PE 264 - Somatic Meditation

Units: 1

Somatic meditation points to the practice of meditation rooted in the soma or the field of the body. It is essentially a mind/awareness training in which we connect with the inherent, self-existing wakefulness that is already present within the body itself. This form of meditation training which is bottom-up as opposed to top-down, develops a meditative consciousness that is accessed through the feelings, sensations, somatic intuition, and felt sense of the body itself. We tune into the basic, primordial awareness of the body. Unless we are able to make room for the direct, unmediated experience of our body as it is, without manipulation or distortion, then deep, lasting, ultimate transformation is unable to occur. This sets the ground for a way of learning about the body and all of the ways it functions, directly from the intelligence of the body itself.
Division: Lower Division
Repeats: Repeatable for Credit
Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
Grading mode: Mandatory CR/NC
Zero cost course materials: No Course Materials Required
Weekly: Activity 2 hrs.
Possible Instruction Mode(s): In Person

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