{"id":1391,"date":"2024-05-28T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T07:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikan-demo.ir\/toolkit\/?page_id=1391"},"modified":"2024-06-02T15:08:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T11:38:53","slug":"collective-imagination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nikan-demo.ir\/toolkit\/collective-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective Imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Collective Body Collective Imagination and Social Imagination - Somatics, Relationships and Entanglements<\/span><\/span><\/h2>
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The work of imagination might most often be associated with the mind, but the following practices are intended to connect us to the essential wisdoms and intelligences of the body, and the environments and relationships that our bodies are entangled with. This work is crucial as we emerge from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a time of great reckoning not only with our bodies, but with the social infrastructure that is intended to care for them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Visit the somatic practice offered by Christa Cicciole that encourages us to consider all the ways in which we might fruitfully experiment with our personal boundaries or \u2013\u00a0as she calls them \u2013 \u2018membranes.\u2019 Play with Vanessa Reid\u2019s audio guide that supports leaders to work with uncertainty through connecting with the creatures of our imaginations<\/span>. Then use Camille Barton\u2019s audio embodiment practice to touch in with the grief that we store in our beings, that might obstruct the work of imagination. Then<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Membranes and Entanglement
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Tool:<\/b> Somatic exercise with audio guide<\/span><\/p>

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Duration: <\/b>~ 10-15 mins\u00a0<\/span><\/p>


Contributor:<\/b> Christa Cicciole is a Berlin-based Body Oriented Systems Therapist and Consultant for Embodied Leadership. She weaves her background as a dancer, choreographer, and social activist combined with her spiritual practice, into an approach she has coined \u201cRadical Presence: moving with playful compassion\u201d. With her work she supports organisations and communities in order to strengthen resilience and systemic social impact.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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This exercise is derived from the work and inspired by the rich conversations with Somatic Activist and Ecosomatic pioneer, <\/span>Satu Palokangas<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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She says that the paradox of an entangled life is that it requires boundaries, such as cell membranes, in order to foster both connection and separation. <\/span>\u2018Membranes delineate the boundaries of individual cells, safeguarding their internal environment while at the same time allowing measured exchanges with the external world. Membranes serve as conduits for communication and cooperation among cells, facilitating the emergence of complex biological networks. Because of membranes, life\u2019s myriad shapes can form.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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In other words, as writer and founder of the Embodiment Institute, <\/span>Prentis Hemphill<\/span><\/a>, says: \u201cBoundaries are the distance in which I can love you and me simultaneously\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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There is a beauty in our interconnectedness with human and beyond human life on this planet. Yet, just like the wisdom of our skin and cells, there needs to be a membrane that has the ability to discern responses to \u201cthe other\u201d, such as: what is needed now and how much? What is needed to be let in to nourish, or what is harmful and needs to stay out? Or where can there be contact with \u201cothers\u201d in order to be stronger? Membranes are adaptable and negotiating sense-making tools to measure ourselves in their environment. Just as with skin, or the surface of plants, boundaries are required for interconnection. In order to be in connection with full capacity to respond, we need to acknowledge and address the personal and collective wounds we carry. Trauma can wound the integrity of a membrane, causing separation (a strong boundary) or overwhelm (minimal boundary). This can be why we are seeing a crisis in present day mental health or the collapse of human connection with nature. On the other hand, when we can respond in the present, and not with a reaction of a learned reflex from the past, there is an increase in agency and capacity to connect and function with other systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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With this simple experiment, one can practise navigating the world with more agency. By having access to states of a \u201cmembrane awareness\u201d we can have a discerning sense of self awareness, be with other people\u2019s pain and potentially minimise our distress that is often transferred when in connection with others, \u201ctake in\u201d what nourishes our soul, and show up in the world in an embodied way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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This inquiry can be done alone, in a busy space or with another person that feels safe enough to give this a try with. Since many people have suffered from their boundaries being crossed, I would recommend first exploring these states of awareness in a space that you feel supported and held in.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Instead of the usual concept of \u201cboundaries\u201d being either there or not, or having to defend with a lot of effort, this is an offer to explore membranes in a more nuanced way. Since we are human, there is no way to just be in one state at a time. This is a practice of focussing for a moment on one direction of your awareness at a time. All these states are needed and useful contextually. Because of past experiences, it is possible to lose access to shift into a particular state. This can feel harmful and\/or can endanger our safety in particular situations. By spending time building your awareness to each state, there can be increased access to the intention of the membrane that is needed in any particular moment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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The four states are: Inside in, Outside out, Outside in, Inside out. <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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  1. Inside in<\/i><\/b> keeps your inner world inside. <\/b>It is a boundary that blends out the outside world. It is, for example, what happens in deep contemplation, where one\u2019s awareness is focused on one\u2019s inner world.<\/span><\/li>
  2. Outside out<\/i><\/b> is the choice to keep the outside world outside. <\/b>It is the attention one might have when sitting in the metro: fully aware of the surroundings and with strong boundaries from the \u201cenergy\u201d of those around oneself. There is a sense of being in a protective bubble.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  3. Outside in<\/i><\/b> is the ability to allow the outside world inside to your inner being. <\/b>\u00a0It is a state in which we can \u201ctake in\u201d what we are experiencing. This can be nourishing to sense the connection to others, nature, places, etc. This felt sense can run deep and remind us of being connected and belonging in the world.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>

    Inside out<\/i><\/b> is the state in which the inner world can be expressed to the outside.<\/b> It is when, for example, one feels safe enough to share their grief with someone and be seen in their whole humanity.<\/span><\/p>

    Exercise<\/b>
    <\/b>Find a comfortable space that you can be in for at least five minutes.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Ask yourself what it feels like to be in your body right now?<\/span><\/p>

    Go through each state. Make use of what you are connected to (the floor, chair, etc) to represent the \u201coutside\u201d and imagine your inner world or \u201cfelt sense\u201d that no one can see as the \u201cinside\u201d. If this is challenging to for you to access your awareness of, then put a blanket on the floor and stand or sit in the middle of it. Then imagine the \u201coutside\u201d is everything not on the blanket. Everything \u201cinside\u201d is on the blanket. Stay at least a minute in each state to sense how that boundary feels for you. Is it difficult to imagine? Does it feel safe in that state? Is it easy to shift in and out of different states?<\/span><\/p>

    If you feel comfortable experimenting alone, what about experimenting in an interpersonal setting? Maybe there is a person you can experiment with? Or perhaps you could try it out in every-day kind of situations without anyone knowing. For example, you could be sitting on a park bench and go through all four states. How do you connect to your surroundings with the most ease? What is the most challenging for you? How do people or animals react to you in one state or the other? I\u2019ve practised this in crowded trains or long lines at the grocery store many times. I\u2019ve noticed when I have a strong sense of \u201coutside out\u201d people tend to stay farther away from me. When I can shift into \u201coutside in\u201d after a busy day and focus my awareness into the stories my teens are telling me from their day, it not only fills me up with joy, I have noticed that they tend to stay longer in communication with me. Which anyone with teenagers knows is difficult to come by!<\/span><\/p>

    After you have spent some time with this inquiry, write your experience down. What was challenging? Where do you know this challenge in your life? Where do you know yourself to be skilled in each boundary? Which state supported ease in your body? Where can you practise these boundaries in your every day life?<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Creaturely Portals
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    Tool:<\/b> Audio embodiment practice<\/span><\/p>

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    Duration: <\/b>~ 30 mins\u00a0<\/span><\/p>


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