Breathing in and out—comfortably and casually—under haptic pressure
This module explores how breath moves through the body when others are pressing, draping, or leaning on you. The focus is not on "toughing it out" or overriding discomfort, but on cultivating breathing as an adaptive, relational skill—even when conditions are less than ideal.
LMA's definition of "casual"
An unforced, low-stakes mode of engagement that privileges openness and ease over outcome and effort.
Core qualities:
De-escalated emotional investment: Focusing on curiosity over outcome; maintaining interest without attachment or judgment.
Ease over effort: Flowing continuously and reliably, rather than straining or forcing.
Comfort: Letting go of mental constraints—finding ease, even in challenge.
Relaxed attention: Cultivating a wide, soft focus rather than hyper-fixation; letting thoughts and sensations come and go without grasping.
Unconcerned attitude: Letting go of value judgments; trusting that skill emerges through playful, ongoing engagement rather than brute force.
The video
This session presents a non-exhaustive list of physically uncomfortable positions—each held for around 30 seconds—as invitations to approach breathing with comfort and casualness. The more experience you have with a situation, the less startling it becomes—especially when introduced progressively.
Circle time
Notice how your relationship to pressure shifts with repetition. What affordances for comfort or adaptation become available as you revisit each position? What does "casual" feel like in your body as conditions change? Which positions felt heaviest and why? Which positions felt most uncomfortable and why?
– Sam