were much calmer as well. I slept like a baby! It is helpful to have a calm peaceful voice guiding you. I will try this same video again tonight
This is so good to hear. I feel happy about your comment. An important part of the exploration is that 'you' can make such a valuable change. Nobody is "fixing" you. You are teaching your system out of the problem of too much tension. The high-idle runs in the background. The practice allows you to teach it to settle down. The side-lying version, ruclips.net/video/S9ht8jl4Q0o/видео.html , will help you know you can do it in a different relationship to gravity. Even doing this sequence while seated in a chair, the fractal pattern, paying attention to the crescendo and diminuendo (controlling the relax), can allow you to effectively settle down the system. Go gently, and safely. Take the time go carefully enough that your system easily accepts these gentle lessons that you are giving. Focus on the torso. The root holdings are good at residing there. Practice often to make a deeper change.
Gratitude for the unseen helpers! Now that they guided you to find this, it is up to you to deepen the lesson. Perhaps you want to work from the top down in this playlist: *Fibromyalgia, Super-gentle movements for people with chronic pain playlist:* ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayiKcxrE1_93Qv7KOnio0co6
Thank you sooooo much. This lesson took me to real rest . I am not in pain physically, but my mind is busy and by the end of this practic i felt my mind is quiet. And also my mind get closer to the floor as if the floor is holding me❤❤❤
Yes. Thank you. You are very welcome. The power to calm yourself is a power that you have. You can do it. It is so easy to get swept up the the frenzied busyness of the mind. I suggest the state of the mind is inextricably tied to the background tensions of the body. That makes these movements so valuable. Calming these places is to address the upstream roots that otherwise would be hidden. Here is a whole playlist of gentle movements for you to explore. *Fibromyalgia, Super-gentle movements for people with chronic pain playlist:* ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayiKcxrE1_93Qv7KOnio0co6 Please realize, I think it is important to practice at many different effort levels. Only gentle movements will not uncover all the hidden holdings.
This is probably the section for me i am really busted up and have been for years. Will this if practiced regularly be able to promote me to the other somatics you have.😊
This is one of my most gentle approaches. It's good for people who find that movement can instigate significant next day soreness, the boiling over. I cannot tell you what you need to do without knowing more about your situation and the levels of discomfort that you are up against. If you have a very sore achy body, you may want to start at the top of this playlist for People withSore Achy Bodies: G ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayjsklFJvFM23jP2a0R27Uyv You can email me at eric@inspiresomatics.com. If you want, you can fill out my intake form: inspiresomatics.com/intake-form/ If you get it back to me, I can help guide you on what to practice. The basic practice is to have movements that address front, back, and sides. Then add diagonals/twisting lines. You can try my basics course (it's not perfect, but it's pretty good) : ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayhL0zxrFjrpw0ok2298dZEG
Hi Eric, I did the movement first thing in the morning and found it very gentle for releasing some of the stiffness - amazing how tiny movements can make a change. It was also a super easy to see where I hold more or less tension with being able to take time to scan all the muscles during the movement. Beautiful lesson 🤗
I am so glad you tried it. It could be an intensity level to bring to many other movements. Can there be a deeper diminishment of the hidden tension? Keep settling it down. Thank you, Jasna.
Another great one for me at the moment. I could really feel those minuscule movements today. Moving into thirds and the graphic accompanying it really helped my visualisation. Thank you!
Thank you, Amy. As you increase the resolution of your perception you can help your system find a deeper level of rest. In any situation, you can find an easily accessible quality of being more relaxed. We are walking on this path together. I am also finding this exploration to be helpful. It does not replace the bigger movements. Explore at all different effort levels. Each amplitude offers its own expression of liberation.
Aaaaaah. this was wonderful, too, Eric. (not sure how I missed this one.) I look forward to seeing how this will help me over time. (I have found it virtually impossible to settle myself down.) thanks again. 💗
I believe it is a new one. As I understand it's not always real pain for me, right now it's tensions that, the body acquires through our actions, that I work to relieve at r the Same time I can build other tensions to as i hope i o be able to keep relieving more often. The small subtle seem to work best for me most of time.
In an earlier comment you mentioned that you thought your system was hard to teach. These gentle movements make you an expert at taking control of those easy-to-not-notice places. Cindy, your devotion to healing yourself is very beautiful. The small and subtle movements are very helpful. It also takes more powerful movements, too. I encourage you (if there is no pain) to explore all the effort levels. There is something to be learned in all of it.
I am glad you are enjoying this one. Very early this morning, I went through the basics of this one. IT can be deeply relaxing. That is valuable. I am reminded that only doing small gentle movements is not all the system needs. Sequences like this one do let you explore your control of tension. The system also needs to learn the elongation potential of the muscles, too. That dynamic experience of changing distances helps the brain learn the rest of the lesson on letting the muscles relax. If you like this one, by all means, keep exploring it. And, also do the bigger movements, too.
@@ericcoopersomatics went back to your email to search for some vids I might have missed so gonna do those bigger movements today. Gonna focus on the 🐍side-sitting scoliosis sequence 🐍 partly because I love the euphonic consonance of the sentence 🎶🖖🏼👨🏻💻
Yes, the SSSS! It gets some of the most stuck places. It can be adapted, elbow on kitchen counter, or on the arm rest of a couch. Front and back lines, diagonal lines of the side. After you get it free, remember to remind your system that the opening and closing is breathing. Teach it that those places love to breathe.
Sliding just the heels from one side to the other, was challenging for me to feel the articulation. I felt like there was a single unit of contraction in my lower body while doing this. Maybe there is more subtlety to understand about sliding the heels?
Yes, a good question. We want to fill in the gaps in the system understands its ability to use the muscle system. I suggest you look carefully into the lower half of the side bend. Here are two videos that will help clarify how the side-waist and low side-ribs initiate the movement of the feet pushing to the side. A luxuriously detailed teaching of the Side-Bend: ruclips.net/video/-CME4Ez7chg/видео.html A Side-Bend Practice video with lots of adaptations for the lower half: ruclips.net/video/HcYjAoXRdAk/видео.html
Greetings Eric This was soooooooo fuck'in hard ,today! Some people have well told me,they can only move fast. You sometimes see it when ppl dance,they go kinda frantic lol. It's touch here! I'm off of coffee. I can well see why everyone's so addicted. It's a pain killer but it numb's us to life and our experiences. Had some difficult blows l as of late. So much hurt & anger & shame. It old is young child. i've tried again and again to nuture . It's difficult. Embrassing. going to do another. Felt so rejunivated this morning,amazingly great. To have such good feelings so soon. I cut back. Then I used coffea(homopathic coffee) It really helps big time. Coffee is a rea;l drug drug. Had someone scream and yell so much hate and pain at me. Being nasty but proclaiming that's all there is. hmmmmmmmmmmm I stayed perfectly stillpoint as I was in high flow. ggggggg I had some part in creating it,they say, I see it, I don't. I wonder though if he was not just jealous of the level of fllow I be in . I vibed for it. Worked for it. Thanks Maybe you will see this and respond. Love Mikayla But ya i see why people are sooooooooo drugged in one way of another
As I said in my reply to your comment on Part 2 of this series: _I don't do this one very often. It's almost too soft in the effort level. I designed it for people with so much pain that almost any other level of movement would make things boil over. If you can do the bigger, more powerful movements without subsequent discomfort, I encourage you to embrace a more powerful level of effort in your Somatics practice. Perhaps think of the movements as helping your system to complete the cycle. Can the level of effort be enough to soothe the system into relaxing, releasing the tension. The peak need to be intense enough._ Changing habits is hard. Most people can't do it. It surely takes diligence, intelligent effort, and a worthy goal. The world is good at presenting upsets. I encourage you to rely on your Somatics practice to help you remember who you are, that inner calm person, even after the onslaught of stress from the outside world. Somatics helps you to be resilient, to recover. Keep practicing. Practice bigger movements, too. Look at: *Practice Sequences, Combinations of Movements playlist:* ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayi5g-EIHvIoxssLuuYpKptY Blessings on your journey.🙃
My intent was for people to have knees up, feet on the mat. Most people find that semi-prone postion to be comfortable. Optionally, you can have a pillow under the knees, or legs flat on the mat. Only have the legs flat on the mat if it is truly no discomfort or stretch at all. I also have a side-lying version of this: *Side Lying Somatics for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain | Gentle Sequence* 14m:01s ruclips.net/video/S9ht8jl4Q0o/видео.html
I applaud you for your dedication to your self care. You can make a beautiful change. I think you will find this method helpful even with out the fasting. Be careful not to stress your system too hard. Be loving and kind to it. Build up a personal somatics practice. Keep soothing your system. Help it know how to return to relaxed. Thank you for you comment. I wish you many epiphanies as you progress on your path of healing.
*Upcoming US and Europe Workshops:* inspiresomatics.com/workshops/
*Private Sessions for Assessment, Guidance, and Addressing Your Specific Patterns*
Zoom sessions: inspiresomatics.com/schedule-online-video-sessions-2/
In-person sessions: inspiresomatics.com/schedule-office-2-2/
In-person for multiple days: inspiresomatics.com/travel-for-multiple-sesions/
Professional Guidance for Yoga and Somatics Teachers: inspiresomatics.com/professional-training/
All RUclips Playlists: www.youtube.com/@ericcoopersomatics/playlists
*Start here. Begin your Somatics Experience Here playlist:* ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayiIX9O0hRsMwyxhaK4LTXXF
Get Out of Stress! Somatics for the tensions of stress playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayi01UZkxj4X5X2epj74vDxf
Anxiety Attack and Panic Attack Emergency Movements ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7aygVXG376Zjs10RKdDVOhT2w&si=_BChJa4E4vvAdPNW
Fibromyalgia, Super-gentle movements for people with chronic pain playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayiKcxrE1_93Qv7KOnio0co6
Gentle Movements for sore painful bodies playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayjsklFJvFM23jP2a0R27Uyv
Hunched Postures, Rounded Shoulders, Sunken Chests Playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayj0YgnU5JKNCjOzUTfgZpTF
Stop Being Depressed Playlist. Come out of the grip of it. playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayi4gUn7X4D4YtdWyZhqsrSW
Great explanation of this complex movement! Wow, just what I needed!
I followed this video laying in bed last night, and when he asked if your nervous system is calmer, I realized "wow, yes it is." And my thoughts and breathing were much calmer as well. I slept like a baby! It is helpful to have a calm peaceful voice guiding you. I will try this same video again tonight
This is so good to hear. I feel happy about your comment.
An important part of the exploration is that 'you' can make such a valuable change. Nobody is "fixing" you. You are teaching your system out of the problem of too much tension.
The high-idle runs in the background. The practice allows you to teach it to settle down.
The side-lying version, ruclips.net/video/S9ht8jl4Q0o/видео.html , will help you know you can do it in a different relationship to gravity.
Even doing this sequence while seated in a chair, the fractal pattern, paying attention to the crescendo and diminuendo (controlling the relax), can allow you to effectively settle down the system.
Go gently, and safely. Take the time go carefully enough that your system easily accepts these gentle lessons that you are giving. Focus on the torso. The root holdings are good at residing there. Practice often to make a deeper change.
This video is amazing. The Angels led me here ;-) Thank you and Merry Christmas.
Gratitude for the unseen helpers! Now that they guided you to find this, it is up to you to deepen the lesson. Perhaps you want to work from the top down in this playlist:
*Fibromyalgia, Super-gentle movements for people with chronic pain playlist:* ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayiKcxrE1_93Qv7KOnio0co6
I will!! Thank you 😊
Thank you sooooo much. This lesson took me to real rest . I am not in pain physically, but my mind is busy and by the end of this practic i felt my mind is quiet. And also my mind get closer to the floor as if the floor is holding me❤❤❤
Yes. Thank you. You are very welcome.
The power to calm yourself is a power that you have. You can do it. It is so easy to get swept up the the frenzied busyness of the mind. I suggest the state of the mind is inextricably tied to the background tensions of the body. That makes these movements so valuable. Calming these places is to address the upstream roots that otherwise would be hidden.
Here is a whole playlist of gentle movements for you to explore.
*Fibromyalgia, Super-gentle movements for people with chronic pain playlist:* ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayiKcxrE1_93Qv7KOnio0co6
Please realize, I think it is important to practice at many different effort levels. Only gentle movements will not uncover all the hidden holdings.
This is probably the section for me i am really busted up and have been for years. Will this if practiced regularly be able to promote me to the other somatics you have.😊
This is one of my most gentle approaches. It's good for people who find that movement can instigate significant next day soreness, the boiling over. I cannot tell you what you need to do without knowing more about your situation and the levels of discomfort that you are up against.
If you have a very sore achy body, you may want to start at the top of this playlist for People withSore Achy Bodies: G ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayjsklFJvFM23jP2a0R27Uyv
You can email me at eric@inspiresomatics.com.
If you want, you can fill out my intake form: inspiresomatics.com/intake-form/
If you get it back to me, I can help guide you on what to practice.
The basic practice is to have movements that address front, back, and sides. Then add diagonals/twisting lines.
You can try my basics course (it's not perfect, but it's pretty good) : ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayhL0zxrFjrpw0ok2298dZEG
Hi Eric, I did the movement first thing in the morning and found it very gentle for releasing some of the stiffness - amazing how tiny movements can make a change. It was also a super easy to see where I hold more or less tension with being able to take time to scan all the muscles during the movement. Beautiful lesson 🤗
I am so glad you tried it. It could be an intensity level to bring to many other movements. Can there be a deeper diminishment of the hidden tension? Keep settling it down. Thank you, Jasna.
Another great one for me at the moment. I could really feel those minuscule movements today. Moving into thirds and the graphic accompanying it really helped my visualisation. Thank you!
Thank you, Amy. As you increase the resolution of your perception you can help your system find a deeper level of rest. In any situation, you can find an easily accessible quality of being more relaxed. We are walking on this path together. I am also finding this exploration to be helpful. It does not replace the bigger movements. Explore at all different effort levels. Each amplitude offers its own expression of liberation.
Aaaaaah. this was wonderful, too, Eric. (not sure how I missed this one.) I look forward to seeing how this will help me over time. (I have found it virtually impossible to settle myself down.) thanks again. 💗
I'm so glad you learned you have the skill to settle it a bit. Thank you letting me know you did it. It takes courage to look deep like that.
I believe it is a new one.
As I understand it's not always real pain for me, right now it's tensions that, the body acquires through our actions, that I work to relieve at r the Same time I can build other tensions to as i hope i o be able to keep relieving more often.
The small subtle seem to work best for me most of time.
In an earlier comment you mentioned that you thought your system was hard to teach. These gentle movements make you an expert at taking control of those easy-to-not-notice places. Cindy, your devotion to healing yourself is very beautiful. The small and subtle movements are very helpful. It also takes more powerful movements, too. I encourage you (if there is no pain) to explore all the effort levels. There is something to be learned in all of it.
My fav I do it every few days
I am glad you are enjoying this one. Very early this morning, I went through the basics of this one. IT can be deeply relaxing. That is valuable. I am reminded that only doing small gentle movements is not all the system needs. Sequences like this one do let you explore your control of tension.
The system also needs to learn the elongation potential of the muscles, too. That dynamic experience of changing distances helps the brain learn the rest of the lesson on letting the muscles relax.
If you like this one, by all means, keep exploring it. And, also do the bigger movements, too.
@@ericcoopersomatics went back to your email to search for some vids I might have missed so gonna do those bigger movements today. Gonna focus on the 🐍side-sitting scoliosis sequence 🐍 partly because I love the euphonic consonance of the sentence 🎶🖖🏼👨🏻💻
Yes, the SSSS! It gets some of the most stuck places.
It can be adapted, elbow on kitchen counter, or on the arm rest of a couch.
Front and back lines, diagonal lines of the side.
After you get it free, remember to remind your system that the opening and closing is breathing.
Teach it that those places love to breathe.
Sliding just the heels from one side to the other, was challenging for me to feel the articulation. I felt like there was a single unit of contraction in my lower body while doing this. Maybe there is more subtlety to understand about sliding the heels?
Yes, a good question.
We want to fill in the gaps in the system understands its ability to use the muscle system.
I suggest you look carefully into the lower half of the side bend.
Here are two videos that will help clarify how the side-waist and low side-ribs initiate the movement of the feet pushing to the side.
A luxuriously detailed teaching of the Side-Bend: ruclips.net/video/-CME4Ez7chg/видео.html
A Side-Bend Practice video with lots of adaptations for the lower half: ruclips.net/video/HcYjAoXRdAk/видео.html
Greetings Eric This was soooooooo fuck'in hard ,today! Some people have well told me,they can only move fast. You sometimes see it when ppl dance,they go kinda frantic lol. It's touch here! I'm off of coffee. I can well see why everyone's so addicted. It's a pain killer but it numb's us to life and our experiences. Had some difficult blows l as of late. So much hurt & anger & shame. It old is young child. i've tried again and again to nuture . It's difficult. Embrassing. going to do another. Felt so rejunivated this morning,amazingly great. To have such good feelings so soon. I cut back. Then I used coffea(homopathic coffee) It really helps big time. Coffee is a rea;l drug drug. Had someone scream and yell so much hate and pain at me. Being nasty but proclaiming that's all there is. hmmmmmmmmmmm I stayed perfectly stillpoint as I was in high flow. ggggggg I had some part in creating it,they say, I see it, I don't. I wonder though if he was not just jealous of the level of fllow I be in . I vibed for it. Worked for it. Thanks Maybe you will see this and respond. Love Mikayla But ya i see why people are sooooooooo drugged in one way of another
As I said in my reply to your comment on Part 2 of this series:
_I don't do this one very often. It's almost too soft in the effort level. I designed it for people with so much pain that almost any other level of movement would make things boil over. If you can do the bigger, more powerful movements without subsequent discomfort, I encourage you to embrace a more powerful level of effort in your Somatics practice. Perhaps think of the movements as helping your system to complete the cycle.
Can the level of effort be enough to soothe the system into relaxing, releasing the tension. The peak need to be intense enough._
Changing habits is hard. Most people can't do it. It surely takes diligence, intelligent effort, and a worthy goal.
The world is good at presenting upsets. I encourage you to rely on your Somatics practice to help you remember who you are, that inner calm person, even after the onslaught of stress from the outside world. Somatics helps you to be resilient, to recover.
Keep practicing. Practice bigger movements, too.
Look at:
*Practice Sequences, Combinations of Movements playlist:* ruclips.net/p/PLFLw4vgr7ayi5g-EIHvIoxssLuuYpKptY
Blessings on your journey.🙃
Are legs flat or bent? Cant see on video
My intent was for people to have knees up, feet on the mat. Most people find that semi-prone postion to be comfortable.
Optionally, you can have a pillow under the knees, or legs flat on the mat.
Only have the legs flat on the mat if it is truly no discomfort or stretch at all.
I also have a side-lying version of this:
*Side Lying Somatics for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain | Gentle Sequence* 14m:01s
ruclips.net/video/S9ht8jl4Q0o/видео.html
+ 16hr fasting & bone broth soup - CURE!
I applaud you for your dedication to your self care. You can make a beautiful change.
I think you will find this method helpful even with out the fasting. Be careful not to stress your system too hard. Be loving and kind to it. Build up a personal somatics practice. Keep soothing your system. Help it know how to return to relaxed. Thank you for you comment. I wish you many epiphanies as you progress on your path of healing.
@@ericcoopersomatics shining from the inside out ;)
That's the best way. I'm working on that, too.