For over a quarter of a century, I have practiced Somatic Education. But often, I would identify my work with various modalities: massage, Rolfing®, polarity, etc. instead of Somatic Education. I would choose the modality to meet the needs of the client, and those needs were often acute or chronic pain, momentary or prolong stress, clumsiness or body image conflicts. But underlying all those needs, I concluded, was the unspoken assumption: my body is a foreign land.
Own or work here?