Embodied Mindfulness

Reduce stress, increase vitality, improve health
& experience clarity and freedom

What is embodied mindfulness?

Embodied practices connect into your entire neurology and nervous system and not just your cranial brain and conscious mind. For example, your body actually has three brains or neuron centres. The one we most often think about and pay attention to is the “head” or cephalic brain. We also have a heart (cardiac) and a gut (enteric) brain. Each has sensory neurons, motor neurons and neurotransmitters. They are able to take in information, process it, store it and access it when needed. They are all true brains.

Embodied work taps into the all information and wisdom of the body through the medium of sensations and emotions as well as thoughts.

Mindfulness is primarily about noticing the experience of the present moment.

It involves things like slowing down, specific focus, stillness, silence, being in the now moment and viewing all experience from the now perspective.

One of the key practices I use in my coaching and group work is somatic experiencing and movement which is a form of embodied mindfulness. It is using slow movement, or just awareness, to deeply observe what sensations you are experiencing in your body in that moment. One of the key aspects of somatic experiencing and movement is simply to observe and acknowledge the sensations and to let go of giving them any interpretation as to why they there, or what they may mean. It is like you are actively listening to your body and just observing and reflecting. It is giving your body a space to speak and express itself through its language of feeling and sensation.

Accessing the subconscious and unconscious mind through the feeling body

“sensory awareness of how the body responds to our emotional way of being gives us an immediate insight into the nervous system state we are in without the story. Regulating state lies at the heart of wellbeing.

[It is] quicker to regulate state through the body than the mind alone, which is why Somatic practices are really effective at cultivating wellbeing.”
– Yasmin Lambat – Somatic Mindfulness coach and Somatic movement therapist/educator

Embodied Mindfulness can help you:

reduce stress levels
reduce body tension and pain
sleep better
have more energy
think more clearly and find it easier to make decisions
develop a stronger immune system
increase your confidence
feel more comfortable in your body
feel sexier
open more fully to love for yourself and others
develop emotional awareness and emotional intelligence
stimulate your lymphatic system to effectively remove wastes, balance fluid levels and transport immune cells for healing
tap into your body’s innate intelligence to regulate and heal itself
find stillness and quiet within you
feel safe to express your creativity and energy

There is no judgement here, no right or wrong, only awareness with curiosity which leads to expansion.

Your body knows what it needs to align and heal
Acceptance creates the space necessary for energy and emotions to flow and resolve themselves
All your emotions are valid for you. Emotions are not good or bad, only comfortable or uncomfortable