Sarah 0:05
Okay, welcome back for a somatic nap. Today, I wanted to explore the differences between a few different Ways of working hard, like I'm especially thinking of this and experiencing it myself through athleticism, pushing physically. But yeah, I'm pretty open to it being applicable in other areas. Like to see if that ends up being true. So, a couple different states I want to explore and see if we can just gather some information about what your body experiences when it's working hard from different places. Yeah, I know that might not make sense, but maybe it does. Hopefully, it does. Yeah. So first off, let's see if we can kind of find a neutral. Get a sense for what your state is that you're showing up with today, just right now. So check in with your body, see what cute. you pick up about where you're coming in with, what you're coming in with, where you're coming in from, and see if there's anything that would feel like a like some support we could add in somehow. So maybe it's slowing down a little bit or getting a little bit more comfortable if you're seated and you just want to get Some like physical support for your body. Maybe it's just recognizing something that's going well or that feels good in the moment, and spending some time with that, or doing a little orienting. Yeah, maybe shaking off the day. Okay, so then our first sensory exploration is to see what it feels like to work hard at something, climbing a mountain, uphill on a trail, or in your work projects, school projects, see what it feels like to work at something from a place of proving, needing to prove that fill in the blank. That's maybe going to be different for each of us. What exactly we're proving, attempting to prove. So the question is less about the specifics of that, like what you're trying to prove, and more of what happens in your body when you go into a proving State is there tension that shows up anywhere particular? Some really common spots might be belly, chest, forehead, jaw, shoulders back, braine like inside your skull. Okay, so get a sense of what proving feels like, the somatics of it. What shape does your body take, even if it's very subtle? Maybe there's also like an image. Comes to mind, or a color, texture. I don't know. Sound, you know, could kind of be anything. Yeah. Okay. So then, let's let that go, and yeah, shake it off. Come back to neutral, however You can maybe again. It's through a little bit some topping. Shake it off. Look around. Notice safety cues. Okay. So, next one. What does it feel like to work hard from a place of fun. How fun it is to compete! How the fun of competition. Maybe competition doesn't relate for everyone. I don't know. I'm a double Aries. This has been some of my big exploration with my relationship with these fiery parts of myself. So competition is something I'm often like exploring for myself, but so it may or may not resonate that that particular word. Substitute in a different one if it's better for you, but maybe it's just from a place of fun, you know, like working hard Because you are enjoying, excuse me, enjoying the experience. Okay. Get to know the somatics of that one. Might be similar places, but the sensations might be different. So it still might be your chest, or your maybe there's a way your shape your face takes. Maybe a smile, or maybe like a way your eyes feel. Arms, shoulders, chest, belly. Yeah. Okay. So we're taking, we're doing mapping. You know, it's one of the ways to think about this work is mapping out the somatic experience of our bodies, taking snapshots along the way. See if there's maybe some subtle something subtle about the experience in your body that you hadn't noticed before, but maybe it rises into your awareness, little crinkle of the side of your eyes, or particular sensation in your throat. Okay, yeah. When you feel good there. Shake it off. Come back to neutral. Yeah, maybe have a look around. Notice that this was an easier one to shift out of. It often is. The pleasurable ones are easier. Easier often to move to neutral from. Interesting, huh? Okay, another two.
Sarah 9:33
Okay, so see what happens when you work from a place of you of having you have to do this. You don't have a choice. There's a some kind of requirement or pressure. Maybe you have to get to the trailhead to get out of there, or there's some expectation from some people, some person, from yourself. What does it feel like to work hard from this place? Yeah, and see if there is a shape that your body takes. Maybe there's an image that comes to mind. Maybe there is tension in some different parts of your body, or the quality of the tension in a familiar part, but it's like a little bit different quality to it, texture to it. Something in the eyes, or the again like the throat, jaw, shoulders, back of the neck, arms and legs. Do a little bit of mapping there. See if there's something subtle again that you hadn't noticed before. And then we'll step out of that one, and maybe you actually need to like get up and move your body and step to a different place, or move your arms and legs, shake it out, have a look around. Yeah. Okay. Let's do this last one. What is it like to move from a place of there's no pressure, like complete freedom. You decide how fast you go, your pace, Your effort, timing. Yeah, what is it like to feel that there is choice? What happens in you when you feel into this type of state as a place to move from? They're opening anywhere, a structure that your body takes up, a place where attention releases or shows up. Is there a sweet spot? Do you like to have a little bit of guardrails? Maybe like zero pressure is actually too little. Maybe there's somewhere on this continuum that you'd feel more comfortable. Interesting. To notice that might even change with different days, different partners. See if there's a way you notice your body responding to this side of things, either the no pressure or the just the right amount of boundary guidelines might be nice to linger here a little bit in this pleasanter side of the experience. I'm guessing for most of us. Again, maybe there's an image or a yeah. Some kind of, again, subtle awareness of a way that your body is holding itself, or is dropping some of its holding when it feels the potential of action And choice. Okay, feel free to linger there as long as you like. Thanks for being here for this somatic snack.
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