My favorite line from this meme is "become, unfold, tense and unfold again". It really resonates.
For me, the juicy stuff of my life, personally and professionally, lies in my capacity to be ever more fully in the experience of the transitions. When I read this line from this meme, I don’t simply resonate with the idea of these three states of action - of Becoming, Unfolding and Tensing. I resonate with the images and sensations that arise for me as I imagine the experience of moving each one, and from one to the other.
For me, growth is about being able to notice, in deeper and deeper ways, my patterns and to explore ways to move within, around and between these patterns.
For me, learning happens when we recognize our patterns and allow ourselves to explore and play with them.
For me, doing this sort of deep play and exploration can only be done from a sense of safety. Being in my embodied sense of safety is what allows me to not only do an action with my full Self but to also to be more fully in the experience of moving, to be completely in the process of shifting from one action to another, of moving with, around and between the patterns and to never become unsafe. Because of this personal (and professional) practice of starting from a sense of safety, I'm inclined to change the language of this meme just a bit.
For me, the process of becoming, unfolding, tensing and unfolding again is more accurately described as this:
Be.
Allow movement.
Notice the edge where you begin to resist and allow yourself to be right there.
Be curious.
Notice what you can notice.
Learn what you can learn.
Be.
Once you notice that you are satisfied (or possibly bored),
change something.
Allow space and time for continued curiosity.
Repeat. Over and over again.
This, for me, is the practice of embodiment. It is the process of somatic movement therapy. It is the template for all healing. It is an invaluable practice to cultivate.
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While I was journaling and moving and exploring in the process of refining the original phrase so that it better suited me, I felt inspired to create a guided embodiment practice for myself. The result is the attached twelve minute audio recording. I appreciated this so much for myself that I wanted to share it with you.
I hope you will explore with my guidance.
I hope you will share your comments below.
And if you find this inspiring and you’d like to take your practice deeper or wider or fuller with support, I hope you will contact me about setting up a thirty minute free consultation to discuss the possibility of working together.
Regards and blessings. - Victoria
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Special thanks to my friends at Kindred Collective who originally shared this meme on their Facebook and Instagram pages.