S2E9 : with Lesley Asare : The body guides, the body navigates.
Lesley’s beautiful description of how we can approach the journey of self discovery and exploration is an example of how we can move through the healing journey from many different angles, not always needing to do something with the learnings but feeling comfortable with simply being able to sit with the wisdom of our bodies. It’s such a comforting episode, like a big warm hug. Lesley’s story about ancestral and familial wisdom, and how her exploration of her body inspired change… it brought a tear to my eye! Towards the end of the episode, you’ll also be able to join in on a short and sweet guided mindfulness practice that Lesley dropped in!
Lesley Asare is a British Ghanaian Artist, Somatic Coach, Mentor and Tamalpa Teacher Training Graduate.
She creates solo and collaborative work and wholeheartedly believes in the healing power of the creative process. Her work explores identity, personal histories and the experiences of Black People.
Through her work and through the spaces she holds she aims to create the space for play, stillness, self-reflection, self-discovery, empowerment, transformation and healing.
There was unfortunately a bit of a connection glitch and at times, the sound goes a bit funny. But you can understand everything that’s said and what Lesley has to offer in this episode makes the glitch fade into the background!
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EPISODE NOTES:
07:06 - Lesley’s journey through creativity and the arts into somatic movement, Body Arcana & using art as a tool for healing.
11:33 - Tamalpa - what it is and how it works
14:20 - What is somatic movement, and how Lesley relates to it in her work.
16:08 - life art process. What we explore creatively can be used as transformational tools in our life.
20:50 - Do people find there’s a block in being able to express themselves creatively?
23:15 - On working through the fear of finding out what’s held within our bodies.
27:30 - The structure of society and our lives, making everything about what you have to show for things rather than the experience that took you there.
29:15 - Do we over-identify with the journey we’re on?
34:15 - The Body Remembers - what it is and what it means.
39:50 - Ancestral trauma and wisdom and how that can play out in our lives.
45:15 - Lesley’s story about ancestral and familial wisdom, and how her exploration of her body inspired change… it brought a tear to my eye!
50:15 - A short and sweet guided mindfulness practice that Lesley dropped in!
54:35 - The more we’re able to anchor ourselves in our inner eden, the more tangible it becomes in our imagination, and the more we’re able to take that out into the world.
55:15 - Growth from love and compassion.
58:15 - We are evolutionary beings, here to learn a particular lesson at a particular time. We never need to be the ‘finished product’!