Moving what you are feeling...
Non-Linear Movement Method® is a simple practice with profound outcomes.
As a certified teacher of NLM I use the tool during 1:1 sessions and group workshops as either a tool to explore feelings or to release strong emotions. This form of movement is a brilliant way to explore embodied freedom and can be applied independent of fitness level or age and adjusted to fit anyone’s individual needs.
Our bodies are designed to move.
Deep & powerful applications
Smooths out the nervous system.
The demands of modern life create stress and tension in the body and an overactive mind. The NLM Method encourages an identifying and unwinding of the patterns of contraction and through gentle, non-force movements relieves the bodily tension and underlying mental loops. The result is a systematic, self-guided unburdening of the nervous system.
Processes and identifies emotions.
As the body unwinds and the mind relaxes its pressured pace the emotions associated with these patterns become apparent and are being let go of. You can note recurring emotional loops for further processing and at the same time allow emotions to simply rise and release.
Opens access to bodily wisdom.
By putting emphasis on movement and circumventing the analytical mind and loops of tense thinking the natural intelligence of our bodies is accessed. Through gentle guidance the mechanisms of “freeze” and refusal to feel are being loosened and bodily wisdom can create the necessary actions and releases.
Releases trauma patterns into flow.
One of the results of traumatic experience (fresh and old alike) is “freeze”, a state in which body, mind and emotions are stuck in a state of numbness. Often “freeze” is falsely perceived as a feeling of “calm/nothing”, which results in an inability to release the experience and ease the bodily patterns. The NLM facilitates a continued movement, which gently opens the freeze pattern and allows for recognition and release of the underlying bodily and emotional patterns.
Unites mind and body in intimacy with physical sensation.
Through continued engagement with the release of contraction and facilitation of emotional awareness the engrained patterns become apparent and less pronounced. Over time physical sensation can be engaged with and the acceptance and tolerance of all sensation increases. Intimacy with whatever is present is possible. One of the marked results of this sensitization is an ability to feel increased pleasure and well being.
Creates high bodily responsiveness.
NLMM educates the body how to release and process contractions, stress and emotional tension. The body becomes highly attuned to all sensations and can note, react or release fluidly and without having to attend to traumatic or suppressed backlog.