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  • About Daphne
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      • 简历
    • Movement. Inquiry. Embodiment
    • Testimonials
    • Media >
      • Videos
    • Gallery >
      • Images
  • Somatics
  • Therapy
  • Courses
    • Polyvagal Theory in Somatic Applications
    • Trauma-Informed Somatics 50-hrs Training
    • Somatic Lab Livestream
    • Embodiment & Bodywork Immersion 2020
    • Nervous System Somatic Immersion
    • Yoga & Somatic Therapy for Back Care
    • The Fluid Body
    • Somatic Sound Healing Sessions
    • Women’s Wellness Introductory Workshop
    • Spatial Medicine: Myofascial Meridiens
    • Coming Back to our Being
    • Retreat to Sensory Awareness
    • India Seva & Therapeutics Immersion
    • Moving from Within: Inquiry, Embodied Anatomy, Bodywork
    • Moving From Within: Therapeutics for Pain & Conditions
    • Embodied Movement Sessions
    • Yoga Therapy Foundations
    • Working with Chronic Pain & Injuries
    • Movement & Art Therapy
    • Yoga Therapeutics: Inquiry, Somatics, Bodywork
    • Yoga Therapy: Bodywork Applications
    • The Inner Path Intensive
    • The Art of Touch
  • Writings & Resources
  • Mentorship Program
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Sweets with Mum

10/11/2020

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This lady here is the woman who gave me life.

I was her first born. She was 22.

For most of my life, we couldn't see eye to eye.

There were resentments and estrangements.

I swore I would never be like her.

And then I learnt about tolerance.

And empathy.

And compassion

I realised she is just another human being trying to do her best.

I started to see how we mirror each other.

There was a softening. The spiked armour we were both donning began to come apart.

An unspoken understanding of our deep love and respect for each other beneath the triggers and the strife.

She's a woman who roars. So am I.

#motheranddaughter
#unconditionallove❤️
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Moving Well

10/3/2020

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There’s nothing more exhilarating than running up a hill after a 8-year-old.

Many people come to me to help them manage their aches and pains.
They often ask me which muscles to strengthen and what to release so they can be stronger, or feel less “tight” in their body and mind.

In today’s world, health is often conflated with #fitnessgoals.
We measure our overall well being through the utilitarian perspective of time, weight, distance.
We gauge our accomplishments by how satisfied we are when we look at our body parts in the mirror.
We forget that we are not a machine put together in parts and engines, with a brain affixed at the top.

We are an organism, grown out of a seed.
We are relational beings from the inside out.
We are ever-changing, ever-evolving.
Movement is the language in which we express our aliveness.

So instead of loading our muscles thinking that they function through some sort of mechanical memory, perhaps we can bring awareness to the articulation of our joints and our movement habits.
Instead of stressing over how much weight we can carry in the gym, consider how much time we spend sitting on a chair.
Instead of obsessing over body fat, what is the nervous system telling us about the state of our being?

Health is expressed through the freedom and ease in the ways we inhabit in our body-mind, in relationship with our environment.
It is the ability to walk, run, swim, climb, squat, jump, to rest and not feel like our mind is jumping out of our skin.

Most importantly, how well can we bounce back if life throws us curve balls?
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#trauma #recovery #resilience​

If you’re interested in exploring this, join me in my next training in Trauma-informed Somatic Yoga Therapy in November Yoga In Common Singapore
#traumahealing #yogatherapy #yogattc #somaticyoga #nervoussystemhealing #yogawithdaphne #somaticmovement #movingfromwithin #injuryprevention
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    Daphne Chua

    Registered Yoga Therapist, Somatic Movement Educator, Bodyworker, Yoga Teacher Trainer

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