Somatic Relating Come Home to Connection in Hotspring Water

Somatic Relating – Come Home to Connection We are very excited to welcome the beautiful work of Sasha Bezrodnova to the community of Pai Water Temple. Somatic Relating is a form of togetherness that creates the possibility of nourishment and the deep satisfaction of basic human needs through human contact: ✔️ To feel safe, ✔️ To be seen, ✔️ To feel accepted, ✔️ To belong. To be met in our vulnerability, to be addressed with kindness, to express feelings, to play, to move, to feel comforted, and to relate in a satisfying way. Somatic Relating Includes: Establishing healthy boundaries suitable for each interaction Embodied presence Breathing freely and letting the breath be expressive Attuning to nonverbal cues of others Widening our perception Resonating through movement, breath, and sound Admitting our needs Asking openly for what we want Expressing when something doesn’t feel right Pausing and slowing down Improvising and inviting the unknown Free agency Distinguishing between intimacy and sexuality A Whole-Person Approach Somatic Relating sees the person holistically — as a soul, spirit, mind, psyche with its stories, a body with all its systems, memories and parts, a personality, a unique being, a friend, a brother or sister. What Might Get in the Way? This work supports you in meeting internal blocks such as: Limiting beliefs Past traumatic experiences Lack of nourishing intimate interactions Attachment styles Survival strategies Cultural differences Prejudices and misconceptions Why Water? Somatic Relating will reach deeper layers when practiced in the water. Warm water softens the body and opens the heart. It helps us slow down, melt tension, and return to a state of natural flow. In this element, we access a deeper layer of trust and connection. It partly depersonalises experience allowing to feel care and support from the environment rather than from a particular individual. • About Sasha Bezrodnova: Social psychologist, certified body facilitator (EFC), certified Bodymind Gestalt therapist, international teacher of contact improvisation and body awareness, guide of retreats about emotional freedom, connection to Nature, nurturing touch, and conscious sexuality. Interpreter of somatic literature. Practitioner of the Deep Listening method, teacher of post-graduate somatic courses for psychologists and other helping professionals. Author of underwater dance teaching method “Ocean Dance” and therapeutical approach “Ocean Touch”, developer of the "Somatic Relating" culture and method. Freediver, ecologist, host of dance and movement festivals in Nature (Thailand, Bali, Portugal, Brazil, Egypt, Turkey, Mexico), author of the blog "Body My Home". See the videos: #OceanDance : https://www.instagram.com/theoceandance/ #SomaticRelating : https://www.instagram.com/somatic.relating/ Private page: https://www.instagram.com/bezrodnovasasha/ What You'll Experience Each class is a laboratory for exploration, with guided practices that may include: Partner and group touch sequences Co-regulation through body contact Working through the Cycle of Satisfaction - Yielding, Pushing, Reaching, Grabbing, Taking Hold, Pulling, and Absorbing Somatic repatterning - ways to re-write existing patterns in the body for more conscious and healthy reactions. Time and space to rest, float, and be held You'll work in pairs, trios, and small groups, always with clear consent and gentle guidance. A𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬