Clare Osbond

When words are not enough, or when we can't find the words, or when words just aren't there - how do we express ourselves? It may be through a posture, a gesture or a facial expression... a slouch, a smile, a yawn, the flick of a wrist? We can get stuck in thinking things through and trying to put it into words - what's happening on the inside - our feelings, beliefs, judgements we have about ourselves, others, the world. Or it can all become just too much of an effort. The question: "How are you today?" By shifting our focus of attention, we can shift our energy and so connect more fully to our moving and sensing self.
 

Habitual patterns of movement may relate to early periods of development. The body speaks not only of the immediate moment, but of past body-held memories. Exploring early imprints in a mindful way through movement, rhythm and play, can help free us from the grip of the past, creating more energy for living in the present.
 

This way of working can often be helpful in gaining insights into patterns of behaviour which may no longer serve you - that hold you back, or get in the way of you relating to others. In our daily lives we are constantly responding and reacting - be it at work, at home, or in our relationships. By paying more attention to our internal world, we can begin to respond in different ways....

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Working with movement can also be a 'way in' to accessing our innate creativity. A spontaneous movement may bring with it an image... or even a story untold. Subsequently meaning may unfold, or it may not mean anything to normal everyday consciousness.
 

Sometimes life doesn't flow. Responding and relating doesn't flow. There's no energy. Or your energy feels stuck, or blocked You may be in a cut-off place and not feel very much at all. Connecting to others and the world may all be too much. Just to have space to be with this may be enough for you. No talking... no thinking... no doing... maybe no moving...
 

Whatever it is that brings you, you are welcome. You may not know what brings you - you are also welcome. You are welcome just as you are.

 

"Something stirs. An impulse comes from within and I let it happen as it will. I respond in my unique way, with my unique self-expression. This is who I am. I give it breath, space, form. I give it life. In this moment I create myself."

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