Is Your Map Incomplete?
The Map Your Brain Has of Your Body
Has Eroded
Your brain has a problem with its map of your body.
The places that don’t move give so little feedback that the map erodes away. The map becomes incomplete.
Your brain doesn’t organize your muscle tension based on your anatomy.
Your brain organizes how it holds you based on how it perceives your anatomy.
Your brain’s map of your body changes over time. Reactions to stress, injuries, and the repetitive movements of daily life cause certain tension patterns to become ingrained habits. These habits reduce movement and feedback, creating gaps in your brain’s awareness of your own body. Over time, your brain stops paying attention to these areas. The map erodes.
Why Are There Unnoticed Absences in the Map?
The unnoticed absences appear where muscles are habitually tight. The automatic holding results in these “missing pages” in your body’s map. These absences exist outside of your awareness—it’s like an amnesia. And by definition, we are unaware of our own amnesia. The hidden tensions maintain your separation from those places; they continue to obscure the map.
X Marks the Spot
The X is missing from your map.
That’s where the treasure is hidden.
How Are You Going to Fill in the Gaps?
How do you know when you’re in uncharted territory?
How do you get a glimpse of, and overcome, the amnesia of these hidden automatic tensions?
How do you fill in the map to find the treasure?
How do you reconnect to what you lost?
It Takes a Personal Somatics Practice
Learn to explore the uncharted territory and the forgotten aspects of your bodily space. Re-learn your potential for movement. Recognize the places that don’t move, and look for expressions of amnesia in the body. Learn to see the spaces that don’t give consent to movement. Through the gentle, intentional movements of The Eric Cooper Somatics Method, you can rebuild the connection.
Welcome Back What Is Missing
With this powerful movement method—Eric Cooper Somatics—you can restore the map.
The pain, tightness, and stiffness result from a loss of control.
This process fills in the map, allowing you to regain control and move with greater ease.
Where Is the Hidden Treasure?
The treasure is the part of you that you forgot.
It’s the movement that you lost.
It’s knowing your true nature is to be a relaxed person.
That you can feel at ease in your body.
The treasure is a missing part of you. Welcome it back.
Fill in the Missing Parts of Your Map
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