ANATOMY: finding the wings of the breath

Getting to know the sphenoid bone, where it is and what it looks like, creates a spaciousness across the skull and horizontal support for the movement of the diaphragm and ribs

Sep 23, 2023

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In my weekly Rise & Shine sessions, we spend time attending to the breath in imaginative ways before leaning into some Quiet Practice. Here are some ideas for somatising the sphenoid that we have explored.

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1. FINDING THE SPHENOID

There are some very odd shaped bones in the skull and face, and of them all the sphenoid is…

ANATOMY: finding the wings of the breath

Getting to know the sphenoid bone, where it is and what it looks like, creates a spaciousness across the skull and horizontal support for the movement of the diaphragm and ribs

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