The Blog
This is where Buffy Owens muses on the threads of curiosity woven throughout her life. She tugs at the threads of body wisdom, follows the rhythms and seasons of being human, and gathers the dreams that keep calling us toward the human we’re becoming in the second half of life.
Finding Chi
Discover how somatic practices can help you access new realities and reconnect with your body’s innate wisdom. This personal story explores how cultural conditioning dampens our natural sensing abilities, and how embodied movement practices can help midlife women rediscover their capacity to trust what their bodies are telling them.
Learn why feeling disconnected from your body isn’t permanent—and how your search for something more might be the very gift leading you back to yourself.
Language Of Healing
I was recently talking with a student who struggles with hip pain. Like no joke, they can't walk when the pain hits type of pain.
So we're chatting it up after an Awareness Through Movement class, and they shared their insight into how shifting their attention from their hip to their head helped them to understand their pain better.
"Do tell," I asked, "what did you discover about your hip pain?"