Why are YOU Here? · Somatic Coaching Community

17d ago (edited) in 💎 Gems

Why are YOU Here?

For many of us, we have a best friend growing up—a neighbor we play with on the swing set, we laugh with, and share slumber parties with, and play games with long past when our caretakers want us to come inside...

Imagine your friend one day, sadly, moves away...to a distant country.

We try to keep in touch, but as time passes, our conversations grow more distant. The different cultures, the different languages, the pace of life...all of it is different. We don't make sense to each other as time goes us...

Maybe we start to feel frustration, anger, and pain...because we no longer understand or even like each other, and the connection fades.

For many, this is exactly what happens with our bodies. We lose touch with the natural, wholesome relationship we’re meant to have.

I find that many of the people we work with, whether in our training programs or one-on-one, often have a war-like psychology with their bodies. They push away discomfort, resist their bodily experience, and in doing so, reject reality as it is.

In this community, (and always) I want to foster a relationship of love with my body—a practice of accepting and pulling in what I might normally push away. Let’s bring our bodies close, hold them tight, make peace, and explore those places within that have felt too shameful, painful, or tense to be with. Over time, we can spend more time getting to know our bodies.

Of course, we do this slowly and over time. (Just like our best friend who moved back after years of being apart...) We'd need to slowly come back into getting to know one another.

At Body-Based Breakthrough, we use the idea of going on a "Date with our bodies"—a subtle way to dip our toe back into relationship with ourselves.

So this week, I wanna invite you to meditate on the idea of befriending your body wholly and completely.

Take a moment and reflect.

Ask yourself: if your body were a friend, would it want to spend time with you? Would it enjoy sharing meals with you? Would it go to concerts, watch sunsets, or simply be with you?

And what has this disconnection from your body cost you in your relationships? In your career? What opportunities or experiences have been lost because of this lack of connection?

Finally, what’s stirring inside of you now as you consider reconnecting? What would it mean for your life, your relationships, your work if you began to foster a true friendship with your body once again?

Comment below and let us know.

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