Questions of Embodiment

Wow are we swirling around in our heads these days. Feeling with the unknown has an effect on how we see ourselves, as individuals, humans, and society. We are grieving the old ways of self and security, and having to tap into different resources to keep us feeling safe and centered. 

We cannot escape the world, but we can let go of our grip on the outer world to find steadiness in our own power. 

This does not have to be monumental, but it is a process of bringing you back to yourself.

“There is no real security except for whatever you build inside yourself.” -Gilda Radner

So rather than being stuck in our meaning-making heads, how do we connect with the entirety of ourselves and allow for the unknown to exist? Our intellect can only makes since of things based on our past experiences, but it knows nothing of the future, or of your heart, unless you are bringing your soul into the conversation. 

Body. Embodiment. Feel. 

So rather than me giving suggestions, I want to ask:

• What does it feel like to be embodied?

• What does it feel like to be grounded?

• How do you find groundedness?

• Do you want to be grounded?

• How can does groundedness lead to expansion?

• What does it feel like to dissociate?

• When does this happen?

• Are you trying to escape something?

  (Recognizing your dissociation is a critical step in becoming embodied. noticing your sensations is a path to indisputable truths of who you are.) 

• How can you be embodied even if you are not grounded?

• How can you listen to your body without guilt or shame?

• What feels good in your body and how do you experience pleasure?

• How and where does pain arise?

• What signals does your body give you and how do you listen to them?

These are constant conversations and I have as I navigate my own energy and how I meet the outer world. Please reach out to continue this conversation with me!

The Spiritual Crisis of Separation

The crisis that you will not hear on the news is that people are feeling worthless because they are not producing. The global pandemic has people out of work and many out of income. Through the ages we have become a society that tricks us into believing that we are valuable if we can produce “stuff” and consume “stuff.” We must participate in the economy to be a respectable human. Is that why we are here? To produce and consume?

We have separated about as far as we can from our humanity. We have forgotten that “worthiness” shouldn’t even be something to consider, because we just are. We have been convinced to put aside our greater calling and our joy to feed someone else’s bottomless appetite for power. The shame of not fitting in this box keeps us even further from our personal power. So how do we disentangle this mess, especially when our mental patterns work to serve others’ narcissism?

We start small. We recognize our power to choose and choose again in our daily lives. Now I choose joy. Now I choose peace. Now I appreciate the glories of spring. Now I choose to do five minutes of yoga. Now I choose to smile at someone beneath my face mask and hope they see it in my eyes. This light of yours will likely dim and brighten, but with commitment it will grow and grow. Others will feel it. Then they will begin to feel their own. Your light will be the healing virus.

We have reached the peak of individuality and separation. We as crested waves must crash back into the ocean to togetherness. Millenia of separating from togetherness, to tribes, to clans, to families, to selves, we must integrate our unique discoveries to serve each other. This is where we have the choice to learn our lesson to help our people and help our planet. Otherwise we try to go back to business as normal, where we continue to neglect our live-giving resources and face more and more viruses. How will we use our freewill? How you use your light is where you power resides.