What Is Somatic Inquiry?

• Feeling into the body’s sensations to discern emotions.
• Quieting the mind in order to focus attention on the body.
• A safe space where everything is welcome, and no judgements will be held.
• Using breathing techniques and/or visualizations to help calm or activate the nervous system depending on what is needed at that time for the individual.
• Increasing your capacity to sit with difficult sensations or emotions.
• Gentle pendulation between pleasant feelings and uncomfortable ones.
• Building islands of safety within the body using pleasant sensations.
• Asking questions to body sensations to discover core beliefs.
• Finding origins of nervous system dysfunction.
• Becoming more aware of negative loops in your life.
• Giving gratitude to your body’s protective mechanisms.
• Investigation of your direct experience.