About my teaching

I base my teaching on my own somatic experience and embodiment.

At first it is important to be here, to explore what is called ‘Presencing‘.

With it I call all the parts of me here and presence myself into this moment and my body, which is always in the present. This brings my mind into my body. Since it is very real and authentic, based on the experience happening in that moment, it is a very powerful experience of embodiment already.

I share this practice with my students usually always in the beginning of a practice. The way to do it is not just to say “touch your cheekbones and try to feel them” as it’s about being, not doing. Also, the human mind is full of stories, about the body too, so it’s essential to go beyond these stories. A wondering mind we should always accept, but gently bring us back to presencing when the cycle ends.

Personally, I like to create visualizations, a poetic universe with simple and straightforward language (which can be poetic too) from my own embodiment and experience as it invites with its authenticity for my students to connect to theirs.

Visualizations and somatizations as we call it, catch the students’ attention at a mind level, they bring the mind into a connection with the body, and when they have reached this, they start to sense and feel and keep their attention there: the amazing journey of embodiment starts. It is frequent to come in and out of this process or practice, as the mind is tricky and wants a lot of entertainment, but the visualization, the pathway into recognition and becoming whatever we are practicing, will gently guide students in the experience over and over again.

Visualizations/Somatizations are powerful tools, imagination IS power, especially for visual people. For those who are not that visual, I incorporate other senses too. Senses help us to get “in there” so in my approach, we do not try to shut them down, we allow them to guide us, taste the experience and bring us more into the Now and everything that is it.

I know the way I teach might not work for everyone, but personally I consider it very helpful in finding my own practice for what yoga truly is, a Union.

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