Qoya: A Compass for Navigating an Embodied Life that is Wise, Wild and Free by Schieck Rochelle

Author:Schieck, Rochelle [Schieck, Rochelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inspire and Move Press
Published: 2016-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

Exercises

SOUTHEAST

MOVEMENT AS MEDICINE

Shaking

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

—Albert Einstein

So often, we try to solve our problems through analysis, but if the ego is where they were created, we need to access a higher state of consciousness to heal them. Qoya uses the body as a portal to that higher consciousness. Instead of struggling with the story in our heads, let’s see what is possible if we get back into the intuitive, wild wisdom that lives in the body.

Many clients come to me seeking guidance, advice, or healing; as they share their challenges, I notice that so many are caught in a mental loop. Their minds circle with lists of complaints and justifications while they struggle for things to make sense. Of course, at times, I do this. too. When you are in the midst of a challenge, when your body is filled with irritation, your brow furrowed, and your jaw clenched, try an experiment to see if this movement works to reset you back to your center, to your essence, to your truth.

I was introduced to the shaking practice in 2010, less than a year after Qoya’s creation. I was at the Kahua Institute, a spiritual retreat center in Maui, owned by two wonderful people, Kutira and Raphael .

I shared my intention for Qoya with Raphael, an amazing musician who spent many years working with Gabrielle Roth as part of her movement system called 5Rhythms. At 10 p.m. one night, he knocked on my door because he had received a message in his meditation.

“For some reason,” he said, “I feel compelled to tell you something, and I believe you will share this information with many people. If I share this with you and you find it to be as powerful as I think you will, will you promise to share it in every class you teach so as many people as possible will learn this technique?”

I nodded, curious. He continued, “After more than 40 years of experience in music, movement, and transformation, the most powerful tool I have come across to release what no longer serves you and re-enter the infinite potential of spirit is shaking. Shake each part of your body for 10-30 seconds. Scan through the body as you shake to rhythmic upbeat music. Let yourself go and then move any way your body wants to, letting the body tell you what to do instead of you telling the body what to do. Let it be animalistic and fun. This is for releasing emotions, so you can scream or cry if you need to as well. After shaking, notice how the shaking movement is like a portal back to what is most true.”

The next day I went to the movement studio on their property, where we turned on very loud music and shook.

Wildly.

And he was right.

Shaking works.

I have been teaching the shaking technique in every Qoya class since.

Since Raphael’s teaching, I have encountered several confirmations of the intuitive power of shaking.

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