“Body Stories” by Steve Karle

Body Stories is an ongoing video project by Steve Karle that depicts a variety of people receiving a session of Primordial Expression. Each video clip is a single-take fragment filmed from a perpendicular angle. The project is not only an art piece but also a research program that aims to shed light on the variety of somatic processes that can take place during the treatment.

To observe the sessions from above, allows us to clearly trace the organic continuum of shapes, forms, rhythms, patterns, and phenomena that can unfold in people’s bodies during a session. It develops our understanding of human movement, states of flow, and the somatic processes that occur. For audiences watching these pieces on our social media or other mediums, hopefully they will pause today’s fast-paced consumption of content, immersing them into a state of wellness and contemplation. —Steve Karle