school of cyclical somatics

Cyclical Somatics was created by Rachel Cruickshank, founder of soma school, it is an invitation into collective exploration beckoning us to come into reverence and communication with the body as a vessel of cyclical change. Everything this body is experiencing is part of wider cycles of life.

These greater cycles of life - menstrual cycles, seasonal cycles, creative cycles, lunar cycles, ancestral cycles, astrological cycles - mean we are not separate beings but utterly interconnected with the universe itself.

We are not just one body or one mind, existing separately or individually around the world. We are living in response and relationship with the world around us - both what is seen and unseen - in our friendships, relationships, environments, cultures, and our work.

The cycles within and without are endless and must be considered in any somatic conversation.

The natural world teaches us these cycles as she moves, grows and sways in spirallic and concentric circles: DNA, galaxies, the Milky Way, weather patters, planets, animals, flower heads, the moment of conception, water ripples, tree rings, solar cycles, lunar cycles.

Cyclical Somatics is a study of the body as a wild and vital part of an infinite cycles and the practice of remembering and reorienting our body and being back into a cyclical way of living.

This is a matrifocal, non-hierarchical and co-creative practice where we are each present in our own exploration and yet part of the larger constellation of the training group, at a micro layer, and the universe, at a macro layer. This is a practice of curious, compassionate uncovering and recovering of Self to reveal all this body has to share with us. Every seed was created entwined with intelligence of what it was always meant to become, and the body is no different. This is less about learning something new and more about learning an ancient, innate and forgotten way.

This cyclical practice holds space for the whole spectrum of human experience and gives us tools and permission to move with the changes and not against them. We practice cyclical somatics to remember both the connection of our own body and the connection to the whole universe. As we journey through layers of the body, the being and our own becoming in the multi-dimensional cyclical nature of life, we will experience our togetherness.

Everything is connected in this spirallic, cyclical web of life.