Yoga & the Somatic Experience

Soharni Tennekoon
Blackdog Movement
Published in
Aug 28, 2021

I recently watched an interesting lecture on Yoga & the Somatic Experience, with Suniti Dernovsek @yogaanytime

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Here were my fave takeaways:

  1. Somatic Yoga is a form of moving meditation. Throughout the exercise, you focus on your inner experience as you move and expand your internal awareness
  2. Yoga is about intimacy with yourself and your surroundings. It’s about being close. Not far away with your thoughts. It’s about being here in the now. Showing up and being present. Not wishing you were somewhere else, but feeling in your body in your current environment in the present moment. Showing up for your own life.
  3. Yoga is about inquiry. It’s about being in the question, the not knowing. This gives us more freedom and lightness than having a definite closed answer. Be content in the process of questioning and not having the answers immediately.

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Soharni Tennekoon
Blackdog Movement

Canine behaviourist researching free roaming dog ethology & welfare. Dog nerd writing about dogs, movement, mindfulness & mental health