What does
clarity mean?
How does
clarity in the body be possible to give clarity in the mind?
Witnessing,
observing, studying and reflection both in personal life and work, has revealed
the meaning of clarity. To feel, see and experience the clarity in the body
provides a clarity in the mind.
Studying and
exploring developmental work such as the tension- flow rhythms in Kesternberg
Movement profile (KMP), sense and
perception (S&P), basic neurological patterning(BNP), primitive reflexes, righting
reactions, equilibrium responses (RRR) and ontogentic incorporating with authentic
movement, movement analysis and dance movement therapy, the more clarity I
develop in my body, the more clarity I sense in my mind.
In my work, witnessing
and observing the fragmentation of the body and in movement, the state of mind
is often in confusion and the feeling is being fragmented. The sense of
wholeness is not integrated and resulted in a split of body parts and disconnected
body. It can leave one feeling ‘a sense of loss’.
I often
witness and observe when there is a clarity in the body, the integration of the
wholeness of the body and mind gradually takes place and the sense of clarity
comes alive in body and mind. This occurrence is evident in my own personal
life and with the clients I have worked and worked with.
Now what is
this clarity then?
I will use
my personal journey to illustrate it.
An approach
of authentic movement is to develop the listening ‘eyes’, I would also
add, listening ‘senses’. To be in the
role of a witness and mover, I learn the art of staying neutral, being
objective, carrying a non-judgemental attitude and to be in the presence with
self, feelings, body, images, sensations, and to be led by what my body is
going to speak, giving me information of the here & now, allowing the
unconscious materials to arise into the conscious level. The more I practise
it, the more clarity I come to understand self. Each carries such clear information as I
explore and being with it. I like this term, ‘befriend’ which my supervisor
shared.
Understanding
my own movement preferences and repertoire in Laban and KMP, the clarity of what
I like and not, what I do, what I find difficult and/or easy, how I move and
relate to self, provide me clarity to who I am and in relation to others and
the world. It is a moment of acceptance and acknowledging where I am at, past
and present.
My understanding of my movement
patterns have enabled me to discover and deepen the knowledge of self. With
that, in creative ways, I also explored other movements which I maybe
unfamiliar with, revisit areas where my body like to take me, and movements
perhaps I have never been to. The process is a creative process and allowing my
body to create, improvise and play.
I do
struggle with areas which are difficult and taking time to find a way with the
support of therapy, facilitators and supervisors during these 6 years of journey.
Slowly I find this clarity more and more
in my body especially in the recent studies in RRR & Ontogentic, I feel it
deep within my core being and interestingly, I feel the clarity in my mind in
return.
With the
sense of clarity in my body has given my mind the clarity in the process. The
view of self becomes clearer. Before
that, I was confused and overloaded with too much in my head for many years.
Movement has
open up my body and thus reintegrating and rewiring my mind in the process.
Clarity in
the body has given clarity in the mind.
In the next sharing, I will
share about polarities and modulation in our body.
