16: Stacy Sims on Somatics: Why How You Sit Might Cause Stress

Pivot with Jenny Blake

English - November 29, 2015 05:31 - 49.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 188 ratings
Careers Business Religion & Spirituality Spirituality entrepreneurship business health finance entrepreneur marketing interview leadership productivity fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: 15: Special, Not Special: How to Work Your Way Out of a Dip

Next Episode: 17: On Creative Sabbaticals and Social Media Fatigue

Did you know that just the way you sit might be causing anxiety? Or that by
straightening your spine and scanning the horizon you can calm your central
nervous system, just as deer in the savannah do?

Stacy Sims, founder of True Body Project, is an expert on somatics, or how
our physical and psychological bodies relate to one another. I had the
great fortune of stumbling across her workshop in Bali when we were both
there in 2013, and we have kept in touch since.

In this week’s podcast she shares her story of recovering from alcoholism
through body awareness and movement practices. Stacy describes why if your
body is holding stress—even just sitting in a certain positions that
visually mimic those of tension, fear or depression—your emotions and
thoughts will create a story to match.