by Clare Myatt | Apr 1, 2026 | Thoughts
“Like the mast of a ship” they said. “Imagine your back, your body, your whole backbody being like the mast of a ship. Tall, straight, unbending yet supporting the ship to stay upright.” I like this metaphor (from a cranio-sacral practitioner) and while it doesn’t...
by Clare Myatt | Mar 1, 2026 | Thoughts
“Under pressure, we don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our practices.”* I’d never really thought about how I reacted under pressure until my training at Strozzi Institute. Years of therapy had given me an intellectual ...
by Clare Myatt | Feb 1, 2026 | Thoughts
As I sit with a blank page, it’s tempting to invite AI to give me a starting place (and occasionally it does) but today there’s a sense of being nudged to wait until something forms. So I wait…. What comes in the pause is something to share and celebrate. I don’t...
by Clare Myatt | Jan 1, 2026 | Thoughts
New beginnings: a blank page, a fresh planner, a crisp new year striding in with perfect posture and no emotional baggage whatsoever. If only. January 1st usually arrives dragging along the same old body, the same (now overflowing) inbox, perhaps a slightly fuzzy head...
by Clare Myatt | Dec 1, 2025 | Thoughts
Some rather special people have recently qualified as Strozzi somatic coaches, and I’m inviting them to guest blog. Here’s the first, the soulful Mark Kelly. We met almost ten years ago and our paths keep crossing (which is something I pay attention to). He’s a...
