Embodied Self-Remembering; Toward a Personal Movement Philosophy

The possibility examined in this project is the expansion of human consciousness through Inner work. This “Inner work” integrates the insights of Buddhist psychology, Integral psychology, Enneagram philosophy, and Somatic practices for the expansion of conscious potential in and through the cultivation of compassionate understanding. By observing and identifying the conditions that reinforce a reactive state of being, a choice emerges to remain or grow a capacity of responsiveness. This process is through the body’s sensory presence, the heart’s courage to love, and the mind’s construction of Self. The subjective exploration of the interconnected body-mind integrates the complex study of self-knowledge, and opens a potential shift toward personal and societal needs for presence and authenticity. This project seeks to build a personal movement philosophy that guides a path into the engaging and empowering practice of expansive self-awareness. The objective of this preliminary capstone presentation is to lay the groundwork for a professional facilitation practice of embodied self-remembering. A non-judgmental perspective toward arising phenomena is a central and guiding intention that allows a spacious, non-threatening engagement with life as it is. The personal narrative of the author is the informing and primary method toward this evolving path of soteriological inquiry.