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Listening With the Ground: How Movement and Sound Meet
Listening With the Ground is an extension of the same philosophy that guides my sound healing work. It is not a technique layered on top of the body, but a way of being in relationship with it.
In sound healing, I do not use vibration to make something happen. I listen for how the body receives sound. I allow resonance to unfold at its own pace. I trust the intelligence of the nervous system to take what it needs and leave the rest.
Movement on the floor follows the same
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jan 252 min read


Returning to the Floor: Trauma-Informed Movement Through Nia Floor Play
Listening with the Ground offers a trauma-informed way of moving that honors this request. It is not about choreography or fitness goals. It is about relationship—between the body and the ground, between sensation and safety, between movement and choice.
Julie Jewels Smoot
Jan 253 min read
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