Five Somatic Practices by Daniel Proietto

Embodied Practice is a collection of guided movement sessions by Daniel Proietto, bringing together five distinct somatic practices drawn from Feldenkrais, foam rolling, Pilates, yoga, and Tai Chi / Qigong.

The series approaches practice not as training toward performance or achievement, but as a way of restoring attention, continuity, and embodied intelligence through movement.

Rather than isolating techniques, the work invites each practice to be experienced as a mode of listening — to weight, breath, effort, and internal organisation.

An Orientation to Practice

At the core of these sessions is the understanding that movement emerges from conditions rather than instruction. Each lesson is structured to reduce excess effort and habitual control, allowing the body to reorganise itself through sensation and attention.

Practice is not framed as correction, but as exploration — a process of noticing how the body responds when pressure is softened and continuity is restored.

Inner and Outer Coherence

The practices presented here share a concern for coherence — between sensation and action, effort and rest, inner state and outer movement. They draw from long-standing movement traditions that have endured not through dogma, but through their capacity to support regulation, continuity, and embodied awareness over time.

Five Practices

Yoga — Foundational Practice
A grounded yoga session emphasising continuity, alignment, and breath, supporting strength, flexibility, and nervous system balance.

Pilates — The Original 33 Exercises
A classical Pilates session based on the original 33 exercises, approached with attention to precision, breath, and internal structure rather than exertion.

Tai Chi / Qigong — Foundations
An introductory practice exploring flow, weight transfer, and internal coordination through slow, continuous movement.

Ironing I — Foam Roller Practice
A guided foam roller session exploring pressure, release, and connective tissue organisation as a way of recalibrating effort and support.

Ironing II — Feldenkrais Inspired Exercises
A floor-based lesson inspired by the Feldenkrais method, focusing on ease, coordination, and efficiency through subtle, attentive movement.

Practice as Integration

These practices are offered as resources to be returned to over time. They do not require prior experience and can be approached individually or as a sequence, depending on need and rhythm.

The aim is not mastery, but integration — supporting recovery, clarity, and responsiveness in daily movement and lived experience.

Context within KNOW NATION

Embodied Practice extends the work initiated in The Fundamentals of Movement. While the earlier work establishes a philosophical and perceptual foundation, this series offers practical entry points into embodied attention through diverse somatic traditions.

Together, they form a continuum between reflection and practice within Know Nation’s broader engagement with movement, performance, and embodied knowledge.