Temporal Somatics in Practice — The Living Body examination

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

Which principle does this module give as the root of the Temporal Somatics practice?

Small changes in input can lead to large-scale patterns Nothing can change without a teacher's guidance Large efforts always produce results that are proportionate to them Behaviour is fixed for good by early childhood
What are the three scalable levels of the practice, in order?

Awareness, Mapping, Integration and Evolution Breath Awareness, Silent Sitting and then Evening Prayer The Anchor, the Loop and finally the Dissolve Grounded Play, Resonant Movement, Playful Integration
What are the three stages of clearing apertures in this module?

Observation, release and reintegration Planning, doing and reviewing Effort, strain and then rest Diagnosis, treatment and finally cure
What does the reintegration stage acknowledge?

That the practice is now finished forever That the old structure must return exactly That no single state is permanent That release was a mistake
In Grounded Play, what do you do while standing barefoot or imagining roots?

Jump repeatedly on the spot in order to build strength and stamina Shift weight gently and add small playful movements while rooted Stand perfectly still for twenty minutes without moving Run in place as fast as possible for several minutes
What does Resonant Movement ask you to vary?

The music you choose to listen to while you move around The tempo, amplitude or direction of a simple movement The time of day you choose to practise The number of people moving with you
Playful Integration asks you to combine which kind of movements?

Only movements that you learned in a formal class Movements usually seen as incompatible, like slow steps and bursts Movements that are identical to one another in every single way Only movements that can be done while lying down
What does Playful Integration focus attention on?

How elegant and graceful the movements look How many calories the practice actually burns each time How the nervous system adapts to a lack of control How long you are able to hold each pose
How does this module define Divine Play (Lila)?

A ritual performed only at particular religious festivals A set of external laws imposed on nature from outside it A game invented long ago for the education and amusement of young children Reality's self-organising dynamism, where structure and dissolution are one
Why does the definition call Lila a 'law' that attracts without effort?

It is the nature of reality itself to align with complexity It requires constant willpower from us in order to keep working It is enforced by some outside authority It only works for those who believe in it
Which source does the module cite for insight on pain as a signal for recalibration?

Prigogine and Stengers's Order Out of Chaos Maturana and Varela's Autopoiesis and Cognition Peter Levine's Waking the Tiger Albert Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus