A year or two into teaching yoga, several synchronicities occurred that changed the course of my career and in many ways, my life. I had a small psychotherapy practice, where I integrated restorative yoga and movement directly into sessions. And I taught alignment-based vinyasa yoga as my side hustle.
So THRILLED to be in your realm of magical brilliance (Substack version but any medium) Bo! Shimmering with resonance at this super post, even more so after whirring with delight after your ever-marvellous masterclass yesterday! Ahhh so many lights lit and FELT! ✨💜✨
Oof, really chewing over your Bo-ism differentiating ‘forced disembodiment’ from ‘voluntary’…!
Have been swirling on this, particularly in relation to agency, choice and freedom - can disembodiment be ‘good’ or 'ok' if temporary? Wonder where things like ‘going into shock’ or ‘managing pain’ or ‘dealing with overwhelm’ map in this? Particularly in those who might lean towards health anxiety/ squeamishness / eating disorders, etc… (…these aren’t questions I expect answers to by the way, just examples of curious chews!)
Thank you, as ever, for your brilliant insights, for so generously sharing your wisdom, resources and other references in this magnificent meadow of exploration. 🌱🦋🌿💚✨
This feels like a wonderful 24 hours of Dionne-ity! Thank you for your Presence yesterday in the Masterclass. I misread one of your reflections (that chat moves too fast for me to visually digest!) and have added a slide that speaks to what you were getting at (I hope).
And a resounding YES! to your question. It reminds me of something we all group-created in one of the daylongs. This makes me realize that I need to expound on the "dissociation is adaptive" part. I've done so, referencing you:
"Thanks to the amazing Dionne on Substack, I’m going to emphasize the point above:
In situations that are unsafe, including racial- and gender-based and other forms of trauma, dissociation is an adaptive and healthy response, particularly when we do so deliberately and on a temporary basis. Here, it helps to leave “emotional and sensory breadcrumbs” (as in the tale of Hansel + Gretel) so we can re-access the experience when we wish. This form of mindful dissociation, if you will, can preserve our sense of agency and self-determination."
If I'm reading your rich reflections accurately, this would also apply to the kind of overwhelm, shock, and response that go into managing our neurodivergence (neurospiciness!) and the world's (and our own) response to it, managing pain (we can get distance from it and come back), and perhaps other things, too.
Thank you for your voice- and for the emojis, too.
So THRILLED to be in your realm of magical brilliance (Substack version but any medium) Bo! Shimmering with resonance at this super post, even more so after whirring with delight after your ever-marvellous masterclass yesterday! Ahhh so many lights lit and FELT! ✨💜✨
Oof, really chewing over your Bo-ism differentiating ‘forced disembodiment’ from ‘voluntary’…!
Have been swirling on this, particularly in relation to agency, choice and freedom - can disembodiment be ‘good’ or 'ok' if temporary? Wonder where things like ‘going into shock’ or ‘managing pain’ or ‘dealing with overwhelm’ map in this? Particularly in those who might lean towards health anxiety/ squeamishness / eating disorders, etc… (…these aren’t questions I expect answers to by the way, just examples of curious chews!)
Thank you, as ever, for your brilliant insights, for so generously sharing your wisdom, resources and other references in this magnificent meadow of exploration. 🌱🦋🌿💚✨
This feels like a wonderful 24 hours of Dionne-ity! Thank you for your Presence yesterday in the Masterclass. I misread one of your reflections (that chat moves too fast for me to visually digest!) and have added a slide that speaks to what you were getting at (I hope).
And a resounding YES! to your question. It reminds me of something we all group-created in one of the daylongs. This makes me realize that I need to expound on the "dissociation is adaptive" part. I've done so, referencing you:
"Thanks to the amazing Dionne on Substack, I’m going to emphasize the point above:
In situations that are unsafe, including racial- and gender-based and other forms of trauma, dissociation is an adaptive and healthy response, particularly when we do so deliberately and on a temporary basis. Here, it helps to leave “emotional and sensory breadcrumbs” (as in the tale of Hansel + Gretel) so we can re-access the experience when we wish. This form of mindful dissociation, if you will, can preserve our sense of agency and self-determination."
If I'm reading your rich reflections accurately, this would also apply to the kind of overwhelm, shock, and response that go into managing our neurodivergence (neurospiciness!) and the world's (and our own) response to it, managing pain (we can get distance from it and come back), and perhaps other things, too.
Thank you for your voice- and for the emojis, too.