I've decided I need to focus less on another Pilates teacher certification, and more on exploring somatic movement. I do love Pilates and it is so useful, but I do not want to imprint more fixed patterns on the body.
The more I learn and read about somatics, finding each body's unique movement pattern and breath, the more I want to keep following this idea.
I have never enjoyed doing an hour of straight pilates repertoire. I more enjoy seeing what my body needs each moment, each day, and using pilates and other methods for getting my body juicy and playful and easy, so I feel good and enlivened.
I've been reading some great somatic teachers ideas about not putting fixed patterns on a body. That connects more with what and how I already teach. I look at my student when they arrive, see where is restricted, how are they breathing, talk to them and find out how they are feeling physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and then I follow my instincts in giving them work. I almost always do footwork as I feel it is wonderful at releasing so much in all ways, mind and body. But then, instead of just going through the method exercises, I follow what seems like the natural thing to do. Sometimes it is rolling on the mat, or exploring breath, or walking around experimenting in the body, or playing with the spinal articulations. My ultimate goal is for my student to leave feeling wonderful and easy in their body, tensions slipped away, and for them to have energy for their life.
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