Foundations of Body Reading: The Art of Seeing Each Other More Deeply is an opportunity for yoga instructors and students, body workers, mental health professionals, acupuncturists, dancers, somatic educators, and anyone with a keen interest in our embodied human-ness to explore the roles of seeing and awareness in understanding the body.

What is Body Reading?

Body reading, or somato-typology is a useful tool for understanding the integration of mind and body, psyche, soma, and spirit. In this seminar we will review the historical and experiential foundations of body reading. We will then look at a number of models of “reading” bodies including Ayurvedic models, Western constitutional models, Oriental models, characterological models, autonomic models, reflex models, organ system models, and others.

Learn my 3-step method—the “O-N-E” Way—for developing skills in body reading/discernment/somatic mastery will be presented and explored. Through practicing the “O-N-E” Way and using photographs and live examples, these models will then be compared, contrasted, critiqued, and integrated to reveal new ways of seeing and assessment which will offer participants a greater understanding of themselves and others, and offer an opportunity to develop a truly individualized and personal approach to personal growth and working with others. For therapists, teachers, and practitioners, this will allow you to work less and achieve more in your practice.

Practice sessions in seeing and expanding discernment and awareness will be emphasized!