The Stuck Practice invites us to embody a “stuck” that we’re facing in the real world. We sense more deeply into our current reality, rather than trying to “fix” a situation from the same mind-set or frame of reference that created the “stuck” situation.
Instead, we feel deeply into the situation, suspending our problem-solving habit. By paying attention to our “body-knowing” and to the social field, we discover new directions or fresh insights that were not accessible just by thinking.
Principles
- Let the body be the guide. Do not plan, act, mime, pretend, manipulate or represent. Simply BE and DO.
- Lean into the “stuck” situation. The wisdom is there already. Notice what is emerging – what is sometimes called the “crack”.
- Trust the moment-to-moment experience.
Uses & Outcomes
- Become more sensitive to and honest about the feeling-quality of our current situation
- Suspend concepts; build trust in body knowing.
- Feel ourselves as part of a co-creative system.
- Feel what is emerging, a future that we want to create.
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