Noticing | 3

Sunlight, swaddling, and staying big

The following are senses that I call up when explaining somatics to folks, the “other senses”, as opposed to sight, sound, touch, taste, smell. This recurring series will include moments from my week that I noticed particular sensations, big or small, as a way to share with you about my week, and also to provide an example of what somatics even is. Enjoy!

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Temperature

Cold pillows held close against my body as I curl around them.
Sunlight warmed clothes pressing against my cold skin.
The sunlight warming my skin while the air is still winter cold, which is one of my most favorite sensations in the world.

Finally snapped a pic of “Butt Corners Rd”

Weight

Swaddled in a duvet, wool blanket, and sheet.

Movement

I was running on the treadmill and was taken by an intrusive thought I have been battling of late. Then I noticed the movement of my breath through my lungs, and my pace steady on the treadmill, brought in a sense of bigness, and the thought became small and I became big and steady in the truth of who I am. The thought no longer mattered and could no longer hurt me.

Gotta snap a selfie in my Sigillum Dei shirt from Esoterica

Interoception

I noticed later in the weak the sensation of cowering when the same thought popped up. My body didn’t physically cower, but I felt that I winced and shied away from it, and tried to avoid it. This is the tactic I have been taking for a while, but I remembered to again get bigger then it. Which requires facing it head on, and standing firmly in how much bigger I am than a thought that tries to tear me down.