We have innate mechanisms to take in, absorb and process; this also applies to what we feel.
I mixed life flawlessly, as many historically have:
1. stir in everything and everyone
2. let self sink to bottom
3. drizzle a steady stream of distractions
And it worked, until it started costing me. Frustration mounted and I was lonely and lashing out. I locked into a cycle of addiction and fixing myself. "Self-care" justified more coping mechanisms. If I ate too much, I exercised harder. If I was productive that day, I drank a bottle of wine that night. If I scrolled for too long, I would make up for it with a treat for my kids. I was conditioned to seek relief at all costs and to stay in good standing with the expectations and responsibilities around me.
Through all of this, my body was with me.
And what my mind couldn't figure out, my body felt.
For millennia, humans have used rhythmic movement and deep inquiry to recover together because it HURTS to be human and it's HARD + PAINFUL + UNCOMFORTABLE + WEIRD to take steps to return to feeling ourselves. We do it together.
Wrestling inside the pull of quick gratifications that leave us wanting is no way to live. I dance with those who sense their worth but are consumed by routines that don’t reflect it. I sit with those who feel surges to rally and recover that worth. I hunt for satisfaction. I move with desire. I rest inside focus that fuels power.
This is the work of returning to true internal priorities. If you're hungry for it, I encourage you to reach out and let's find liberation together.
HI, I'M DANIELLE.
I BELIEVE WE'RE DONE FIXATING
ON THINKING OUR WAY THROUGH THIS...
I believe we are done living from the mind only.
That singular way is unnatural and it's holding us hostage.
We want to show up to dinners, meet deadlines, do drop-offs without feeling handcuffed to whatever external thing (or person) is getting us through and regulating our mood.
I believe that we need to get back into our bodies to do this.
We can’t just contemplate it. We can’t feel freedom in theoretical logic. Somatic Recovery lessens the control of the endless consumption vortex. You learn to expand beyond that attention grabbing abyss. You recover feeling in your heart. You strengthen what turns you on so your inner world shapes your life around that magic.
In this next era, it's the super-human with direct access to body-based connection and a deep inner spirit that will have the most outward and sustainable success... a win so wildly one-of-a-kind and efficient... a celebration with ripples lasting for generations to come.
PRACTITIONER ROLES, ACCREDITATION & LIFE EXPERIENCE
Licensed SOEA Feminine Embodiment Coach, School of Embodied Arts
Member, International Institute for Complementary Therapists
Somatic Movement Facilitator, London-Based
Currently in training for Therapeutic Breathwork Faciliation certification