by Pingel Braat | Dec 28, 2023 | Blog, Body Intelligence, Nervous System Health
Today I was working on a new online program ‘From Being Hard with Yourself to Having a Heart for Yourself’. And that brought back old memories from when I was still auditioning for dance. And the journey I made then, stepping out of patterns of insecurity,...
by Pingel Braat | Dec 28, 2023 | Blog, Body Intelligence, Changing the story, Movement as Medicine, Somatic Awareness, Somatic Wisdom
When it gets freezy underneath. In 2021 I gave a presentation for the online Movement and Wellbeing Festival organised by Angela McMillan. I gave a talk about ways to move “From freeze to flow” And as I was writing on my presentation, memories came to mind of...
by Pingel Braat | Dec 28, 2023 | Blog, Body Intelligence, Nervous System Health
Today I like to champion the fine art of listening before you demand your body to change. Do you recognize these situations in which you share something with someone, or you are facing a challenge or struggle, or feel sad or upset by something… and without first...
by Pingel Braat | Dec 27, 2023 | Changing the story, Somatic Wisdom
I am preparing for the solo retreat that will start in less than a week. In many of the past retreats, women told me about their struggle with ‘Not being good enough’. One of the tools in my magic healing box is the Systemic Dance Constellation Ritual. It...
by Pingel Braat | Dec 27, 2023 | Blog, Changing the story, Somatic Wisdom
To change our mode of action, we must change the image of ourselves that we carry within us. — Moshe Feldenkrais Have you ever been to a museum?In my twenties, I had a part-time job as an attendant in the municipal museum in The Hague. There was a hall with the works...