Hello friends, today we're slowing things down even more than we have in previous sessions. There's very little movement suggested and lying in bed or on your couch would go very well with today's practice. I'm sharing with you a combination of a body scan and metta meditation for an embodied experience with loving-kindness.

This is our last session together and the end of this podcast series. Sharing these recordings has been an offering from my heart and I'm honoured you chose to spend time with me and these gentle yet profound teachings.

A somatics practice—as I understand it and have hopefully conveyed to you—is first and foremost a conversation with one's own wisdom and, as I'm so fond of saying, it's witnessing and honouring your embodied consent. Throughout these sessions I have been inviting you to follow your enthusiastic "yes" and to allow your definite "no" because this practice is for you alone.

This podcast will remain online and you can dip back in at any time. May you take from these sessions an experience of peace. May you sense within your being a place where you can find refuge at any given moment. May there be at least one place that remains untouched by the sorrows of the world and a place that is yours alone. And may that sense of relief take root and grow.

Alright, let's begin our practice. Gather whatever you need to find deep comfort and rest. Perhaps some warm socks, a blanket, a mug of tea, soft candlelight. Whatever it is you require, gather it in and let's get into some Somatic Solace.

Hello friends, today we're taking into consideration some of the ways we communicate.

We communicate across species, socially, within relationships, and with ourselves. Sometimes we use words and often we don't.

During our practice we give some attention to the throat and jaw, and hang-out in a few different twists to see how it is to communicate while all jumbled up.

This is our second last session in this podcast series and like you, I would like our practice time to continue. I've enjoyed hearing your feedback and requests for live sessions as well the option to choose between a recorded video or audio.

Your suggestions have brightened my days and I've been thinking of ways I can do all these things.

Here's where you come into play: I need to hear from you! I do. Let me know if you would like to continue with Somatic Solace by heading on over to my website to communicate your preferences.

This will give me an indication of interest and will inform my decision as to whether or not I continue at this time.

If I don't hear from you then I'll assume there's no interest and will let this podcast rest as it is.

My website is "fully woven dot com" or if you prefer email, then contact me at "monique at fully woven dot com", or another option is to send me a direct message at Instagram and my handle there is also "fully woven".

Thanks for communicating your hopes to continue with this practice. I appreciate your voice.

Alright, let's begin our practice. Gather whatever you need to find deep comfort and rest. Perhaps some warm socks, a blanket, a mug of tea, soft candlelight, a purring kitty.

Whatever it is you require, gather it in and let's get into some Somatic Solace.

Hello friends, today we're exploring how small precise movements can bring significant relief to all the tension that tends to pool in our necks, shoulders, and upper back. We also chased some dragons out of the forest.

We have today's practice and then just two more sessions in this podcast series. I've enjoyed hearing your feedback and requests for the sessions to continue. I've also heard your request for live sessions and videos.

I'd love to do all these things and need to figure out a way that is accessible and sustainable with my disabilities. I'll figure out a way to do these things so that our Somatic Solace practice can continue.

Let me know if you want to be added to the live practice waitlist. I will be sending out a registration in the next few weeks. And just for reference, the time of this recording is March 2024. My email address is "monique at fully woven dot com" and you'll always find up-to-date info at my website "fully woven dot com".

Alright, let's begin our practice. Gather whatever you need to find deep comfort and rest. Perhaps some warm socks, a blanket, a mug of tea, soft candlelight. Whatever it is you require, gather it in and let's get into some Somatic Solace.