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When the Map Stops Working

We belong in the group. And we each walk our own path. Learning to trust your own navigation is where somatic work changes everything.

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The Shape You're In

The places and structures that conditioned us land in the body. They become posture, tension, habit, reflex.

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Tending to Fire & Light

It takes more energy to relight a candle that's gone out than to tend one that's still burning.

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You Already Know What You Need to Do

The gap between what you know and what you can actually do in the moment has a name. It can't be closed by thinking harder.

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No Is a Complete Sentence

People felt uncomfortable just saying no. Not no followed by an explanation. Not no softened by an apology. Just no.

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Something Here Is Not Quite Right

The acorn doesn't know what the oak looks like from the inside. It just knows the shell it's been living in has gotten tight.

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It's Not Just You, and It's Not Just the World

You have a vision. And if thinking and willpower alone could get you there, they already would have.

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Somatics Isn't About Abandoning Your Brilliant Mind

We're not replacing rational thought. We're enriching it. We're accessing data the conscious mind might miss.

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The Day I Learned How Much I'd Been Shrinking

I used to shrink, freeze, people-please, and hide my voice. If I'm being totally honest, sometimes I still do.

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