Nurturing Your Body With Touch

Touch is the first sense we develop in the womb. We know babies thrive on touch, especially in those first moments and weeks after birth, because it helps them feel connected to their caregivers and the new world around them. Whether we know it or not, we still need a healthy dose of touch, even as adults.

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Ali Kozoll
Why Sensual Movement?

There is a short answer and a long answer. The short answer is that sensuality is the language of the present moment. By tuning in to one or more of our 5 senses, we can pull ourselves away from distractions and back into an experience of presence.

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Ali Kozoll
Desire Wants to Move Through You

Somewhere along the way, the English word 'desire' became synonymous with sexual wanting. There is nothing wrong with this, of course. For many, sexual desire is potent energy to experience…
I don't believe desire only exists in the sexual realm. To me, it is more expansive and can exist in any moment…

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Ali Kozoll
The Gift of Direction

One way to play in movement is to give it some direction. If embodied practice unlocks the language of your body, eventually you may want to communicate — to come into relationship with the space around you, or another person, or the world at large, or even Spirit. Offering your body the opportunity to orient to the space around you gives the conversation of your body a place to land…

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Ali Kozoll
Your Hips Don't Lie

In yogic and other traditions, our hips are thought to hold pent up emotion and heavier energy that can bog us down. This can manifest in physical ways (tension, limited range of motion, pain) and energetic-emotional ways (lack of energy, stunted creativity, trapped emotion).

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