BODY WISDOM: A Guide to Connecting with your Intuitive Self
Body Wisdom was created to be a resource in support of fostering deep connection with and between your Heart ~ Body ~ Mind
Author and Movement Expressive Arts Therapy Facilitator, Cathy Williams, shares her insights through thoughtful poetry, generous storytelling and inspired invitations, encouraging you to curiously and intuitively cultivate your own creative-reflective embodied practices.
This visually vibrant eight-chapter journey offers creative avenues to develop your relationship with your innate Body Wisdom, strengthen your confidence in your Intuition and nurture compassion and love for Self.
An empowering resource to return to regularly that will enhance your resilience to be with the ebb and flow of this wild life.
This book is an invitation to connect with your Self
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ABOUT THE BOOK
I believe that our relationship to Self is of utmost importance. As a Movement & Expressive Arts Therapy Facilitator, I am a strong advocate for the use of creative modalities that allow us to gain insight into how to be with our feeling bodies and better understand how our bodies communicate with us.
I share 20+ practices that have been vital pillars in guiding me to live with clarity, confidence and the courage to claim my path, with conviction.
Everything I have written is my Truth.
This book is an invitation for you to creatively and playfully explore and express yours.
It has been my experience and observation that in Western society we can often get caught in an overly busy must-be-productive rush. We can become consumed with devices that seek to distract and numb us from our feelings, taking us from the present moment. From a young age and/or as a result of particular events we live through, we can often become distant from our bodies, living dominantly in our thinking minds. When this happens, we can lose connection with our innate Body Wisdom and inner guidance.
I recall speaking to a friend who was trying to make a decision about something in her life. “What does your intuition tell you?” I asked. She didn’t know how to begin to make sense of what was her intuition and what were fears. It was all a jumble in her mind. It got me thinking about the journey I have been on to come back to my body and learn how my inner guidance is speaking to me. Through my studies, lived experience and cultivated practices, I feel so resourced. I wanted to share with others the gems of wisdom that support me to move through the world.
This is what inspired me to write this book.
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‘Body Wisdom’ has been awarded First Place in the Inspirational/Self-Help category of the 32nd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards AND has been recognised with the Gold Award for the ‘Health & Well-being’ category of the 2024 ABLE Golden Book Awards.
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This is a beautiful book, illustrated and structured with a lot of thought and care. Cathy provides illuminating anecdotes throughout the book, but it is pinned down by practical steps for body wisdom, awareness and intuition. You can tell she's a leader in her field, a dedicated...
This is a beautiful book, illustrated and structured with a lot of thought and care. Cathy provides illuminating anecdotes throughout the book, but it is pinned down by practical steps for body wisdom, awareness and intuition. You can tell she's a leader in her field, a dedicated...
You will find yourself in one or maybe many pages of the book whether as a child or as a coming of age young adult or as a parent. Cathy speaks of her Truth but it also connects with some of our intuitive truth. The book is very easy to read and layered to build up to a graceful...
You will find yourself in one or maybe many pages of the book whether as a child or as a coming of age young adult or as a parent. Cathy speaks of her Truth but it also connects with some of our intuitive truth. The book is very easy to read and layered to build up to a graceful...
An unforgettable immersion... Gently unfolding golden invitations to come home to self... Beautiful offering Cathy... Everyone needs this essential life companion
An unforgettable immersion... Gently unfolding golden invitations to come home to self... Beautiful offering Cathy... Everyone needs this essential life companion
A beautiful and incredibly supportive book for people looking to love themselves, build a better relationship with themselves and their bodies. The poems are so heartfelt and deeply touched me, the practices included throughout the book are powerful and will support ANYONE looking...
A beautiful and incredibly supportive book for people looking to love themselves, build a better relationship with themselves and their bodies. The poems are so heartfelt and deeply touched me, the practices included throughout the book are powerful and will support ANYONE looking...
After spending years navigating my own mind, I never realised how disconnected I had become from my body and intuitive self. Body Wisdom allowed me to find refuge in my body and reconnect with the parts of myself I thought no longer existed. Each practice provides meticulous insight...
After spending years navigating my own mind, I never realised how disconnected I had become from my body and intuitive self. Body Wisdom allowed me to find refuge in my body and reconnect with the parts of myself I thought no longer existed. Each practice provides meticulous insight...
This is a very important book! It is a really beautiful guide to body work, particularly if you've never delved into that area before. Exercises are very user friendly and well laid out. Illustrations are also beautiful. Thank you Cathy for bringing this into the world!
This is a very important book! It is a really beautiful guide to body work, particularly if you've never delved into that area before. Exercises are very user friendly and well laid out. Illustrations are also beautiful. Thank you Cathy for bringing this into the world!
This book is brilliant in all ways! I love its format - personal stories from Cathy; engaging prompts that include movement, creativity, and self-reflection; and colorful, beautiful artwork throughout its pages. The writing is uniquely engaging and creative. I focus a lot of my...
This book is brilliant in all ways! I love its format - personal stories from Cathy; engaging prompts that include movement, creativity, and self-reflection; and colorful, beautiful artwork throughout its pages. The writing is uniquely engaging and creative. I focus a lot of my...
Industry Awards & Acknowledgement
Body Wisdom has been awarded First Place in the Inspirational/Self-Help category of the 32nd Annual WRITERS DIGEST Self-Published Book Awards
Body Wisdom received the GOLD Award for the ‘Health & Well-being’ category of the 2024 ABLE Golden Book Awards.
Body Wisdom: A Guide to Connecting with Your Intuitive Self by Cathy Williams is a personal development guide that emphasizes the benefits of developing a deeper connection with oneself. The book serves as a roadmap for self-discovery, focusing on the inherent wisdom our bodies possess. Through nurturing one's intuition or innate body... Read More
About the Author
Cathy Williams is a Movement & Expressive Arts Therapy Facilitator and multi-modal Artist based in Melbourne.
I believe strongly that the answers we often seek lie within. All of my offerings advocate the transformative healing powers Movement and Creative Art Modalities offer in strengthening our ability to listen to, trust in and follow our Intuition.
Since 2008, I have been actively working in the field of Community Development both within Australia and internationally. In consultation with community groups, I have designed and facilitated a number of community, youth and social justice programs - all with the focus of empowerment and capacity building.
My style combines my lived experience with the extensive training and mentorship I have done through various studies, including: Masters of Social Science, Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Certificate in Movement Based Somatic Therapy, Certificate in Somatics, Performance and the Creative Process, Certificate in Expressive Therapies, Awareness Work, Trauma and the Body.
Under my business 'Intuitive Self' I provide personalised sessions one-on-one for adults; public workshops, weekly series and retreat; women’s circle offerings; professional development training and staff wellbeing; and online self-paced courses.
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