Aesthetic response pelvis

Facilitator: Heather Frayne

I would invite you again to get some clay about the size of the palm of your hand and start to sculpt it into a ball, which can be very satisfying.

There again, noticing the ways that we are shaping and holding, and we're going to make a pinch pot.

So how we do this is you just start by pinching and pushing in.
And as you do this, it will sort of start to expand and become more bowl-like.

There again, my fingers are holding and my thumbs are shaping.
And this reminds me a lot of this region that holds so much for us — so much of our anatomy, so much of our emotions.

Sometimes a lot of shame as well, a lot of messages around what this area of our body should look like, what it should be doing, how it should be performing.

So you can let some of that go, as much as you're able to in this moment — just coming into tune with, which can feel a little bit more neutral sometimes.

And you can also engage in some smoothing. Sometimes this is very satisfying to me.
What kind of shape does it want to have?

Notice if there's any perfectionism coming up or the inner critic. Sometimes that likes to be there too. You can just invite them to step aside. Don't need them right now. We are just exploring.

It can be this smoothing that happens with your fingers too — slow or fast, with light pressure or deep pressure.

Really bringing some gratitude to this area of the body, or just some compassion to you for what it may be doing.

You can, if you like, close your eyes and just let your fingers explore.
Sometimes our fingers can tell better than our eyes which areas are thick or thin.

I can turn it, smooth it, and when it feels kind of like done, it'll tell you.
It will tell you when it's done. It feels complete or complete enough.

You can cover another little tiny bit of clay. Start to squish it.

And start to invite in an image that maybe has some strength or inspiration for you — something compassionate or bold or kind.
Could be something from the natural world, something that we can maybe put into our little pinch pot as a way of kind of sending this area of our body some love, some witnessing.

Maybe there's a symbol that really speaks to you.
So I would invite you now to sculpt that.
And if you don't know, just sculpt it until something happens. And that feels complete.

You can add that into your bowl — again, the bowl or a pelvis is holding, holding space for us.
And also you can send in a little bit of kindness and compassion and tenderness.

So when you're ready, I would invite you to find a pen and paper and again do some dialoguing with what you've created.

You can dialog with the pelvis, with the bowl, with the clay, maybe with this image that has arrived inside, and just see again what they know and what messages they might have for you — any wisdom or advice as we're navigating this time.

Not just a transition, but a whole developmental stage — and again really trusting the strength of the clay and also the strength of our pelvis to hold something really important for us.