Lisa and I met in India, teaching yoga and living together for a couple weeks in New Delhi.
Years later, I have greatly enjoyed sharing this very unique somatic movement practice with her! She hear the call of her body and answered!
Here's what she has to say about our time together:
“I felt compelled to book 1:1 sessions with Aimee following constant low level pain and stiffness in my body. I had enjoyed a session with Aimee a couple of years before and remembered how much better it made me feel but at the time I couldn't commit to any more sessions.
For years and years I had put my focus on exercising my body in ways that I thought was benefitting my body which turns out it wasn't (at least not anymore) and my body was calling me to stop. I didn't listen to my body straight away, my head won the battle many times over, until one day I just found myself hardly able to move without pain and discomfort.
I knew something was up and I needed to make a lifestyle change when it came to exercise and moving my body and then I remembered the first session I had with Aimee and knew that's more of what I needed.
The sessions felt like I was really being really cared for. It was so gentle and relaxing and I am amazed at how such big changes can be made with such small movements. I felt like new again after each session and Aimee sent me videos of the movements to do in between sessions so I didn't have to remember what I needed to do when I was on my own.
Being able to get experientially involved in the somatic movements was important for me as I tend to want to intellectually understand things over experiencing them and I gave myself permission to turn that part of my brain off and let Aimee guide me.
I felt safe and cared for with Aimee, she's very knowledgeable and her direction was clear and she was able to lead me through the movements that my needed body in that moment.
Since our sessions I have incorporated Somatics into my daily routine. I particularly using the somatic movements as a way to relax and unwind after busier moments in my day. It helps to reset and refresh me like a mini nap.
My body has a lot less pain and I can feel the stiffness loosening up as well.
I am really exciting to seeing where somatic movements take me in my 40s. I can't exercise like I did in my 20s and 30s and I am learning to be OK with that and embracing a softer and more compassionate way of moving and living in my body.
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LISA GRAY, Yoga Teacher and Hypnotherapist
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