Allow for at least 20 minutes. You will need a pair of shoes and a comfortable place to move.
This Somatic Act can be done as a solo, duet or group.
This Somatic Act is a development of Somatic Act 3a: Touch of Shoes. From the Shoe Icon, before you undress from your shoes, continue with the below text.
Gradually, as you are ready
allowing a moment of stillness
to arrive in your body
Sensing how
the shoes
invite a specific physicality–
a way of standing
a way of sitting
a way of walking
From the feet,
all the way up the legs and pelvis
through the spine
out the head and arms
the shoes shifting
our inner and outer
form.
And then, slowly begin walking
as if the shoes
are walking you
as they shift the placement
of your everyday feet, pelvis, head -
inviting new ways of being
in the body.
Perhaps the head is more forward
or the pelvis sways much more
from side to side
or your feet rest more
on their toes.
Moments of movement
Moments of stillness.
As we are walking, standing and sitting.
Allowing time…
Slowly begin amplifying the physicality
that you are noticing
invited by your shoes.
If the shoes encourage the chest
to rise and move forward,
amplify this further
in your physicality.
Noticing how this shift
in physicality
can invite
a new way of walking, sitting, standing
As if you are another character.
Allowing time…
Continue to sense
the character that is emerging
coming from your shoes
resonating and changing
the inner and outer form
of your body.
As we are walking, standing, and sitting.
Moments of movement
Moments of stillness.
Allowing time…