Somatic WAve™ was discovered by Dhyana while interweaving yoga with chikung, however it can be used to make any movement practice or healing art infinitely more effective.

The 6 Components of a Somatic WAve™:

1. Balanced tension (tensegrity) of myofascial meridians (cf. Anatomy Trains by Thomas Myers)
2. Corresponding chi meridians guiding energy flow in specific directions
   
3. Press Points grounding at the feet/tail/sit bones/hands
4. Opposing Force at the inner diaphragms creating a rebound of energy
   
5. Surfing anti-gravity at the rebound points
6. Ideokinesis (a visualized image moves the body)
   

Using a felt-sense awareness of the chi and connective tissue that weaves the body together longitudinally, and combining this with a sequential engagement of the horizontal inner core diaphragms (from the arches and perineum up to the dura around the brain) an Opposing Force is created that can then be surfed into a full range of yoga poses, Nia, dance, safe physical labour, and everyday movement. 

An Opposing Force both elongates and relaxes the muscles while strengthening them. It facilitates joints, tendons and fascia to safely open and align while being intrinsically supported, and provides both rehabilitation and strength training, even for people with various previous limitations. A student actually gets stronger and more energized as a class progresses, instead of fatigued as typical of most strength training. Students report relief from chronic foot, knee, hip, spine, neck, wrist and jaw pain.

Because the WAve is initiated with the inner diaphragms, it also pumps the spinal fluid up to bathe the brain, similar to the 'long tide' of Biodynamic Cranialsacral therapy. Initially this is done muscularly, but can eventually be done through ideokinesis - an energy play of visualization that requires minimal physical exertion and yet accesses the extraordinary fullness of being lifted by a WAve nonetheless.

Somatic WAve works very specifically with the feet, pelvis and hand Press Points. They are fulcrums that rebound the energy field from beyond our physical bodies, into the meridian lines of our body’s connective tissue to up-lift us.

From her Chi Kung background Dhyana discovered the importance of rebounding all the yang lines from gravity (not just the back-body grounding that most people think of) as well as the healing benefits of consciously circuiting this Rebound Force through the yin lines to their respective organs and glands along the entire 12 chi meridian cycle. 

This dynamic relationship between yang and yin creates tensegrity within the body, making it self-supporting, grounded, and yet lifted upward and outward, safely finding its own way into yoga poses or everyday equipoise from the inside out, rather than inviting potential injury by straining to fit into an external model with the skeletal muscles.

As well as these physical benefits however, the WAve™ creates a centered, expanded presence within the individual, radiant yet whole, with multiple connections to the power of the universal energy field of the Great Mystery.