Sensobic is a way to get a better contact with yourself and the outside world.
It is a way to learn from within, from your organism, instead of from the outside.
In Sensobic, we work with small, safe movements and spend some time on sensing how they affect us. How do my feet rest on the ground when I stand? What if I first massage the sole of my foot with a cork ball, how do I stand then? How do I walk? How does it affect the rest of my body and my breathing?
There is no special technique, no program. Each participant experiments how the movements we try affect her.
Awakening the ability to perceive with the whole organism, not just the head, allows us to access our whole self and thus we can feel more alive, more present, more genuine. Our self-knowledge increases and we approach our true nature.
At the same time, we get a deeper contact with the world around us and how we are in relation to other people, gravity, air, etc.
Sensobic is not therapy. The goal is not to make someone healthier. The goal is not to relax or achieve an ideal of how we should be. The goal is to increase awareness and be more in touch with our body and original nature. But the work often has therapeutic effects. To quote Charlotte Selver, the founder of Sensory Awareness:
"The more we arrive at our original nature, the more we discover that
healthier and happier living and relating comes about by itself."
What happens during a class in Sensobic?
What we do in class varies. In one session we might concentrate quite a lot on our feet, how we stand and walk, another session the shoulders are in focus. Or perhaps we focus on how we see and hear and move our eyes.
It is possible that we use small aids such as cork balls, soft balls, small cushions and round sticks. Their purpose is to make the work a little clearer. For example, a cork ball is very good at pointing out exactly where in your back you are tense.
I explain the movements without showing how to do them. There is no right or wrong. I never correct anyone. Everyone experiments without comparing themselves to others.
Take breathing for example. What distinguishes this work from many others is that we do not try to influence breathing with different techniques. Instead, we listen to it without trying to change it. How does breathing adapt to what we do? Is it shallow or is it deep? Breathing is an automatic function, the point is not to try to correct it, but to stop hindering it.
The movements we do are safe, completely natural and anatomically correct. The anatomical thinking is based on the discoveries and work of French physiotherapist Francoise Mézières. This means that we are not doing anything that is against the reality of the muscles and joints. We do not twist ourselves in demanding positions and thus the movements are suitable for everyone.
We also experiment with things we do in our daily lives, such as sitting, standing and walking. I firmly believe in integrating the work we do into everyday life.
I ask a lot of questions during a a class. They are rhetorical. They help us focus and sense. But words are welcome. If they wish, the participants can put into words their discoveries. There are no requirements.
We work a lot in silence. We sense and allow our autonomic nervous system to think and adapt.
It is important to note that I am not a teacher. I don't teach anything. I help participants discover what is already in them.