Embodied Anatomy (Coming Soon!)
For years, people have encouraged me to teach what I do—fellow practitioners, clients, even family members who've witnessed how this work transforms understanding of the human body. I've always agreed it should be shared, but two things held me back:
First, I don't see my approach as something I "created." It's knowledge I've pieced together through curiosity, openness, and finding the right information at exactly the right moment.
Second, every time I tried to teach one concept, I'd realize how interconnected everything is. To understand one topic requires understanding another, and I'd spiral into an endless cycle of "but first you need to know this..."
The solution? I won't teach you my process—I'll guide you in developing your own.
Your understanding should be built on your knowledge and experience, not mine. For years, I was trapped thinking "if only I knew what [my teacher] knows, I could help this person." Once I embraced my own knowledge and recognized that clients came to see me for what I brought to the table, everything changed. I developed a process that worked for me—one that continues evolving as I learn and explore.
Two Bodies, One Experience
In phenomenology, we recognize two bodies: the objective body and the lived body.
The objective body is what we study in textbooks—bones, muscles, nerves, organs. It has origins and insertions, inputs and outputs, measurable rhythms and functions.
The lived body is how we actually experience ourselves. It's the body that feels stuck, heavy, or energized. The body that hurts, that carries our thoughts and sensations, that interprets our world from the inside out.
These aren't separate bodies—they're different perspectives on the same magnificent system.
Your Body, Your Discovery
Rather than memorizing structures, you'll discover your anatomy through direct experience. Since much of what we "know" about the human body may prove incomplete over time, we'll focus on the one thing that can't be wrong: your lived experience.
This course draws inspiration from Gil Hedley's Integral Anatomy series (freely available at gilheadley.com for those wanting to explore the objective body alongside our journey into embodied experience).
Ready to become your own anatomy teacher?
IT ALL COMES FROM WITHIN
If you want to learn more anatomy but don’t know where to begin, start within
The surface of our skin marks the boundary between self and other, a dynamic membrane where the external world and internal experience converge. It is a living interface, constantly translating information from the environment into signals that penetrate every fibre of our being. These signals ripple inward, journeying through layers of tissue, each with its own texture, density, and language, until they reach the core of our physical existence, where meaning is born.
This journey isn’t one-way. From within, signals flow outward, moving back through the layers to arrive back at the skin. This ongoing cycle of sensing and reacting is what makes us truly aware of ourselves.
I Invite you on an inward expedition through these layers—feel their unique qualities, witness the stories they hold, and listen to the silent knowledge embedded within. As you explore, the boundaries between body and identity blur, revealing a more integrated understanding of who you truly are.
At each stage of this journey, a practical exercise will ground this heightened awareness into clinical practice, allowing you to harness these insights to enhance healing and connection. Through movement and mindful presence, we reclaim not just the function of our bodies, but the very essence of our being.
