Stories wrap around and through our lives from nursery rhymes that first enchant us to the complex story we become as we prepare to depart this mortal coil. We believe that we are the storytellers; however, it is more accurate to say that stories tell us. Teaching stories teach children how to survive and relate to the culture into which they were born while they teach adults how to address challenges and traumas that are a part of everyday existence. The action of the body is an integral part of the story. The whole being is engaged by the story; the soma, the body, the mind and the spirit.” This book takes you on a journey in which Jothi’s understanding of the somatic teachings of Dhyan Vimal are illuminated in the stories of Ulysses and Sleeping Beauty. It is a reflection on how all of our stories are doorways into awakening. |