Alijah Brod-Forest

Spring has a way of drawing our attention outward. In Fremantle and WA, sunshine kissed mornings, wild flowers and frshness in the air invite us to spend more time outside. There is movement in the landscape: buds opening, vivdness in the landscape, growth finding its way towards the light. Spring rhythms are offering us a warm invitation to turn towards the body, too. What is present? What needs care? Where might there be room for more flow? Concepts of bloom and awakening inspired a Spring...

Some days, your body asks for focused attention, an injury, recovery or strain. Other days, what you notice is quieter: tiredness, shallow breathing, or the sense that you have too much on your plate. In my Elijah Forest Therapy Fremantle practice, massage begins with listening. I want to understand what you are experiencing, how it affects your everyday life, and what you would like from the session. Maybe you want to increase your range of motion, need release with muscular discomfort, or a...

Something I find incredibly fascinating in somatic work is what happens when we get curious and aware to the shapes the body takes, telling its story. People usually think about their experiences through the narrative: what happened, how it felt, the story with beginning, middle and end, and they tell the same narrative pretty much each time similarly. But the body is forming its own landscape. The shoulders draw in. The breath turns shallow. The eyes lower. Sometimes we barely notice these...