Is Soma Accessible to People with Disabilities? | Ask Jivasu

Is Soma accessible to people with physical or cognitive disabilities? In this Ask Jivasu conversation, Dr. Jivasu explains that Soma begins with the person as they are. Rather than imposing one fixed structure, the practice can be adapted to a person’s present capacities, using accessible starting points such as gentle movement, sound, breathing and attention to sensation. Jivasu also reflects on different considerations for physical and cognitive disabilities, and describes transformation as a spectrum rather than a single endpoint. The conversation explores how an adapted practice may support greater connection with the body and a better day-to-day experience without requiring everyone to practise in the same way. Chapters 00:00 Is Soma accessible to people with disabilities? 00:43 Why Soma begins with the individual 01:31 Letting the body and brain guide the practice 02:30 Starting with each person’s present ability 04:55 Physical disability and deeper practice 06:07 Cognitive disability and individual complexity 07:00 Transformation as a spectrum 08:15 Quality of life and a healthier sense of self 08:40 Closing and Ask Jivasu invitation Discover your Somatic Personality with Soma Path’s free questionnaire: https://www.somapath.org/somatic-pers... If you want to explore these teachings through somatic awareness, embodied practice, and direct experience, learn more about Somatic Awareness & Transformation Training: https://www.somapath.org/somatic-awar... Visit the program page for current dates and registration information. Soma Path is a comprehensive and science-based system for Somatic Transformation. www.somapath.org Developed by Dr. Jivasu M.D. Dr. Jivasu is a physician, teacher and founder of Soma Path. His inquiry into life - through medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, spirituality and direct experience in his own body-led to Soma: a new way of living and being through the body’s intelligence. He has developed and teaches a Master's Degree in Neurobiology of Transformation in partnership with SHEN and has taught across four continents. https://www.ubiquityuniversity.org/gr... FREE RESOURCES → Join "The Practice of Somatic Living" - Biweekly Teachings: https://www.somapath.org/practice-letter PROGRAMS → Join our Live Somatic Practices & Sunday Gatherings w/ Jivasu: https://www.somapath.org/gatherings FOLLOW SOMA PATH Instagram:   / pathofsoma   Facebook:   / pathofsoma   Website: www.somapath.org PODCAST 🎧 Listen — ▶️ YouTube:    / @somawithjivasu   🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0laJc85... 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... #AskJivasu #SomaPath #SomaticPractices #DisabilityInclusion