Influence of posture on emotional memory management
The Left Foot – Right Foot method is based on a simple discovery :
The fact of voluntarily shifting the weight of the body from one foot to the other profoundly influences the emotional, mental and bodily state.
Through this physical rocking, we access a form of emotional regulation, the release of memories, or inner transformation without going solely through speech. (For the observation phase, verbalization aloud is strongly recommended)
Origin of the method
Born from personal experience and numerous empirical observations, the method is based on a hypothesis :
The body knows, before the mind, what is ready to emerge, to say to itself or to free itself.
By testing this posture repeatedly, a phenomenon appeared :
- The left foot seems to open an access to the interior, to emotion, to memory.
- The right foot acts as an anchor point, balance, action, or refocusing.