Meet Aki Omori

Inform us a bit about your self…

I’m a somatic motion educator/therapist and in addition a trauma therapist. I’ve taught yoga for over 20 years and I’ve been integrating somatic motion to my yoga educating for a few years.

Now professionally, I’m going between educating somatic motion as a school member of Emdboy-Transfer, educating yoga and seeing personal shoppers.

I get pleasure from explorative practices that repeatedly deliver me again to right here and now in my body-mind. 

I exploit my contact to work with my shoppers so much and educate the best way to use secure, aware, embodied contact.

What does a typical day appear like for you?

Every day and every week are so various for me. I have to test my diary the evening earlier than to see what I’m doing the next day!  Today, I attempt to give extra time to myself very first thing within the morning to test in how I’m doing by a easy sensing of the physique and a few motion to ease into the day. My life is an actual mixture of on-line & in individual each educating / seeing shoppers. It’s essential that I make time to maneuver and to be me. I spend a good period of time on the ground, being with gravity, rolling, lengthening, respiration and extra kind primarily based observe to really feel and awaken the physique or strolling!

How did your yoga journey start and what impressed you to turn out to be a yoga trainer?

I started training yoga with out a lot thought then someday, I skilled one thing extraordinary throughout savasana. I used to be intrigued and began observe each day. I by no means thought I might be a yoga trainer. I simply beloved the way it supported me in my each day life. Respiratory, meditation, witnessing my thoughts & feelings from second to second and ease & power in my physique all helped me to remain calm and current in moments of stress at work and I used to be content material with that. Nevertheless, once I was requested to show lessons, I realised I used to be fairly good at educating. When my freelance work grew to become much less busy, following 9/11 within the US (attributable to shoppers not touring), I had determined to tackle extra educating jobs after which it grew to become a full time occupation since. So it was not deliberate however referred to as.

What impressed you to focus on your observe?

Whereas I used to be very concerned in my yoga observe, I grew to become excited by the way it feels inside my physique and once I got here throughout somatic motion observe (Physique-Thoughts Centering® and different practices) I used to be deeply drawn to it. It affected how I practiced and taught. Once I had an damage and couldn’t observe yoga, I discovered methods to proceed shifting by a somatic strategy, which stored me going. It helped my restoration from the damage too. I proceed to mix these practices in my educating to share extra enquiry primarily based observe and alternative ways into yoga and motion with my college students.

How have you ever seen yoga profit your college students?

The place can I start?  Every individual is completely different and the tales every pupil tells me about how yoga helps them of their lives is exclusive. I all the time study a lot from listening to them. 

What involves my thoughts is once I witness the extent of their embodiment turns into tangible: their capability to really feel themselves is current and the alternatives they make based on their felt expertise, shifts within the high quality of their motion, as a substitute of chasing after exterior types, and their capability to be with themselves and others in a extra type, sincere and supportive method. I’m additionally conscious that it helps them significantly of their life, particularly at occasions that require discernment and braveness primarily based on their authenticity.

What’s your favourite quote or life motto?

 “The whole lot involves us that belongs to us if we create the capability to obtain it” by Rabindranath Tagore

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