Beloved Bodywork

Do you feel belonging in your life? I have been reflecting much lately on how rampant clicks and fitting in are for children, how intense it can be in years of being in school when we are also just trying to figure out, who am I?

What I am wondering now is how much is that still going on when we “grow up” ?

I feel blessed to say that I feel much belonging in my life now that I couldn’t have imagined as a child. AND it certainly still comes up for me. And moments where it feels like a risk to reveal when I’m not into what everybody else is.

what feels so different for me now than when I was younger though is that I’m willing to take the risk to challenge that and test it.

A small example I remember- a few years ago admitting to a group of women who all seemed very into astrology that I didn’t really care about it. that is it still OK for me to be here? Can you still love me? And then I got to experience the joy of realizing that it was OK.

(I also am tenderly aware that there are many places and contexts in our world where it doesn’t feel OK to be different. Where the circumstances and what’s happening mean that this conversation can’t even happen.)

Perhaps it is presumptuous of me to think that so many others have felt like an outsider. I would love to be in a conversation about this, with everyone. I realize that what I didn’t include up there was those who have actually FELT belonging the whole time, that don’t have the experience of being an outsider, if that’s you I would also love to hear.

So I’m asking, do you feel like you belong?

There are so many ways to say no. Different contexts call for different tones. Having access to our full range, is what I am after. May you remember more of the many flavors of no.

What senses are you using to determine your okay-ness?

Mirrors are a tricky thing.
They can be used in a way that can elevate
our contact with ourselves,
And they can also be used in a way
that quickly shifts into objectification.

We have all of these brilliant senses that are designed
To help us perceive ourselves in our inner worlds and what’s out there.

What senses have you forgotten to reference to come into contact with yourself?

Do an experiment with me and tell what happen for you, I would love to know 💜

One of the most meaningful things I do with my time is to sing the .radiance.sutras . used to speak about how they were meant to be sung and danced into life. Forever grateful to for introducing them to me 🙏

I had a call with my mentor last week and he laid down some wisdom that is still echoing in my head. He spoke about how at some point in our lives-often more than once, we have to fight for our lives. This song is still forming, but I wanted to share it now anyway.
This past year I had the great pleasure of taking a 6 month course with him and called The Art of Instincts and Intuition. For therapist and coaches looking to deepen their tracking, to be able to meet their clients deeper, to see the bigger picture of what is at play, and to be able to touch the disturbed places with more skill.
I see connections that I couldn’t before, in my clients and myself. The learning will keep unfurling for who knows how long-and I am so blessed this is so. They happened to be teaching this course again this coming year and will be taking applications soon!