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The body as a resonator.
Every pore is listening through sensing. Bass moves the chest wall, treble shimmers the skin, piano runs land onto us like rain drops. The nervous system responds, meets the beat, the heart entrains, the breath shifts and movement appears as a gift.
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Sound as embodied modulation.
A wail, a deep sigh, a gong’s ripple..a call and response. Sound calls us into stillness, into trembling aliveness, chaotic edges, into release. In somatic practices like body-mind centering, yoga, dance, breath, touch sound can be an anchor, a doorway, support, challenge and medicine.
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Listening as a path.
Listening is not only cognitive, it is a somatic prayer. In deep listening, we soften into presence. We let subtle tones shape the inner landscape. We become attuned.
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Technological extensions.
Bone conduction, vibroacoustic beds etc. all are contemporary mirrors of an ancient truth: sound does not stop at the ear, it lives in the body.
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Sonic memory & trauma.
The body remembers through sound. A melody can open joy, a noise can trigger contraction. In sonic somatics, we learn to re-meet these echoes gently, and when ready more demanding, to use vibration as a reconnection to sensation and aliveness.