5 soma Stages of Development: Moving with the Controller
What if clarity didn’t come from effort, but from listening?
In tomorrow’s Soma Movement Meditation, we’ll explore the Controller; the inner intelligence that helps us orient, organize, and move through life with steadiness and choice. Rather than forcing control, this practice invites the body to remember how wise leadership naturally develops.
We’ll move gently through the five developmental stages we all learned as infants: embryonic, creeping, crawling, standing, and walking.
Each stage reveals a different quality of the Controller:
presence (Embryonic)
sequencing (Creeping)
coordination (Crawling)
grounded authority (Standing)
responsive direction (Walking)
This is not about “doing it right.”
It’s about allowing order to emerge through the body, your body.
The practice is:
Slow and accessible
Trauma-sensitive and choice-based
Suitable for all bodies and experience levels
Grounded in somatic wisdom and embodied awareness
Opened and closed with prayer
Come as you are.
Move at your own pace.
Let clarity arise from within.
We’d love to move with you.
Class is held online via Zoom. When you sign up for the class you will receive the meeting link.
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All classes include a replay; if you can’t join us live and/or would like to revisit the material, the replay will be available.