YOU are the expert in your own body

I am the expert in MY own body.
YOU are the expert in your body.

Why does this matter as a health care, mind-body-spirit worker, or somatics practitioner?

It matters because I am tired of “professionals” not trusting, listening, and giving their patients, clients, families, or kiddos agency over their health and bodies. I’m healing from and scarred by the many problematic systems that have labeled us, diagnosed us, and punished us for being different or having needs.

The first conversation I have with every client that walks into my space is...

Hi. I am human. I could give you a suggestion from my trainings/education, ask for consent to work on your knee or body part, and if you check in and at ANY point, your body says, “nah!”, “stop”, “get away”, we will pause. We will be curious. We will honor and we will celebrate how amazingly wise our bodies and nervous systems are for knowing something our minds can’t comprehend or has learned to push through. It doesn’t always sound like a “stop!” it can feel like an increase in heart rate. It could look like a kiddo pushing me away.
There’s no wrong or right way. And I don’t take it personal. I trust you. And you can also change your mind.

There’s nothing wrong with you or me, no matter what anyone has told us.

We are not “blocked”.

There isn’t anything to be fixed about us.

We are not bad.

We are not wrong.

We are not right.

We just are.

So let’s take space and pause to practice our being together. It’s not easy, we might have to say “oops”, we might have to forgive and apologize, and it doesn’t always feel good but it does feel empowering to know ourselves down to our tissues.

Somatic expression is a vibe we’ve forgotten how to listen to.

But if you ask me to BE then I feel you, I got you and I love you.💗