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Surround yourself with people who understand you

Have you ever tried to explain to a friend your experience of your body, or maybe how challenging it is for you to navigate the specific illness you live with?  Your friend might be super empathetic but if they don’t have a similar lived experience they actual won’t get it. It’s not their fault, but…
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Rejecting our Body

Sometimes we think that by rejecting and disconnecting from our body, that what we are feeling is going to magical go away. But the truth is it doesn’t.  It usually gets worse. The sensations we get from our body are letting us know something is off, and they are just going to get louder and…
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Dance Movement Therapy a Vehicle for Self-Expression

Sometimes our emotions are buried so deep that we don’t have words to express them.  Sometimes it’s too hard to feel what we are feeling straight on.  Sometimes we need to get out of our head and into our body to feel what we are feeling.  Sometimes we need to use our imagination and play…
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How can we start to listen to our body?

How can we start to listen to our body?  Here are a few key things to remember:  Feel what you feel – don’t suppress, push down or reject what you are feeling  Accept what you feel – it’s so easy for us to judge or what we are actually feeling, try to be compassionate and…
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Your Body is not the Enemy

I wanted to let you know I’ve been there, disconnected from my body, the ramped negative self-talk, pushing down and repressing my feelings, totally living in my head, and not trusting my gut instincts, doubting myself constantly while looking for approval, advice and validation from others. What if there was another way?  What if I…
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A Love Note to My Body

What would you say in a love note to your body?  Here are some ideas of how to start your note if you haven’t spoken to your body in a while.  I’m sorry I haven’t been listening to you but I am here now….. I want to be your friend can we start again …..…
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Change can be expansive in potential

There is something different about the months when we change season; they are periods of transition and transformation. In March, all of nature is heavy with seeds and emergence of new life. It is as if every tree is about to burst into bloom. 🌱 It is also a time of integration as we prepare…
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Healing + Expressive Arts

In my 8 years of holding womxns circles I’ve always found that the most transformative experiences take place when I provide participants with several different modalities to process and access their feelings.  A blend of ritual, meditation, dance, journaling and group sharing fosters a process for holistic healing, creativity and expression. Daily for the rest…
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5 powerful reads for the health and love of your body:

1. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love – Sonya Renee Taylor 2.Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing– Christiane Northrup
 3.When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress– Gabor Maté 4.The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma…
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Return to Love

As we approach Valentines day tomorrow, and the Hallmark holiday of Love I find myself reflecting on what life would be like if we all lead our lives from the space of our hearts?  A number of years ago I read Marriane Williamsons book a Return to Love, in it she writes: “Love is what…
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