Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Part 1 The Language of the Body
Introduction: Somatic Descent and the Wisdom of the Body 3
1 What Does the Soma Know? 14
2 How Does the Soma Communicate? 20
Part 2 Explanation of the Practice
3 An Overview of the Guided Practices 31
4 Entering: Guided Practices I and II 38
5 The Main Practice: Guided Practice III 51
6 The Main Practice: Guided Practice IV 61
7 The Main Practice: Guided Practice V 76
8 Questioning the Soma: The Use of the Thinking Mind in Ascertaining Zones 1 and 2 85
9 Concluding: Guided Practice VI 100
Part 3 Going Further on the Journey
10 The Soma Is the Perfect Teacher 109
11 Trauma and Somatic Descent 117
12 From Trauma to Transformation 129
13 The Range and Terrain of the Journey 139
14 Somatic Descent in Everyday Life 153
Conclusion: Living Our True Life 158
Guided Audio Recordings 167
Notes 168
Index 170