What is your body holding? · Dance · Heal

What is your body holding?

Your body holds everything. Tension, stress, cortisol, the news you scrolled at midnight, the sensory overload — even just the threat of modern existence on your soul. 😂😭

I had a long-overdue massage the other day and woah — agony. Especially in the forgotten crevices. Despite the yoga, body tapping, swimming, dancing, qigong and stretching I do. Sometimes it's just not enough. Too much is being asked of us collectively as humans right now.

This discharging and resetting is what we explored in this session of Anchor in the Storm — disgust, anger, the full-body shake. The nervous system discharge that animals do naturally after a threat, and that we've been taught to suppress.

Society expects us to be calm. Cool. Collected. People-pleasers. Instead of being as nature intended — animals, doing what animals do. What would actually serve humanity right now is the capacity to fully express our rage, grief and disgust at the state of this world. Instead of sucking it up and holding it in our forgotten crevices.

Maybe you've forgotten how to shake, release, scream, or stomp. Or maybe you just haven't given your body the time and permission. Well — it's in there. Waiting.

Try it now. Give your cheeks a little massage. Say hello. What are they holding?

🌀 Filmed during a live Anchor in the Storm session.

Round 2 starts July 15 — 6 weeks of online somatic movement to help you release what your body's been holding. Free taster: July 8 — Register here.

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What is your body holding?